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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly search and rescue crews are still trying to find survivors from the horrific storm that crashed into Joplin on Sunday night. He says the death toll will rise.

Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi sought refuge in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

No matter which direction he goes in Iowa today, the former Massachusetts governor will seem to have the wind at his back. A new Time/CNN poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers puts Mitt Romney in the lead, and campaign staffers expect big crowds again at Romney events, similar to what he saw yesterday.

While searching for a way to help her kids pay for college, Anne Marie Blackman spotted a trend she thought she might capitalize on: The holiday-themed sweaters she found online. They didn't seem ugly enough. So, she started My Ugly Christmas Sweater, Inc. for people hoping to win a prize for the scariest holiday sweater at a party.

The hacking scandal that has ripped through Rupert Murdoch's newspapers in the U.K. has now led to son James Murdoch's decision to step down as chairman of the satellite broadcast giant.

Success for the popular photo-sharing app Instagram has been sudden and dramatic. Founded in 2010 by two Stanford University graduates, it now has 27 million users.

Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim is a former director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization.

"The overwhelming smell is one of tear gas," the BBC's Jon Sopel reports from Athens, where a 48-hour general strike has begun and protesters have taken to the streets. They're angry about new austerity measures.

When it comes time to put some style into court opinions and legal briefs by plucking a line or two from a songwriter's oeuvre, Bob Dylan's lyrics are by far the No. 1 pick of justices and law clerks around the nation, the Los Angeles Times writes.

The government in Syria says it has the upper hand in the crackdown on protesters. The government has used tanks and troops to put down demonstrations in cities across the country. Anthony Shadid, of The New York Times, talks to Renee Montagne about what he witnessed Monday when he was allowed into Syria for a few hours.