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Women with a history of major depression who stop taking their medication during pregnancy have a high likelihood of relapse. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association counters earlier thinking that pregnancy protects women from depression.

Attorneys for Zacarias Moussaoui plan to provide evidence of a troubled childhood in order to save their client from a possible death sentence. Moussaoui pleaded guilty to complicity in the Sept. 11 plot last year and faces a sentencing trial that begins next month.

University of Wyoming professor Martin Bourgeois is one of a group of sociologists who is studying how rumors are spread. Bourgeois discusses the ethics of rumor research nd invites listeners to contribute their own rumors to his research.

A new study shows that 35 percent of troops returning from Iraq are seeking help for mental-health issues. Most of the problems are easily treatable, but more than one in 10 soldiers are diagnosed with a serious mental illness such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or depression.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu's son, Tristan, grew up in New Orleans. Codrescu says that bringing up children in the Crescent City presented special challenges.

One of the best ways to understand how Hurricane Katrina has ravaged the Gulf Coast is to view the damage from the air. Pilot Lee Taylor flies over the beachlines of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, Miss.

General Motors and Ford are preparing to slash jobs and close plants, while foreign car makers like Toyota are continuing to build new ones in the South. Toyota's Georgetown, Ky., plant is booming -- and still non-union.

American RadioWorks producer Ellen Guettler continues her profile of Laurie Stern and Dan Luke, who recently took another trip to Guatemala to help their adopted son Diego to connect with his birth culture. Diego would also learn a painful family secret about the death of his sister.

Greg Mohl has made the switch from globe-trotting executive to jolly holiday mall fixture. His new role is Santa Claus. He already looked the part and now he's part of a multimillion dollar industry.

At the start of his South Asia tour, President Bush makes an unscheduled stop in Afghanistan, where he meets with President Hamid Karzai and delivers a pep talk to U.S. soldiers at an airbase outside the capital, Kabul. The president is now in India.