Egypt's recently elected Parliament, which is dominated by Islamists, held its first session in Cairo on Monday. The challenges facing the legislature include coming up with a new constitution. Asmaa Waguih/AP hide caption

Stanford Engineering's Online Introduction To Artificial Intelligence is made up of videos that teach lessons by drawing them out with pen and paper. knowitvideos/vie YouTube hide caption

Sue Freeman, 78, checks her email at her home in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Saturday. She says her eyesight improved markedly since she received an experimental stem-cell procedure last July. Melissa Forsyth for NPR hide caption

When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, CDs and DVDs were forbidden. Now the Taliban are trying to attract recruits and supporters by making their own CDs. Here an Afghan man arranges DVDs for sale in the southern city of Kandahar in 2008. Musadeq Sadeq/AP hide caption

In rural Minnesota, listener Veronica Horton made her own fun by dancing to "Tennessee" Ernie Ford's classic song on an old car. Roman Krochuk/iStockphoto.com hide caption

Los Angeles Dodgers players high-five after beating the San Diego Padres 2-0 at Petco Park in San Diego on Sept. 23, 2011. Denis Poroy/Getty Images hide caption

A newly constructed home in Westport, Conn., in December. The past three years have been the worst for new housing starts since before record-keeping began, according to economists at IHS Global. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief, speaks in Brussels on Monday following a meeting of EU foreign ministers. The EU has agreed to an embargo on buying oil from Iran in the latest sanction against that country for its nuclear program. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption

John Hawkes and Elizabeth Olsen in 2011's Martha Marcy May Marlene. Fox Searchlight hide caption