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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.

Voters in Iowa and New Hampshire have voiced their preferences in the presidential race. Now, voters in Michigan go to the polls on Tuesday in a contest that focuses on the Republicans. Tracy Samilton reports from member station WUOM in Ann Arbor.

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.

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

What happened? How did almost all of the pollsters and pundits miss the fact that Barack Obama's big move in New Hampshire had not really closed the sale? Or do those pollsters and pundits just not understand how voters think?

It has been 10 years since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced the Mexican gray wolf into the mountains of southern Arizona and New Mexico. The agency is re-evaluating the policy, which is under attack from all sides.

Candidates are in New Hampshire, madly campaigning for Tuesday's primary. Reporter Dan Gorenstein talks with New Hampshire voters about who they like just hours before they cast their ballot. Many are undecided.

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.

As the Earth warms up, rising sea levels will increase the threat of storm surges and flooding. In some places, that will make exisiting problems worse. Venice, Italy, offers a glimpse at what may lie ahead. A major engineering project aims to protect it from the rising sea, but most Venetians seem to take high water in stride.

John Ridley, screenwriter for Undercover Brother and commentator for NPR, discusses why he is ready to cross the picket line. His op-ed, "John Ridley Goes Fi-core," appeared Tuesday in The Los Angeles Times.