China Storms Kill 60, More Snow Coming

Breaking News
February 1, 2008

Microsoft Makes Major Bid For Yahoo

Not content to fall behind Google in the race to capture online
advertising dollars, Microsoft offered to buy search engine operator
Yahoo for $44.6 billion in a move to boost its competitive edge in the
online services market. 
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U.S.

Another Last Minute Death Row Reprieve

A murderer who would have become America's first executed inmate in
months won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court a little more than an
hour before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. 
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World

China Storms Kill 60, More Snow Coming

As the government raised the official death toll to 60 and its damage
estimate from three weeks of punishing winter storms to a whopping $7.48
billion, forecasters warned residents of central China that more snow
was on the way.
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Politics

Clinton, Obama Debate, But Play Nice

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off their final
debate before Super Tuesday contests on a cordial note, and reached out
to backers of former rival John Edwards in their scrappy chase for
delegates. 
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Health

FDA Links Epilepsy Drugs To Suicide Risk

The Food and Drug Administration has alerted the nation's doctors that
drugs commonly prescribed to millions of people with epilepsy and some
other disorders can double the risk of suicidal thoughts and
tendencies.
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SciTech

Humans Blamed For Climate-Related H2O Woes

People driving their cars, cranking on their air conditioners and
switching on lights and dishwashers are responsible for most of the
climate changes that are gradually drying up water supplies in arid and
growing western states, a new study finds. 
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Business

U.S. Stocks End Session Ahead

U.S. stocks close higher, but still end January with substantial losses,
as a shaky market swings down on MBIA Inc.'s losses only to reverse
higher when the bond insurer said it did not believe its triple-A rating
was in jeopardy.
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Entertainment

George Clooney Gets U.N. Role

In his new role as United Nations messenger of peace, Clooney toured
U.N. headquarters for a ceremony and received a new pin for his lapel
marking his designation for the special job from Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon.