Jordan vows revenge for pilot's torture, death
CAIRO - Islamic State militants released a video appearing to show a captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive, and Jordan vowed to avenge his death with an "earth-shaking" response. Full Article
Wall St. rallies tracking oil, car sales
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday, led by gains in energy shares as oil prices extended their recent rally, while higher-than-expected January car sales also bolstered the advance.
S&P to pay $1.5 billion over mortgage ratings
Standard & Poor's will pay $1.5 billion to resolve a series of lawsuits over its ratings on mortgage securities that soured in the runup to the 2008 financial crisis. Full Article
Vaccine politics: Blame science and win in Iowa
We can see, as Chris Christie pushes beyond the boundaries of establishment views on science and public health, that Iowa's exercise in grass-roots democracy has helped push GOP politics dramatically to the right. Commentary | Full Article
U.N. absolves Croatia, Serbia of genocide
THE HAGUE - The United Nations' highest court ruled that neither Croatia nor Serbia had committed genocide against each other's populations during the wars that accompanied the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Full Article | Video
Looking for land on the moon? Talk to the FAA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - U.S. companies can stake claims to lunar territory through an existing licensing process for space launches through the Federal Aviation Administration. Full Article
Silk Road operator may have never left website
NEW YORK - A U.S. prosecutor sought to dissuade jurors of believing that the man who created the underground website Silk Road abandoned the venture before authorities shut it down, saying he operated it from beginning to end. Full Article
Jordan vows to avenge hostage's execution
Reuters Correspondent Oliver Holmes in Beirut reports a video released Tuesday purporting to show the execution of Jordanian pilot by Islamic State has prompted a promise of revenge from Jordan's military.













