While attention on the impacts of the 2012 drought has largely focused -- understandably -- on the nation's agricultural belt and the rising cost of a bushel of corn, the state of Georgia has been gripped by a dry spell of historic proportions. Life is already changing in Georgia because of the drought. But some experts wonder if it is changing enough. Go to story #1

Officials in Dallas coordinated aerial insecticide spraying last night following a sharp rise in West Nile virus infections in the region. The surge of illness follows a relative lull in West Nile infections in 2011, when Texas health officials reported 27 illnesses and two deaths. Go to story #2