Here’s what we know about the constantly evolving burn-the-Qurans story out of Gainesville, Fla.:

— Pastor Terry Jones said he won’t burn the Qurans if he’s able to meet with the organizers of a planned Islamic community center near Ground Zero (not sure if he means he won’t burn them at all, or just on Saturday, as planned). NPR says a final decision may “come down to the wire.”

— At least 11 people were injured at a massive protest of the Quran-burn in Afghanistan.

— The State Department issued a travel warning for Americans travelling overseas about possible violence related to the Quran burn; Interpol also issued a warning.

— The Florida imam who tried to broker a meeting between Jones and the folks in New York says no deal was made to move the proposed Park51 facility near Ground Zero; he says Jones may have been “trying to save face.”

— The Assemblies of God, one of the nation’s largest Pentecostal denominations, said it unequivocally condemns Jones’ planned stunt (Jones is a Pentecostal, but not affiliated with the AG). Before the event was cancelled, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams called it “deeply deplorable.”

— Organizers of the planned NY mosque said thanks-but-no-thanks to Donald Trump‘s offer to buy the property above asking price; they also said there are no plans to move the mosque.

— Leaders of the Sept. 11 Commission say the U.S. needs to keep a better eye on homegrown extremists (and many might include Jones in that camp).

— There’s lot of media soul-searching on how much attention Jones deserves, or didn’t. Several stories mention RNS, which broke the story back on July 21: NYT, WaPo, Politico, Yahoo and USA Today.

— And because everyone needs to step back and take a breath, HuffPo explains the weirdness of Terry Jones through a ven diagram (picture, above left).

Meanwhile, in other news …

A federal judge in California (another one!) has struck down the military’s Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell policy against gays in the military, finding it unconstitutional and counter-productive; conservatives, not surprisingly, are not happy with the decision by another “judicial activist.”

Officials in Philly have threatened $700 daily fines against a Catholic Church that rings its bells at 7 a.m.; a city official says he hopes to broker a compromise or exemption for church bells. The United Methodist Church may (or may not) cut ties with an independent evangelical seminary in Pennsylvania.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum‘s possible bid to become the nation’s second Catholic president will center on upending JFK‘s clear separation of church and state. Another possible 2012 candidate, Mississippi’s Haley Barbour, says he accepts President Obama’s Christianity “totally at face value” but says POTUS remains “mysterious.”

A Spanish group of nuns has been kicked off the campus of arch-conservative Ave Maria University in Florida after one of the women was accused of “immoral conduct” with a student. A jury convicted a Muslim man in Oregon of illegally funneling money to separatists in Chechnya.

Atheists have their own answer to Mormons‘ baptism of the dead: they’re offering to “atheize” anyone who’s gone to the great hereafter. Vatican conservators are worried that the dusty, sweaty masses of tourists are threatening the priceless artwork in the Sistine Chapel.

An appeals court in Belgium says those unprecedented raids on Catholic offices earlier this summer were illegal; government officials say the probe will continue despite the ruling. The Catholic Church is reportedly investigating a second miracle attributed to the late Cardinal John Newman, which could make him eligible for sainthood after he’s beatified by Pope Benedict XVI next week. Australian Catholic officials say no to soccer anthems at funerals. A board member of Germany’s central bank was fired after saying that Arabs and Muslim immigrants are lazy and dumb.

The NYT explains why the High Holy Days chants Jews will hear in synagogues over the next week have a sound all their own. A small survey by The Forward newspaper found that synagogues and churches raise about the same amount of money even though Jews charge membership fees and Christians depending on offerings. A separate study claims that Jews give more, and more often, to anti-poverty charities.