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	last updated: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:14:14 GMT

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:58:40 GMT Salvage bids assessed amid storms

Salvage crews are trying to recover a stricken ferry and trawler that ran aground off the UK in severe weather.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:56:48 GMT Twin bombings kill 64 in Baghdad

Two mentally disabled women were used to carry bombs that were detonated remotely in Baghdad, officials say.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:52:43 GMT Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo

Microsoft offers to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn in cash and shares.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:13:28 GMT

Gaza busts out of its blockade

A new hole opens in the Arab-Israeli peace strategy of isolating Hamas.

Economic outlook dims sharply

A slump seems inevitable, many experts now say. But they differ on its duration.

Can Europe cut carbon without cutting growth?

Radical goals for 2020 boost renewable energy and cut emissions sharply.

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	last updated: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:13:28 GMT

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:35:20 GMT Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo

The deal would reshape the Internet consumer services business, where both companies have struggled to compete with Google.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:22:51 GMT U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Sheds 17,000 Jobs

The decline in jobs across a broad spectrum of professions marks the most striking evidence yet that the United States may be slipping into a recession.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:27:38 GMT McCain?s Critics on Right Look Again

Senator John McCain has long aroused opposition from conservatives. Now, some see him in a new light.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:13:29 GMT

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:53:00 EST Exxon's Profits: Measuring a Record Windfall

Money gushing into the oil company's coffers will be sure to reignite talk of new taxes.

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:53:00 EST Rating Doctors: A Rank Practice?

Websites now let patients rate their physicians, despite opposition from medical groups.

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:57:00 EST A Fit Obama Pleads: 'I'm No Ralph Kramden'

Nobody's going to confuse Democratic Sen. Barack Obama with a couch potato.

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:13:30 GMT

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:14:34 GMT Microsoft offers $44.6B for Yahoo (AP)

AP - Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:38:05 GMT Payrolls drop for 1st time since 2003 (AP)

AP - Nervous employers cut 17,000 jobs in January — the first such reduction in more than four years and a fresh sign that the economy is in danger of stalling.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:49:37 GMT Exxon Mobil posts record profits (AP)

AP - Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company — $40.6 billion — as the world's biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at year's end.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:30:58 GMT

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:32:35 -0500 Suicide Sisters Kill Dozens in Baghdad

Twin bombings in pet markets shake confidence in peace. At least 64 dead.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:42:19 -0500 Four Killed As Kenyan Mob Rampages

Kenyan police kill 4 in mob violence sparked by killing of opposition lawmaker.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:14:53 -0500 $7.5Bn: The Cost of China's Snow

Blizzards cause $7.5 B in damages in China; gov't to give $700 M to farmers.

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:04:16 GMT

2007-05-11T00:00+00:00 'I did what I thought was right': Tony Blair gives his resignation speech

Blair to step down on June 27.

2007-05-11T00:00+00:00 CCTV boosts search for kidnap girl

British-registered vehicle gives police new lead.

2007-05-11T00:00+00:00 Andrew Marr on curling up with a good ebook

Andrew Marr - who treasures his smelly, beautiful library of real books - roadtests one of the new gadgets.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:30:58 GMT

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:03:00 EST Democrats change tone

Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spent their last debate before next week's Super Tuesday contests pointing out differences on Iraq, health care and the economy -- but without all of the finger-pointing that's marked their campaigns.