Mar 5th, 2010 · The Labor Department released its closely watched report on the monthly jobs picture Friday morning. It showed another 36,000 jobs disappeared last month but the overall unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent — the same as January's rate.
Feb 27th, 2010 · From 1976 to 1983, a vicious military dictatorship ruled Argentina. Among its crimes: taking hundreds of babies from their biological parents — political prisoners who then "disappeared." A group of determined grandmothers has been seeking to identify these stolen orphans.
Feb 20th, 2010 · The fate of a move to allow hearsay evidence in court is being decided in Chicago, Ill. The namesake of the so-called "Drew's law," Drew Peterson, stands accused of murdering his third wife and is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife.
Feb 18th, 2010 · When millions of dollars disappeared from health savings accounts, people were left with more questions than answers. Some say more government regulation is needed for the accounts, but others argue for a wait-and-see approach.
Feb 18th, 2010 · In Martin Scorsese's latest mystery-thriller, Leonardo DiCaprio investigates the disappearance of a patient from an insane asylum. Critic Jeannette Catsoulis says that, for all its savvy camera work, stellar cast and seductive visual imagery, Shutter Island fails to connect.
Feb 16th, 2010 · Alexandra Penney's longtime nightmare of being broke and dependent on others for help almost overwhelmed her when Bernard Madoff was arrested and her life savings disappeared.
Feb 3rd, 2010 · The biggest drugmaker in the world just got bigger by buying Wyeth in October. But that may not fix Pfizer's looming problem—generic competition to best seller Lipitor comes next year.
Dec 25th, 2009 · The practice of getting instant credit and a discount at the cash register could disappear early next year if a proposed government rule goes into effect. Retailers say the new restrictions would make it all but impossible to grant credit on the spot. NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports.