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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday in his first hearing with lawmakers since the Fed and the Treasury announced the plan to prop up mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He talked about problems facing the economy, and said the slowdown isn't expected to end anytime soon.

School districts across the nation are experimenting with paying teachers based on performance. An important and troubled district in Washington, D.C., is now moving closer to merit pay. Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the District of Columbia's public schools, talks about her proposal.

A book recounts how precious works of art thousands of years old were taken to safety as Japan began its invasion of China in the 1930s — a part of China's history largely unknown outside Asia.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been blocking every U.S. military personnel move that needs Senate confirmation since February. Here, a look at why and how he can bend the will of the Senate to his own.

The long lines continue in Southern California at IndyMac Bank branches. There has been a run on the failed bank since federal regulators took over Friday. The takeover raises questions about the health of other financial institutions.

Ted Stevens has played a key role in Alaskan politics since before it became a state. Richard Mauer, a staff writer for the Anchorage Daily News, says though Stevens is a legend in the state, many are now perceiving him negatively.

President Bush has signed an executive order revising rules for intelligence agencies and expanding the national intelligence director's powers. Congressional Republicans are irked over what they say is disrespect for congressional oversight in the process.

A man once called "arguably the greatest stock picker of the century," John Templeton, died Tuesday at his home in the Bahamas. He was 95. More than a half-century ago, he founded the global Templeton Growth Fund. But the devout Presbyterian invested as much in faith as he did in finance.

When Dr. Bruce Ivins was hired 30 years ago to study anthrax vaccines at the Army's Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryland, he didn't need security clearance.

A scientist who studied anthrax weapons for the federal government has committed suicide. Bruce Ivins, who worked at the biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., was being investigated in connection with the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people.