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<p> For real: Fisher-Price's Laugh & Learn Baby iCan Play Case protects an iPhone while baby plays with apps. </p>

Will Smartphones And iPads Mush My Toddler's Brain?

Research suggests that toddlers under 2 don't learn from television — and in fact, TV viewing, even in the background, could harm their development. But what about content on mobile screens? The answer may depend on how you're using them.

Tunisia's First Free Election Deemed Success

Tunisians proud of sparking the Arab Spring are now celebrating another first in this long revolutionary season: a free and fair election. After decades of dictatorship, Tunisians happily waited in long lines to cast their votes for a national assembly that will rewrite the country's constitution. Election officials say in some areas the turnout was 90 percent.

<p>The line for seating in the hearing room of the supercommittee's meeting on Wednesday. An NPR review found that 619 separate interest groups have reported lobbying the group. </p>

Hundreds Try To Influence The Supercommittee

The deficit-cutting supercommittee is the target of intense lobbying efforts. An NPR analysis found that more than 600 separate corporations, trade associations and interest groups have said they intend to lobby around the work of the committee of 12.

<p>Chicago attorney Tom Hayward suffered a raging infection after a prostate biopsy. He had to be hospitalized, but has since recovered.</p>

Influential Panel Gives Thumbs Down To Routine Prostate Cancer Test

Routine testing of men's blood to detect prostate cancer is unwarranted, and causes more harm than good, according to findings of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The panel of experts sets the agenda for doctors and, increasingly, insurance payments.

More than 300 Syrian dissidents met near Damascus on Sunday, and afterward they held a news conference and called for more protests to oust President Bashar Assad's government. From left: Rajaa Nasser, Hussein Awdat, Hassan Abdul Azim, Saleh Mohammed and Samir Aita.

With Police Lurking, Dissidents Meet In Syria

Syrians have been protesting against President Bashar Assad for months. This weekend, the dissidents were allowed to meet — though it was under the watchful eye of the security police.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security sign hangs in an empty terminal at the Tri-State Airport in Ceredo, W.Va.

Homeland Security Remains An Agency In Progress

The Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 with the idea of unifying homeland security efforts. But after all this time, have those efforts made us safer?

They're running out of places to put the snow in Cordova, Alaska. This photo was taken on Saturday (Jan. 7, 2012).

In Alaska: Nome Waits For Fuel; Cordova Digs Out From 18 Feet Of Snow

Cordova is bracing for even more snow. In Nome, residents are hoping a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker will be able to lead a Russian tanker into port within a day or two. Such a delivery hasn't been made before in winter.

Mitt Romney greets supporters in Manchester, N.H., after seizing a second victory in his fight to be the party's presidential nominee.

Bain Attacks On Romney Recall Notorious 'Willie Horton' Ads

The real danger of the Bain story will not be manifest among Republicans this winter and spring. The real danger is that the story bobs back up in the summer and fall.

A still frame taken from a YouTube video purportedly shows Marines who desecrated three dead men thought to be members of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Viral Images, The Military's Recurring Nightmare

A video appears to show Marines desecrating the corpses of Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan. It once again raises questions about why troops take such images, and what the military can do to stop it.

Skylar Grey: And The Hits Keep Coming

This year has been good for the pop singer-songwriter, who's also a producer and industry veteran.

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