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From a back-of-the-pack start, the Tea Party favorite won an upset victory in the Iowa straw poll but lost ground when Texas Gov. Rick Perry got in the race. A feisty debate put her back on an upswing, but how long she can keep that momentum remains to be seen.

Many of food writer Deena Prichep's childhood memories of the Jewish holiday involve a bowl of MacIntoshes and a bear-shaped plastic squeeze bottle. But her grown-up sweet tooth craves a more sophisticated way to invoke a sweet new year. Exit the honey cake, enter the rosemary honey apple galette.

They're engineers. They're interested in rock-climbing. They don't mind being uncomfortable. And they've been dangling from the sides of the 555-foot Washington Monument.

President Obama's campaign reported the hefty sum of $61 million cash on hand as of Sept. 30, but at this point in the election contest, that's one of few things that are clear about the race for the White House.

While the technology to screen passengers has become more advanced and the check-in lines a little shorter, the question of whether flying is terrorism-proof remains. Some critics claim much security screening is needless.

This past weekend, software engineers met in 21 locations around the world to take part in a humanitarian effort called Random Hacks of Kindness. In 30 hours, teams of software developers competed by trying to solve problems that arise during humanitarian crises.

NPR's Peter Kenyon says Bahrainis' grief is "turning to anger very rapidly" after riot police armed with clubs and shotguns charged into Manama's main square Wednesday. Protesters are now calling for a toppling of the regime.

Greek Prime Minister Papandreou pushed aside popular unrest and defections within his own party, refusing to back down from harsh measures designed to pull the country out of a major debt crisis.

A recent study finds that about half of gay and lesbian white-collar employees hide their sexual orientation at work. As a consequence, the researchers say, the workers are less productive and more likely to quit.

The concern is that a Friday night breakdown in talks between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on raising the debt ceiling may have negative repercussions when trading gets under way in Asia. Meetings continued Saturday, but Obama reiterated his opposition to a short-term extension.