China Says Quake Toll Could Reach 50,000

China has literally thrown an army of rescuers into the earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province, but has been unable to stop the death toll from marching higher. In the last 24 hours China raised the death toll from 15,000, to 20,000, and warned today that the body count could go as high as 50,000 as relief workers clawed their way through tons of tumbled brick and slabs of cement. But more than 72 hours after the magnitude 7.9 quake hit, cries for help from under the rubble that had become... Full Story