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Syria's civil war erupted again on Monday, just one day after the U.N. ended its monitoring mission in the country. Reporter Jon Lee Anderson joins NPR's John Donvan to discuss the different factions that are rising up amid the current confusion.

Rep. Todd Akin's rape comment gave Democrats new fodder for their argument that Republicans are out of step on women's issues. In addition to endangering Akin's Senate bid amid GOP calls for him to step aside, it gave Democrats a new way to attack the GOP's White House ticket.

Diller, who presented herself as a odd-ball housewife with a husband name Fang, was a staple on '50s television.

In the 1950s, when Diller started being funny for a living, there were no female standup comedians making it big. Some critics have said she succeeded because a lot of her material was about mocking herself. She died at home, where she'd been in hospice care after a fall, at the age of 95.

The wife of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has overcome serious illness and a severe aversion to politics to campaign for her husband. Ann Romney is now passionate about her role promoting and protecting her husband on the campaign trail.

Wind and solar get lots of attention, but another kind of renewable power creates more energy in the U.S. — wood. Massachusetts decided these plants aren't green enough to get some special breaks.

An anti-abortion group has begun a swing-state bus tour meant to bring attention to President Obama's views on abortion. At the same time, the Obama campaign has launched a new TV ad — aimed at some of the same voters in some of the same states — criticizing Republican Mitt Romney on the issue.

An autopsy report says 21-year-old Chavis Carter shot himself with a concealed handgun. He was detained last month by Jonesboro, Ark., police who stopped a vehicle he was traveling in. Carter had an outstanding drug-related warrant.

The plane sat at a gate with its door open for more than three hours, a violation of flyers' rights.

Some drivers in Israel now have electric car batteries that never need to be charged. They can just pull into Better Place, a company that has built battery changing stations designed to be just as convenient as gas stations.