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

A growing number of homeless children are participating — and being wounded — in clashes between protesters and soldiers in Egypt. Officials say the children are being paid to throw rocks and Molotov cocktails. But advocates say the children see the revolution as a way to escape their isolation from society.

As the deadline for a decision on a controversial oil pipeline approaches, lobbying is intensifying. The Keystone XL pipeline would transport oil from Canada's tar sands to the Gulf Coast. President Obama is caught in the middle of a jobs-vs.-environment debate.

For 65 years, thousands of people have let themselves be weighed, measured, and tested. The result: The world's longest running study on human health. By far the most important finding is that early childhood experiences have a huge impact on health and well-being in adult life.

Syrian government troops are continuing to bombard the Baba Amr neighborhood in the central city of Homs. Activists say the attacks Wednesday killed more than 80 people, including two Western journalists and a leading Syrian journalist.

Iowa is poised to join several other states that have passed or are considering what activists call "ag gag" laws. Such legislation criminalizes undercover photography or video inside animal farms.

If Obama president sounded confident, maybe even a bit triumphant, some polling suggested he had good reason to feel upbeat, at least in Michigan. A recent NBC News/Marist poll found the president leading Romney in the state by 18 percentage points and Santorum by 26 points.

The most powerful superPAC in this election may be one that hasn't visibly flexed its muscles yet. But the man who runs American Crossroads and its nonprofit sibling Crossroads GPS says the groups have a clear goal: Stop President Obama's agenda and replace him as president.

Tunisians are voting Sunday in the country's first free and democratic election. The small North African nation was the first to overthrow its dictator in a popular movement that soon spread to other authoritarian Arab nations. Now analysts say what happens in Tunisia will be key to democracy's future in the Arab world.

Hoping to continue a conversation about inequality started by the Occupy Wall Street movement, a recently tested ad by the AFL-CIO doesn't mention unions. Instead, it focuses on a "Work Connects Us All" theme.