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After the Dow shed 4.6 percent on Monday, Japan's Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng both dipped by about 5 percent. European shares were also down sharply in early trading.

The tag line of the TV ad: Congratulations Patriots! The business reportedly didn't submit an Eagles version, and instructed the station to air the Patriots ad no matter how the game ended.

The drop on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday was 1,175 points. Put another way, blue-chip stocks lost about 4.6 percent of their value in one day. Foreign markets followed Wall Street.

In a volatile trading session, the Dow Jones industrial average rebounded a day after posting its largest point drop in history. Investors regained their focus on a strong economy and robust profits.

The cluster, found in central Appalachia and first reported by NPR, indicates that a disease once thought to be on the decline is still a common killer among coal miners.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll warns that there is no end in sight to America's longest war: "Most of the generals ... say in public, 'There's no military solution to this war.'"

The earthquake struck the island late Tuesday night and aftershocks continue to shake up the city of Hualien. Meanwhile, rescue workers strive to save people from collapsed buildings.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry estimates that 112 million people worldwide now pay for access to streaming services.

With three fatal train accidents in recent weeks, there's been a cry for Positive Train Control, a system that will automatically stop trains before certain types of accidents can happen. WIlliam Vantuono, editor-in-chief of Railway Age, explains how PTC works and why it's taking so long for it to be widely adopted.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ken Armstrong.