Thierry de la Villehuchet, a hedge fund adviser and investor whose firm said he lost $1.5 billion investing with Wall Street adviser Bernard Madoff, was found dead in his office in an apparent suicide Tuesday, police said.

Archaeologists believe they have unearthed only a small fraction of Egypt's ancient ruins, but they're making new discoveries with help from high-tech allies -- satellites that peer into the past from the distance of space.

A new national poll suggests most Americans favor an economic stimulus package even if it comes with an $800 billion price tag, although that support doesn't indicate the public wants to see a new era of big government.

A 23-year-old Mexican beauty queen and seven men were taken into custody late Monday after being found in vehicles containing weapons and cash in central Mexico, police said Tuesday. According to the Nuestra Belleza Mexico Web site, she is expected to represent Mexico in next year's Miss International contest.

A Saudi judge recently refused to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man -- a union apparently arranged by the girl's father to settle his debts -- a lawyer in the case told CNN.

A former Utah policeman is a suspect in at least three of Monday's four rush-hour shootings near Dallas, Texas, including one of two fatal attacks, police said Tuesday. The suspect, Brian Smith, tried to commit suicide after the Monday-evening shootings and was in a hospital in serious condition, Dallas police detective Lt. Craig Miller said.

Rescuers saved terrified drivers Tuesday after a broken water main turned a suburban Washington street into a raging torrent of icy water. "All of a sudden just a gush of water came along with boulders and parts of trees," one driver said. Some motorists tried frantically to get help. A woman trapped in an SUV scrawled her husband's phone number on a piece of paper and flashed it to rescuers and reporters.

President Bush granted pardons Tuesday to 19 citizens charged with a variety of crimes, but vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby was not one of them. Nor were other prominent convicts, including former Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham, who was convicted of receiving bribes.

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong -- a survivor of testicular cancer -- and girlfriend Anna Hansen are expecting a baby, CNN learned Tuesday through his charitable organization.

Jeff Walker says from as far back as he can remember, he always wanted to be a father.

Two Democratic officials are predicting that the long-awaited report about aides to President-elect Barack Obama alleged contact with the office of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will largely exonerate Obama's transition team.

Iraqi soldiers have seized 228 apparently stolen antiquities and arrested seven members of a gang suspected of trafficking in such items, a security official in Basra said Tuesday.

Good news: Lenders are ramping up their attempts to help troubled home borrowers.

You know the financial crisis is bad when investment bankers are grumpy at Christmastime. That's because in investment banking, Christmastime is bonus time, and bonus time is what it's all about.

The grandparents of slain toddler Caylee Anthony said Tuesday they will hold private and public memorials and asked people not to donate any money toward funeral expenses.

Much has been made of Barack Obama's interest in "Team of Rivals," Doris Kearns Goodwin's best-selling book on President Lincoln and his cabinet.

Investigators are trying to figure out whether the financial fraud allegedly perpetrated by Bernard L. Madoff was, in fact, the largest Ponzi scheme in history. The alleged scam, which cost investors $50 billion, sounds like a classic Ponzi racket.

Airline schedules are returning to normal, but thousands of travelers stranded by weekend winter storms may find it tough getting to the airport. Ice and snow cover roads in Portland, Oregon, where more than 11 inches of snow fell over the weekend. In Seattle, another winter storm is expected tonight. A winter storm warning also is in effect for New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

It is one of the most notorious unsolved cases in recent memory: A 6-year-old child beauty queen found dead in the basement of her home the day after Christmas 1996. The strangulation of JonBenet Ramsey is also among the coldest of cases. Twelve years have passed, but there are no solid leads. CNN.com and Nancy Grace are bringing fresh eyes to cold cases.

The Douglasville Police Department said Monday its officers will undergo "sensitivity and cultural diversity training" after a Muslim woman who refused to remove her head scarf at a courthouse was jailed.