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Two companies say the best way to slow global warming is to dump iron into the oceans. The iron would trigger blooms of tiny plants that suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and then keep it trapped deep in the ocean. But scientists are wary.

When the House Foreign Relations Committee approved a measure that would officially declare the deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in the early 19th century genocide, it revived a political debate.

More than a dozen wildfires continue to rage across Southern California. San Diego County is still getting hit the hardest. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been forced to flee the flames, and at least 700 homes have been destroyed.

As fires continue to ravage Southern California, few are more destructive than the San Diego County Harris fire. Capt. Martin Johnson, a California Fire spokesman fighting the Harris fire, talks with Michele Norris about what life is like for a firefighter on the front lines.

President Bush recently honored the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal. The medal is the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress. In response, China is protesting the award. Asian journalist Thomas Laird is joined by Kenneth Lieberthal, an expert on China, to offer analysis.

Widespread problems within the subprime loan market have created havoc on Wall Street, with a cascading effect through world markets.

The mine cave-in last week in Utah was the second collapse at the Crandall Canyon. One last spring was in a section near where the six miners are now trapped. According to a consultant's memo, the earlier cave-in caused the company to abandon that section of the mine.

Karl Rove, President Bush's close friend and chief political strategist, plans to leave the White House at the end of August. A longtime member of Bush's inner circle, Rove was nicknamed "the architect" by the president for designing the strategy that twice won him the White House.

Mattel issues a recall affecting more than 9 million toys made in China, citing magnets that could be swallowed and possible problems with lead paint. The company's Fisher-Price division recalled 1.5 million preschool toys from a different Chinese supplier earlier this month.

U.S. agencies have produced a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq. The good news is that it sees al Qaida in Iraq's capabilities reducing, but the political side is a different story.