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Newt Gingrich speaks Monday at Global Security Services in Davenport, Iowa. Despite falling poll numbers, Gingrich says he will avoid negative campaigning.

Negative Ads Hammer Positive Gingrich Campaign

Polls show that Newt Gingrich's once-sizable lead in Iowa has collapsed over the past couple of weeks. During that time, rivals have been hitting the former House speaker hard with negative ads, but Gingrich say's he'll stick with his pledge to remain positive.

Meryl Streep stars as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's <em>The Iron Lady.</em>

From Meryl To Margaret: Becoming 'The Iron Lady'

In a new film, director Phyllida Lloyd and actress Meryl Streep dive into the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister whose policies were so tough they earned her the moniker "Iron Lady."

AT&T Drops T-Mobile Bid

AT&T shuttered proposed plans to buy T-Mobile. For more, Robert Siegel talks to NPR's Joel Rose.

Chad Harbach jokes that after his success with his book about baseball, hockey, golf and ping-pong are next.

In 'Fielding,' Baseball Meets The White Whale

Chad Harbach's debut novel, The Art of Fielding, is as much about literary fiction as it is about baseball. The book follows a talented college shortstop destined for big-league stardom — until a routine throw goes wrong and his life starts to fall apart.

Jake Finkbonner, shown with his father, Donny, and mother, Elsa, nearly died after contracting a flesh-eating bacterium. His family and friends prayed for a miracle, and now the Vatican has declared that his recovery was considered a miracle by the church.

Vatican Declares Boy's Recovery A 'Miracle'

On Monday, the Vatican declared a boy's recovery from a flesh-eating bacterium a miracle, brought about by Kateri Tekakwitha, a Native American woman who lived 350 years ago and was beatified by the church. The declaration means she is likely to become the first Native American saint.

Metropolitan State Hospital employees and supporters gathered outside the hospital in Norwalk, Calif., this summer to protest repeated assaults at the hands of mental patients, and what they called dangerous working conditions.

In Calif. Mental Hospitals, Assaults Rarely A Crime

Most of the patients in the state's psychiatric hospitals have been committed by the criminal justice system — and violence against staff members and other patients is on the rise. But of the thousands of attacks that occur each year, few are treated as crimes.

Mikael Blomkvist, the investigative journalist who teams up with the title character in <em>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,</em> is the second iconic character that actor Daniel Craig (right, with Christopher Plummer) has tackled in the space of a half-decade.

From Bond To Blomkvist: Daniel Craig's Next Big Role

The sometime 007 plays Lisbeth Salander's investigative-journalist partner in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a new English-language film adaptation of the international best-seller.

North Koreans Honor Late Leader Kim Jong Il

In North Korea, streams of mourners are paying their last respects to the country's longtime leader who died over the weekend. In the three days since Kim Jong Il's death, little has emerged about what's next in North Korea other than a state funeral has been set for next week.

Ugly Christmas Sweaters Turn A Pretty Penny

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.

In a rare mass protest, thousands of people from the besieged village of Wukan, China, gather to demonstrate against what they say are illegal land seizures by the government. The villagers accuse local officials of selling 6.5 square miles of their land to boost government revenues.

In China, Anger Spreads Over Government Land Grabs

In the southern village of Wukan, residents have chased local authorities out of town and are in open rebellion over land seizures. Nearby villages also say their land has been taken. Nationwide, more than 40 million Chinese farmers have lost land.

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