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Samir Khan, a former North Carolinian, is believed to be behind an al-Qaida English-language magazine released this summer with snazzy articles and headlines. The magazine sparked a frenzy of activity among counterterrorism officials in Washington because it seemed so American.

A year and a half ago, NPR News and This American Life teamed up to produce "The Giant Pool of Money," a program that explored what was thought at the time to be the worst financial crisis the U.S. had experienced in decades. After that show aired, in May 2008, the crisis got much worse. How are the people profiled in last year's program doing now?

A former Florida state House speaker, Rubio is challenging former Gov. Charlie Crist for the Republican nomination in next year's Senate race. Rubio is confident and gifted on the stump, but some local GOP officials worry his message is too extreme to attract moderate voters.

Scientists suspect Moses and other religious figures were epileptic. But that doesn't mean they didn't really hear God. One researcher has created the "God helmet," which uses sensors to reproduce mystical experience by manipulating brain chemistry.

American Century Farms have been owned and farmed by the same family for more than 100 years. In East Tennessee, farm heirs reflect on the land's history, keeping the farms going despite development and a tough economy -- and dreading the day they may have to sell.

More than 90 girls have taken part in the Isnati coming-of-age ceremony on a reservation in South Dakota in the past 13 years. During the four-day ritual, the girls can't touch food or drink — they are fed by the women in the camp. They also talk with their elders about modesty, courtship, pregnancy and suicide before graduating to womanhood.

Doctors are leaving private practices in large numbers and going to work for hospitals. Last year, hospitals hired half of the new doctors just out of medical school. Hospital administrators say having more doctors improves care.

Megan Taylor grew up feeling she was living in the wrong body. In her 20s, she decided to do something about it. First, she changed her name to Miles. Miles began taking testosterone, scheduled a double mastectomy and began changing his body into one that felt right. The hardest part was telling his parents.

In key races across the nation, candidates won -- and lost -- in part because of the television and Web ads they ran. The Message Machine looks at nine ads that were truly unique and really made a difference in the 2010 campaign.

These are dark times for the venerable tradition of newspapers, and most dailies are suffering. There's still a future for noteworthy journalism, though ultimately it may only be available online.