Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday with an impassioned endorsement of PCs and a sneak peek at the company\'s future Windows 7 operating system.

    

A Florida woman accused of killing her toddler daughter made a rare court appearance Thursday for a hearing regarding \"disturbing\" images of the scene where her daughter\'s skeletal remains were found.

    

Hundreds of citizens and community leaders packed into the Bay Area Rapid Transit board room and two overflow rooms Thursday, demanding the group take responsibility for a subway officer\'s shooting that left a young man dead.

    

Would you get upset if you witnessed an act of racism?

    

The U.N. Security Council late Thursday overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

    

Robbie Tolan sits in a Houston, Texas, hospital bed with a bullet from a police officer\'s gun lodged in his liver. The son of a famed baseball player was shot in his own driveway.

    

In some ways, what we heard from President-elect Obama on Thursday was a call to action -- a call to action on the economy.

    

An Illinois legislative committee Thursday unanimously recommended impeaching embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich amid corruption allegations.

    

Big company. Big salary. Big sendoff.

    

Todd Rundgren has it backward.