Please Help

Guys, I have an issue. I have this posted in the Electrical section also, but figured I'd put it here too---to get more traffic in this section. Here it goes:
Sorry for this long post--it will take a minute to describe everything...
I was driving down 75 in Plano...everything was normal as usual. Then I looked down and I had no:
Tach
Temp gauge
Fuel gauge
Odometer
Gear selector indicator
But I DID have:
Speedo
Oil pressure
Voltmeter
Radio
A/C

What gauges I did have working were fine and read normal. Everything else was blank or at 0. :mad: The truck was running normal. The Message Center had the Battery icon showing in RED. And the Seatbelt light, Air Bag light and Parking Brake light were all flashing intermittently---kinda like a cop car's halogen lights---an odd flicker. No other warning lights were blinking--not even the CEL. :confused:
So I pulled off and into a parking lot and shut it off -- my headlights were on (it was 3:30 p.m.) and my efans stayed on longer than they usually do after I shut it off. I took off the neg. terminal of the battery for about 10 minutes. Looked at almost every damn fuse(except for the airbag)--nothing was blown. Then I reconnected eveything. It started just fine and ran just fine, but it was the same as before, but the efans won't turn on. :bash:
Drove to AutoZone and they scanned it---NOTHING. ;) I was surprised. I then figured it was either a blown circuit or a short in the gauge cluster and then drove it home back to Fort Worth from Richardson with no problems--except for the battery light and no gauges. Any ideas? Please help!!!
TIA