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Pianist Garrick Ohlsson performs a sonata Beethoven wrote early in his career, then closes by playing Chopin's Etude in C-Sharp Minor. In addition to those performances, Ohlsson talks to Performance Today host Fred Child about his craft and his practice habits.

It's an anxious time for retirees of General Motors. They, and more specifically their health-care benefits, are in the crosshairs as the United Auto Workers union hashes out a new contract with GM.

Preliminary hearings in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal begin in Baghdad with a bombshell allegation: A witness testifies that a U.S. colonel in military intelligence helped to cover up the beating death of a detainee. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Jackie Spinner of The Washington Post.

After months of lobbying, cajoling and hoping, a small Indiana town has the prize it longed for: a promise from Honda to build its newest auto plant there. Greensburg, Ind., beat out at least seven other Midwestern towns for the facility. Today, Honda made its announcement.

Do new strikes affect a potential deal to end the war with Iran? NPR's Scott Detrow breaks it down with NPR International Correspondent Aya Batrawy and NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman.

Young people have been wearing their pants sagging below their waists for a long time now. But Youth Radio's Brandon McFarland has decided to buck the trend and pull up his pants. He's trying to convince his friends that they should do the same.

It Takes Two rapper Rob Base died at 59 after a battle with cancer. His music, made with his childhood friend DJ E-Z Rock, filled dancefloors.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that, according to a paper published in the journal Nature, ancient Egyptians prepared mummies in ways more sophisticated than previously thought. Researchers say they used embalming materials such as plant oils, tree resin and beeswax to preserve the bodies.

A team from Trinidad and Tobago takes the field Saturday in Germany for a World Cup match against Sweden. It's Trinidad's first appearance in soccer's most prestigious event. Trinidad native Dane Bernard -- a soccer fan and coach -- talks with Scott Simon about the match.

Spc. Jeremy Sivits of the 372nd Military Police Company will be the first soldier to face a court-marshal over abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The trial will be held in Baghdad and will be will open to the news media. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Mack Hogan of Inside EVs about the lukewarm consumer response to Ferrari's first electric vehicle.

Officials for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) say they warned U.S. authorities about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners long before recent allegations surfaced. The ICRC confirmed Friday it had warned the Bush administration about allegations of torture last year -- including guards firing from watchtowers at unarmed prisoners and severe beatings of inmates. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Jackie Northam.