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Days Of Turmoil Test Stability Of Emerging Markets

Financial markets around the world are enjoying a day of relative calm after a flare-up in emerging markets. India hiked interest rates and Turkey's central bank is considering doing the same thing as both countries search for ways to limit the fallout. Many emerging markets have made changes that make them less vulnerable to volatility.

Republican legislators concerned about the federal debt are trying to set up the guidelines for Alabama to participate in a state-led constitutional convention.

State Senate Works Despite Icy Weather

The Alabama House was unable to meet Tuesday because many members couldn't make the icy trip to Montgomery. But the Senate got enough members to…

WATCH: Obama Tells The Story Of A Wounded Soldier

It was a moment during the State of the Union that brought a bitterly divided chamber to its feet.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., rehearses the GOP response to the State of the Union on Capitol Hill. She delivered it Tuesday following the president's speech.

From Establishment To Tea Party, Republicans Rebut President

Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who delivered the official GOP response Tuesday evening, didn't have the spotlight to herself — there were also three other Republican rebuttals.

Graduate student Jennifer Klunk of McMaster University examines a tooth used to decode the genome of the ancient plague.

Ancient Plague's DNA Revived From A 1,500-Year-Old Tooth

When you hear the words bubonic plague, Black Death usually comes to mind. But the first plague pandemic happened 800 years earlier, when the Justinian plague wiped out nearly a quarter of the world's population. Scientists have decoded the bacteria responsible, which have roots in China.

Chilean writer Isabel Allende is the author of 20 books, including <em>The House of Spirits</em> and <em>City of the Beasts.</em>

Allende Creates Realism Without The Magic In 'Ripper'

Isabel Allende dips a toe in the waters of genre fiction with her new novel Ripper — about a girl who puts her online gaming group to work tracking down a serial killer who's targeted her mother. Reviewer Amal El-Mohtar says the book would function just as well as a character study, without the crime plot.

Interpol On The Case Of Stolen Stradivarius

Frank Almond of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra had just finished a performance Monday night with his 1715 Stradivarius, when it was stolen from him. The violin is estimated to be worth $6 million.

A winter storm dumps snow in central and southern Alabama on Tuesday as traffic crawls along I-20/59 near downtown Birmingham.

'Rush Hour From Hell' Drags On In Icy Southern Cities

In Atlanta, Birmingham and other places, people who got on the roads Tuesday afternoon still weren't home Wednesday. At many schools, students and teachers slept overnight on wrestling mats and classroom carpets. Forecasters got it wrong — the storm hit further north than they expected.

Costa Book of the Year author Nathan Filer poses with his prize for his debut novel Tuesday in London.

Book News: Nurse's Debut Novel Wins Prestigious Costa Award

Also: Martin Scorsese will direct a documentary about The New York Review of Books; arsonist sentenced to read Malcolm Gladwell; Rebecca Mead on Middlemarch.

Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, who finished his college career last season, is the spokesman for the players' effort to unionize.

Northwestern Football Players Want To Unionize: Is That OK?

The players say they work hard and bring in millions of dollars for their school. They want the right to bargain collectively. The NCAA says that would "undermine the purpose of college: an education." Who is right?

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