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Tuesday night's GOP presidential debate was hosted by CNN and two think tanks and was focused on foreign policy. Iran came up several times during the gathering. Is what the candidates said about Iran accurate?

Additional students have been charged in an SAT cheating scandal on Long Island, New York. Thirteen students were charged Tuesday with being part of a scheme in which students paid other teens to take college entrance exams on their behalf. So far, 20 current and former students at three high schools have been implicated in the scandal.

As thousands gather again and security forces crack down, there are also signs that some groups are staying away and may be ready to turn against other anti-government protesters, NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports.

According to research, the average "number of hops" between Facebook users is now 4.74. Translated: That's the average number of steps it would take to connect one Facebook user with a another who uses that social media site.

More mixed news in the latest economic indicators — including a slight increase in jobless claims and another decline in orders for durable goods.

OK, we all know the roads and airports are going to be crowded. Maybe you get up early to avoid the rush? Stay over until Friday or Saturday? Just stay home?

From the Department of Homeland Security and actor William Shatner come scary warnings about the potential dangers if you dip a still-frozen bird into hot oil.

The accord brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council calls for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to cede power to Vice President Abdo Rabu Mansour Hadi within 30 days, putting an end to his more than three decades in power. Meanwhile, opposition protesters clashed with security forces in Bahrain and Egypt.

The filmmakers behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall have teamed up to create a new Muppet movie. "We set out to make a Muppet movie that harkened back to the late-'70s [and] early-'80s Muppets that we grew up with," says Jason Segel.

The U.S. and its allies announced coordinated sanctions against Iran on Monday. In a speech at the Brookings Institution Tuesday, White House national security adviser Tom Donilon argued that it is "undeniable" that Iran is developing a nuclear weapons capability, and that sanctions are working.