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Witnesses and victims describe frantic scene following deadly train collision.

Central banks plan to inject markets with $180B, but fear remains.

Some question whether the government's assistance to AIG is stretching the pain.

Starting today, a high-tech span will replace Minneapolis' collapsed bridge.

EXCLUSIVE: Biden tells ABC News voters "don't know we can accomplish" change.

John Zogby, Zogby International Polling, President & CEO, discusses the final Reuters/C-PSAN/Zogby tracking poll of Florida voters.
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Published: 1/29/2008 7:00:00 AM

As 130,000 techies converge on Las Vegas this week for the 42nd annual International Consumer Electronics Show, they're encountering an industry that's anxious about marketing high-tech gadgets in a tightwad economy.

Felix Batista disappeared December 10 from a restaurant in Mexico -- a case that made international headlines because of its irony. The anti-kidnapping expert was kidnapped, authorities said, and no one has heard from him since.

Kara DioGuardi is ensconced in the black velvet cocoon of a small home-recording studio, laying down a demo track while warmed by the glow of spice-scented candles.

A new national poll appears to validate the adage that time heals all wounds, at least when it comes to two former presidents of the United States.

A New Year's Day shooting in which a subway police officer fires a deadly shot into the back of an unarmed man has the San Francisco Bay Area demanding answers as authorities appeal for patience.

The 62-year-old man reportedly told his psychiatrist of the killing and the psychiatrist notified police, but the man died from natural causes Dec. 15 before investigators could question him

A missing 35-year-old mother of three may be a victim of foul play, Kansas City police said.

A man suspected of robbing four banks has been shot and killed after leading officers on a high-speed chase in central Illinois, police said.

A 9-year-old child has died after he was struck by a political campaign bus while crossing an intersection in New York City.

A cross-dressing, millionaire Harvard dermatologist serving life in prison for shooting his estranged wife to death has been found hanged in his cell, a prison spokeswoman said Tuesday

Lenders have become even less willing to part with their money, further crimping budgets and family spending.

At issue is whether plaintiffs have the right to sue when the products that hurt them had met federal standards.

The presidential race has turned into an audition for who could best handle a national economic emergency.

California legislative leaders and the governor have come to an agreement on the state budget, which is now roughly three months late.

After investigators said an engineer in last week?s collision had been texting on the job, regulators temporarily banned the use of all cellular devices by anyone at the controls of a moving train.