Zimbabwe's prime minister believes that the truck driver who struck his car and killed his wife deliberately drove toward him in an effort to take his life, members of the prime minister's party told CNN today. Morgan Tsvangirai left the hospital today, a day after his wife, Susan, was killed in the accident, officials said.

The stage is set for Bernard L. Madoff to plead guilty to defrauding thousands of investors out of billions of dollars in what is widely believed to be the biggest investment fraud in history.

President Obama plans to visit Turkey in about a month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday.

The United States and Syria found a lot of "common ground" on which to cooperate in the Middle East, the State Department's top Middle East official said after talks in Damascus.

NASA launched a telescope Friday night that will search a slice of the Milky Way galaxy for Earth-like planets. The mission attacks a basic human question, said NASA Associate Administrator Ed Weiler: "Are we alone?" The Kepler spacecraft carries a telescope that will stare at 100,000 stars in the Cygnus-Lyra region of the Milky Way for more than three years.

Confidence among investors as a whole is a key factor in determining how the market behaves, economists say; when investors collectively lose confidence in the market, it is more likely to drop. In fact, confidence is an example of an "animal spirit," a term referring to the psychological factors that move the market.

Prince Charles has sent a condolence message to the family of a wealthy British couple who ended their lives together at a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland, according to media reports.

Saudi Arabia's religious police detained two male novelists for questioning last week after they attempted to get the autograph of a female writer at a book fair in Riyadh, according to local media reports.

A motorcycle gang carried out a bold smash-and-grab raid on a jewelry store in the center of London -- right in front of a CNN camera.

Sometimes the best way to roll with the punches is to roll the dice. That's attitude the attitude of unemployed engineer Jerry Goldsmith, one of 1,300 people who showed up over two days this week to apply for casino dealer jobs near Denver. As state governments look for a quick source of tax income, at least 15 have expanded or are considering expanding gambling, the Spectrum Gaming Group says.

The head of the nation's largest public power company pledges to clean up the massive spill that has dumped more than a billion gallons of coal waste in central Tennessee. "This is not a time where TVA holds its head high," said Tom Kilgore, president and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority. "I'm here to tell you that we will clean it up, and we will clean it up right."

Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday to a revised indictment charging him in a corruption and tax evasion case, according to a spokesman for the New York District Attorney.

Days of Israeli attacks on suspected Hamas strongholds in Gaza have triggered protests in more than a dozen countries. In London, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy, waving flags and trying to push their way closer to the building, as police tried to hold them back and erect a barricade.

Eight snowmobilers remain unaccounted for after two avalanches in British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. Three others survived the incident, which occurred south of the town of Fernie. The 11 had been in Harvey Pass, a popular backcountry snowmobile destination.

Israel is in "all-out war" with Hamas, the nation's defense minister said today as Israeli jets continued to hammer targets in Gaza. The Palestinian death toll reportedly has topped 300. "This is an all-out war against Hamas and its branches," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.

Deaths of law enforcement officers in the line of duty fell sharply in 2008, with the number killed by gunfire reaching its lowest level in more than five decades, according to a report published Monday.

After weeks of criticism that she was being too elusive, Senate hopeful Caroline Kennedy is now talking about why she believes she is the best person for the job.

A British businessman jailed in Dubai after being convicted with a female companion for having sex on a beach said he had acted naively as he spoke publicly Monday for the first time since returning to the UK.

Republican Party reaction is divided over the decision of a candidate for party chairman to distribute a CD that features the parody tune "Barack the Magic Negro," with the majority of Chip Saltsman's political rivals criticizing the move.

By now, it has become almost a cliché: "I never thought I'd live to see it happen."