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  • Oil prices are destined to slip somewhat in the coming years, according to British Petroleum CEO Lord John Browne. Browne says that high inventories of crude oil prove "that the global supply system works rather well."
  • Undersea explorer Fabien Cousteau recently studied sharks from inside the belly of the beast... using a decoy submarine built to resemble a great white. Cousteau tells Debbie Elliott about his upcoming CBS documentary, Mind of a Demon.
  • A visit to communities in West Virginia that were devastated by flash floods in 2001 offers a glimpse into what Gulf Coast residents can expect as they struggle to recover from the destruction of Hurricane Katrina.
  • At issue was a federal law that has been on the books for 20 years that barred federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay loans made to their campaigns.
  • The big buzz for this year's summer movie season is Snakes on a Plane. The action flick, starring Samuel L. Jackson, has a plot that needs no further explaining than the title. But for Monty Coles, an amateur pilot in West Virginia, the title became a reality when a four-and-a-half-foot snake hitched a ride in his small plane.
  • By the time a farmer hears a swarm, it's usually too late to do anything but wait for the plague to pass. At the moment, researchers have a hard time predicting the movements of locust swarms. But that may be changing.
  • Households in the U.S. will receive eight test kits via the U.S. Postal Service. The release comes as cases have risen over 60% in the U.S. over the past two weeks.
  • A lot of people think of a marathon as the ultimate long distance race with its official distance of 26.2 miles. But that pales in comparison to a man who has run 350 miles -- in one race -- without stopping. Tom Goldman has a profile on Ultra-Marathoner Dean Karnazes.
  • Two 20-year-old Duke University lacrosse players were arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping a stripper hired to dance at an off-campus party.
  • Bill Henderson, author of Simple Gifts: Great Hymns: One Man's Search for Grace talks about his love of classic hymns and their spiritual significance.
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