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Water damage to an emergency spillway on the Oroville Dam in Northern California prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people from the area. More rain is forecast for the region this week.

CNN's national security analyst Peter Bergen just returned from Pakistan, where he visited the town where Osama bin Laden was killed. He talks about the various conspiracy theories surrounding bin Laden's death — and how al-Qaida has changed in recent years.

This week some of the nation's biggest power tool companies sent their executives to Washington. They came to argue against tougher safety mandates for so-called table saws — the saws with large open spinning blades. NPR's Chris Arnold has this Reporter's Notebook.

The swollen Souris River in North Dakota is taking a toll on towns in the western part of the state. Residents in the towns of Velva and Burlington have both put up a herculean effort to stop the floodwaters. One town succeeded. The other did not.

A Somali citizen captured in April was interrogated aboard a U.S. warship for two months and is now in New York to face terrorism charges.

A jury began deliberations Friday in the trial of former Major League Baseball player Barry Bonds, accused of perjury and obstruction of justice related to steroid use. Athletes charged with drug use often find their reputations tarnished — but not always irreversibly.

The unemployment rate notched up again in June, and the number of new jobs created was far less than what was expected. Payrolls increased by just 18,000 — less than the prior month and way below the level of job creation earlier in the year.

During a visit to Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta urged the Iraqis to make a decision about whether they want U.S. troops to stay beyond the end of this year. He also said the U.S. is concerned "about Iran and weapons they're providing to extremists here in Iraq."

Beat the heat (and the spaghetti-and-meatball doldrums) by pairing fun pasta shapes with fast, fresh sauces — hardly sauces at all, actually, but simple sautes of vegetables and herbs in olive oil.

U.S. automakers are in a very different position than they were the last time gas prices skyrocketed. Now, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler have more compact cars with high fuel economy. The cars can be tricked out, and there's more customer demand.