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Announced layoffs at Ford and GM have made headlines, but do not necessarily reflect the health of the U.S. auto industry's job market. Over the past 15 years, the number of people building autos and making parts in the United States has held just about steady, thanks to hiring by foreign automakers.

Iran threatens the United States with "harm and pain" if it tries to use the United Nations Security Council as a lever to punish the country for its nuclear activities. Washington is warning that Tehran has enough nuclear material for up to 10 atomic bombs. Renee Montagne talks to Greg Webb, editor for Global Security Newswire.

There were 550 suicide bombings in Iraq last year, and one expert says there is a nearly inexhaustible supply of fervent Jihadists ready for martyrdom in Iraq. U.S. military experts say they're developing a profile of the suicide bomber in Iraq, and that profile is not what you might expect.

Lloyd Richards, one of the most respected directors and educators in American theater, died in Manhattan on his 87th birthday. Richards was the first African American to direct a Broadway play: A Raisin in the Sun.

Scores of Iraqis -- mostly Sunni Arabs -- have been killed since Wednesday's bombing of a major Shiite shrine north of Baghdad. Sunni political leaders have withdrawn from talks on a new government and say they will not return until attacks on Sunnis by mobs of Shiite men are halted.

Young people are often portrayed as struggling with debt, with stagnant salaries. NPR's Lisa Chow talks with a few college graduates about how they go about managing their finances.

The revelation this week of the identity of Deep Throat, Bob Woodward's celebrated anonymous source on the Watergate scandal, has stirred up the memories of many journalists. These competing reporters, beaten badly at the outset of Watergate, say that the accolades raining down on the Washington Post obscure scoops of their own.

In America, there are 3,700 wineries — many of them small, family-owned operations — and wine is a $21 billion business. Monday's Supreme Court ruling opened the door to making it a bigger business, by striking down laws banning interstate wine shipments.

The Supreme Court overturns the conviction of the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. The company had been convicted of instructing employees to shred documents, hindering an investigation of Andersen's role at Enron Corporation. Andersen said its officials had been reminding employees of the firm's policy of disposing of documents that are no longer needed.

Gloria Hillard recently joined the growing ranks of self-published authors, and reports on the how self-publishing firms are answering a growing desire by writers to see their words in print — and get around the air-tight New York City publishing houses.