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In all, 21 Chrysler and General Motors plants will be closed permanently or idled over the next few years. In addition to the loss of thousands of jobs, the closures can mean a substantial drop in tax revenue for affected communities. Some cities converted the vacant auto plants into other businesses in an attempt to reinvent their economies.

Officials planned to release new evidence Friday proving that Dr. Bruce Ivins, 62, mailed poison-laced letters to a handful of politicians and newspaper outlets — a finding the bureau advanced during its preliminary investigation more than a year ago. Five people died and 17 were sickened by the attacks.

Historic shops in Syria's largest city burned as rebels and government fighters continue to battle for control of Aleppo. Activists estimate 30,000 people have been killed so far. NPR's Deborah Amos and Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy weigh in on the crisis in Syria.

Neurologist Oliver Sacks' new book is a thoughtful look at hallucinations — visual and otherwise. In this exclusive excerpt, we learn about auditory hallucinations — and that not everyone who hears voices is necessarily mentally ill.

So, what's the deal with that smiling pile of rocks used as the logo for the Vancouver Games? It's a stylized version of an inukshuk, the stone cairns built by the Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic. But an expert says traditional inukshuks don't use the human form — unless you want to mark the spot where someone has been killed.

Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2008, Haggard is happy to be alive and recording new material.

Scientists have spent the last year deciphering clues from mammoth and gray whale fossils found a year ago in downtown San Diego.

Sen. Edward Kennedy is recovering from brain surgery at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. Doctors removed part of a malignant brain tumor Monday after the Massachusetts lawmaker was diagnosed two weeks ago. His surgeon has called the procedure a success.

When farmers in Dove Creek, Colo., started planting sunflowers a few years ago, they were motivated by the promise of a decent income. But Jeff Berman, an activist-turned-entrepreneur, told farmers if they grew sunflowers, he'd give them a renewable fuel source.

The Centers for Disease Control estimates by 2015, half of all Americans living with HIV will be over 50 years old. Doctors say the complex interactions between HIV, anti-retroviral therapy and aging aren't fully understood. But there is evidence that the disease increases one's risk of a variety of health problems.