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Holiday gift card or money burning a hole in your pocket? Want to buy an electronic gadget? Linda Wertheimer talks to Rich Jaroslovsky, tech columnist for Bloomberg News, about his top gadget picks for 2011.

While there's no industry-wide data available yet for this year, U.S. gift-wrap makers are expecting to post their strongest sales in years, according to The Wall Street Journal. The industry was shredded during the recession when many stores stopped offering gift-wrapping service.

Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered in the streets of Moscow. They disagree with elections allegedly rigged in favor of Vladimir Putin's party. Lilia Shevtsova, senior Russia analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, talks to Steve Inskeep about the demonstrations.

With the gift-giving season winding down, All Things Considered takes some time to look at a technology that likely played a part in many of this year's offerings — touch screens. From its early innovators to its most recent, groundbreaking applications, the one thing that's for sure is there's still plenty of change on the way.

In our sixth annual obituary show, we remember extraordinary people whose deaths didn't make headlines, but whose lives made indelible impact. Talk of the Nation reached out to colleagues and friends at NPR who responded with personal stories about the people who inspired them.

Forget the ABCs or childhood friendships. Brooklyn band the Deedle Deedle Dees infuses its music with lessons on subjects as diverse as Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence and the letters of John and Abigail Adams, coupled with catchy, sing-along choruses.

More hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country are saying no to elective deliveries of babies before 39 weeks unless medically necessary. Doctors cite increased health risks associated with early deliveries, not costs — though Texas' Medicaid program has stopped paying for such births.

The soul singer's recently released album is finally earning him some wider appeal, after two decades in the music business.

As in 2008, Florida is breaking GOP rules to hold a winner-take-all primary in January. But this time the decision could confuse the race: If the nomination fight is close, any Florida Republican voter could challenge the delegate count at next year's convention.