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Two years after Hurricane Katrina emptied New Orleans, more than 90,000 evacuees live in Houston, permanently it seems. Life for all of them has been difficult, and their stories are a mix of sadness, loneliness and triumphant hope.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon used his State of the Union speech to critique the United States. He said he was protesting what he called the "persecution" of undocumented Mexican workers.

The number of Americans without health insurance grew to an all time high of 47 million last year, an increase of more than 2 million from a year before. The number of children without health insurance coverage also rose. The Census Bureau figures are likely to raise the stakes in the political debate about health care.

As temperatures around the globe rise, the world's mountains are changing. In the Alps, retreating glaciers, more landslides and dramatic rockfalls are causing shifts not only in the physical environment, but in jobs, town budgets, and attitudes.

Since returning to power nearly two years ago, the Taliban have resumed pushing women and girls out of public life. The Taliban now say they're shutting down women's beauty salons.

More Americans are marrying later in life, if they marry at all. NPR's Michel Martin talks with sociology professor Susan Brown about shifting attitudes toward marriage in American society.

Now that Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) has announced his resignation, the focus is on possible successors. Lt. Gov. Jim Risch is widely regarded as the likely front runner. But many Idahoans angrily claim that Republicans in Washington forced Craig to quit solely to protect the party.

Turkey's president has agreed to withdraw his objection to Sweden joining NATO. Protests resume in Israel over a planned judicial overhaul. Heavy rain causes flash floods in the Northeast.

The State Department is being flooded with passport applications. Routine processing can take up to 13 weeks. Clint Henderson of The Points Guy, a travel website, has tips on how to deal with delays.

Searchers say they have found no sign of Steve Fossett after his single-engine plane disappeared in the rugged mountains and sagebrush-filled desert of western Nevada.