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Executives from Detroit's Big Three car companies met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday to ask for billions of dollars to help rescue the ailing industry. The request comes amid the worst auto sales in a quarter-century. It's unclear whether Ford, GM and Chrysler will get the answers they want.

National Public Radio is turning to a new leader to maneuver it through a shifting media landscape. Vivian Schiller of The New York Times Web site will take over as president and CEO on Jan. 5.

New excerpts touching on her childhood and relationship with Justin Timberlake are drawing fans interested in her side of the story.

Critic Alan Cheuse sends us into the cosmos with his review of Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven.

Law takes a dark turn in the psychological drama Black Rabbit. Ken Tucker recommends new fall music. Pascal stars in the The Last of Us, but says he wouldn't want to survive an apocalypse.

The U.S. economy is projected to see 1.6 percent growth this year, down from the 2.2 percent that the IMF had previously forecast. Globally, growth is seen essentially moving sideways in 2016.

Since taking the helm more than 100 days ago, Patel has yet to shutter the FBI headquarters and reopen it as a museum as he once said he would, but he has begun trying to remake the bureau.

Lam, 68, pledged to accelerate economic growth and was reappointed unanimously by the 180-member Central Committee at the conclusion of the National Party Congress.

The LA area is home to the most manufacturing jobs in the U.S., from clothes to metal parts to new aerospace tech. Companies have reinvented themselves, even as they struggle to find skilled workers.

The funk-ridden grooves of Wilson's music could feel larger than life, particularly those he created for Blue Note Records in the late 1960s and early '70s.