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After an exceedingly cordial one-on-one debate Thursday night, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama head back to the down-and-dirty of the campaign trail, where recent rhetoric had sharpened.

Sen. John McCain may be the current Republican front-runner in the presidential race, but former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee insists that the contest is far from over. Huckabee discusses his campaign, his fellow candidates and his high hopes for Super Tuesday.

Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo further demonstrates its desire to compete with Google, which has dominated the Web search industry. But analysts warn that Microsoft and Yahoo each bring flawed Internet strategies to the table, while Google holds a strong hand.

Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama debate Thursday for the first time since their bitter contest in South Carolina — and for the first time without John Edwards. Edwards withdrew from the presidential race Wednesday, but he has yet to endorse another candidate.

As part of our series on issues leading up to what has become a national primary on Super Tuesday, Robert Siegel talks with Carrie Kahn about the presidential candidates' positions on immigration.

Microsoft's first priority in its unsolicited bid for Yahoo is to compete with Google for advertising revenue that comes from online searches. But the merger would bring a lot of other goodies, too.

California has the most votes at stake on Super Tuesday, but counting those returns could take a lot longer than usual. Electronic voting machines in more than 20 counties there have been scrapped because of security concerns. Now those counties are using old-fashioned paper ballots instead.

The death toll from tornadoes that tore through the South continues to rise Wednesday, as authorities prepare to go door-to-door to search for victims. Fay Graves, who manages a McDonald's restaurant in Jackson, Tenn., describes the destruction.

Microsoft has made a $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, an aggressive move by the software giant to gain market share on the Internet and compete with Google. Microsoft and Yahoo have talked about merging for years. This time, a hostile but very rich offer could seal the deal.

On the verge of Super Tuesday, the presidential hopefuls are turning their attention to the states with big delegate counts, such as California and New York. But what about the other states? Will the candidates spend time in Kansas or Idaho or Arizona — or Minnesota?