Headlines from February 1, 2008

Kenyan government and opposition officials agree on peace deal.
Ireland drops plastic shopping bags, now everyone uses cloth sacks--to do otherwise is "on par with not cleaning up after your dog."
Significant drops in malaria deaths after mosquito nets and a new drug get distributed.
China's "perfect storm" for inflation--now at 6.5 percent--involves actual storm.
Superceding Time Warner in terms of scary media conglomerates, Microsoft bids to buy Yahoo.
Sotheby's sells $82.5 million of old masters with focus now on French and German schools, not Dutch.
Sarah Jessica Parker to discover new masters with art-world reality show.
American adults are fired up about the Super Bowl and Super Tuesday in equal numbers.
In today's Non-Expert, Jessica Francis Kane helps you determine the exact number of children to invite to your kid's birthday party.
Do cocaine? Support tragedy! Learn alongside Blur's Alex James in Meave Gallagher's coke-themed Video Digest.
Boltzmann's Brain story, fascinating in itself, provokes eloquent outrage from a fourth-grader.
The outrage and fright you may experience in the kitchen, and how to get over it.
Video: Perhaps not a fear, perhaps an elation: 207 people freeze in place in Grand Central Station.
Blog for those who love snow; benches that always offer a dry seat.
Yesterday's Democratic debate made clear the crux of the campaigns: "Clinton's experience against Obama's judgement."
Some in the G.O.P. protest John McCain's candidacy--what's with this stem-cell support and not opposing same-sex marriage?
Obama's campaign flooded by donations in January: to the tune of $32 million.
Last fall McCain needed a $3 million loan to extend the life of his campaign--which required life insurance in case he didn't survive the election.
On the practice of D.I.Y. waterboarding to pull a stunt, to see what it's like, or to make a point.
Danish geneticist says all blue-eyed people have a single common ancestor.
I wear plaid and corduroy and shoes for old men. I like soft shoes. Michel Gondry reveals his personal fashion.
Goodwill accidentally sells a parked bike.
Coming soon: a glow-in-the-dark, Kanye-endorsed bicycle--it's about time.
The fact is, the Oscar telecast is the worst three hours and 27 minutes on television, and it has held that distinction for years and years and years.