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Wednesday night, Dan Rather appeared in his last broadcast as anchor at CBS's Evening News. Rather covered almost every major news story of the last four decades, but a botched report on President Bush's military service record cast a shadow on the last months of his tenure.

Amid reports of large-scale kidnappings, Iraqi security forces raid houses believed to house Sunni militants holding Shiite hostages. The sectarian violence prompted Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to appeal for calm in the region.

A Food and Drug Administration study seems to confirm suspicions that antidepressant drugs may increase the risk of suicidal behavior in children and teens. The FDA re-examined nine different antidepressants. It found that young people given the drugs were more likely to harm themselves than those who took placebos. NPR's David Baron reports.

The remains of more than 400 slaves and freed blacks who died in the days before the Revolutionary War are reinterred in New York. They were uncovered more than a decade ago, during excavation of a construction site for a federal building in lower Manhattan. NPR's Alison Keyes reports.

A new study may have ended a 140-year-old dispute around one of the world's most valuable fossils. The ancient creature had the claws and teeth of a reptile, but the wings of a bird. At question: could it fly? NPR's John Nielsen reports.

The New York Times foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins reports that the Taliban are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign in Afghanistan — a fact evidenced by a 40 percent increase in Afghan civilian deaths in 2008.

Muslim feminist Asra Nomani, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, recently spent a fellowship covering a Muslim woman who was building a women's mosque in India. Nomani's new book is called Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam.

Democrats and Republicans alike are calling on New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer to step down after reports surfaced Monday that he was involved in a prostitution ring. Is there a case for Spitzer to remain in office? Guests and callers weigh in.

The New York Times columnist and political spitfire, who died Sept. 27 of pancreatic cancer, left behind an indelible legacy in speechwriting and political reporting. We remember Safire with a conversation from the Fresh Air archives.

A bright pink houseplant called the pink congo philodendron is all the rage on Instagram, demanding high prices from buyers. Wired reporter Arielle Pardes says it's a scam targeting rare plant lovers.