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Democratic presidential candidates try to score some last-minute points during their final debate in Iowa, which goes to the polls on Jan. 3. Voters are looking for a change of direction.

South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, chooses Jacob Zuma as its new leader, rejecting South African President Thabo Mbeki. That puts Zuma, a controversial politician, in a position to become or select the country's next president when Mbeki's term ends in 2009.

Major League Baseball players are likely to respond with anger over the new report about steroid use in baseball, and make claims of hearsay. League officials and players knew what was going on and turned their backs because of statistics: homeruns, sold-out stadiums.

While the new energy bill delivers good news to those in the ethanol business, it disappoints many in the business of cultivating alternative energy sources — such as wind, solar and geothermal power.

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was targeted by gunfire and a suicide bomber after a political rally near the capital. She was declared dead by doctors at a nearby hospital. National Security Correspondent Jackie Northam and author Shuja Narwaz discuss Bhutto's assassination and what it will mean for parliamentary elections scheduled for January.

A church was burned down on New Year's Day with dozens of people inside. Brother Paul Brennan, an Irish Catholic priest, discusses the post-election violence.

A storm that brought freezing rain and snow to the plains states and Midwest over the weekend has moved into the Northeast, leaving at least 19 people dead in weather-related accidents.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visit Iraq unannounced on Tuesday, but her trip was overshadowed by an incursion into the northern part of the country by Turkish troops hunting guerrillas of the Kurdish separatist group PKK. The U.S. has recently begun sharing intelligence with Turkey to pinpoint guerrilla positions.

Leslie Van Houten was denied parole more than 20 times — including five reversals from California's governor's office — over the brutal murders of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca in 1969.

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died after gunfire and a suicide bomber targeted her vehicle as she left a campaign rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Thursday. Guests discuss what happened at the rally and the implications of Bhutto's death.