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Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek says the official estimate of people missing in the Minneapolis bridge collapse has been significantly reduced. Meanwhile, officials acknowledge they were warned as early as 1990 that the I-35 West bridge was "structurally deficient."

As fears of a recession loom, consumer confidence has fallen. Consumer spending has slowed and businesses are beginning to feel the pinch. We take a look how the economy got to the state it is, and ho

Congress is evaluating the No Child Left Behind act. Passed in 2002, it requires that states meet national educational standards or risk losing federal funds. But San Diego Democrat Susan Davis has co

Niece Caroline Kennedy and nephew Joseph P. Kennedy told mourners at the memorial service for their uncle Edward that "Teddy was always there." "He taught me to be a better senator," said GOP Sen. John McCain, one of several Senate colleagues to pay tribute to Kennedy.

Wage theft has become a large problem in New Orleans, where day laborers are integral to the rebuilding process. As many as 80 percent of Latinos interviewed in the city say they've been ripped off by employers, according to a recent survey. The City Council president plans to introduce legislation to make wage theft a crime.

George W. Bush did something today that he hadn't in 66 months as president -- he vetoed a bill passed by Congress. The legislation would have eased restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. President Bush imposed the restrictions in 2001.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is proposing the most sweeping overhaul of regulations for the financial industry since the Great Depression, saying Monday that the measures are not meant to remedy immediate economic concerns. A rising tide of bad debt has made it harder for consumers and businesses to get credit.

A man suspected of snatching an 11-year-old girl and hiding her for nearly two decades in his backyard faced a Friday court appearance, as the woman's family reunited with their daughter and met the two children fathered by her alleged abductor.

An icon of the conservative movement, former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms represented North Carolina in Congress for 30 consecutive years. He died Friday at the age of 86.

Over nearly five decades, Sen. Edward Kennedy assumed an important role in framing the nation's civil rights laws and leading the opposition to Supreme Court nominees he viewed as hostile to civil rights.