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News of the U.S. mortgage crisis hitting banking giant Citigroup as well as the slowdown in retail sales depress Asian markets. In Tokyo, the Nikkei average falls 3.5 percent. Hong Kong's market index plunges more than 5 percent. Markets from Australia to the Philippines also tumble.

Two women hostages held in the jungle by Colombian rebels for more than five years are safe today after being released in a deal brokered by the president of Venezuela.

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to stand atop Mount Everest, died in Auckland, New Zealand. He was 88. Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, were the first to conquer the world's highest mountain in 1953.

The president, on his first visit to Saudi Arabia, delivers a major arms deal aimed at countering Iran's perceived threat in the region.

New Jersey is now the first Northern state to express official regret for its role in "perpetuating the institution of slavery." State Assemblyman William Payne, who sponsored the resolution, and Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, who opposes the resolution, defend their conflicting views.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton once looked at New Hampshire as her "firewall" — protection against an Iowa defeat. Now, after a surprising third-place finish in Iowa, her position in the Granite State is more precarious as she campaigns with one day to go.

Not all conservatives love Mike Huckabee, winner of the Republican vote in Iowa. Jonah Goldberg, writer for the conservative blog, "The Corner," discusses why he thinks the candidate is so scary.

The Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether a common three-drug lethal injection method is unconstitutional. The case has halted executions across the country. Slate.com legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick discusses the arguments.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case testing whether lethal injection is constitutional. Opponents say the three drugs used, and the way they are administered, create the potential for a tortuous death that would amount to cruel and unusual punishment.

For the past three years, soldier suicides have been on the rise. Pvt. 1st Class Jason Scheuerman committed suicide in Iraq in 2005. It took his father nearly two years, and several Freedom of Information Act requests, to figure out what went wrong.