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The revelation this week of the identity of Deep Throat, Bob Woodward's celebrated anonymous source on the Watergate scandal, has stirred up the memories of many journalists. These competing reporters, beaten badly at the outset of Watergate, say that the accolades raining down on the Washington Post obscure scoops of their own.

RetroBox, a fast-growing Ohio company, buys discarded computers that it recycles and rebuilds. The goal is to keep the machines out of landfills -- the U.S. government alone throws away 10,000 computers a week.

The investigation of the leak that revealed the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame raises complicated questions that can't be immediately answered. Was a crime committed? Were Bush administration ethical standards breached?

Guitar legend Les Paul is about to turn 90 and still going strong. He plays weekly at New York's Iridium Jazz Club, and he has a string of new albums coming out. Tom Vitale visits with Paul in New York.

For decades, the steady loss of agricultural and factory jobs has left the Mississippi Delta with a low-skilled workforce struggling to find income. Entrepreneurs trying to revive the region say that first, locals must change their mindset and overcome a history of racism and neglect.

The Senate reaches a temporary agreement on its position on the rights of detainees in the war on terror. The Senate decides to retain the military tribunal system for handling the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- but does rights of appeal to the federal courts.

In New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin says Hurricane Katrina has taken the lives of hundreds -- and most likely thousands -- of people in the city. Efforts to repair breached levees and floodwalls have been unsuccessful as a massive evacuation continues.

Prince Faisal al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan talks to host Michele Norris. The prince came to Washington this week with a delegation for annual bilateral security discussions at the Pentagon.

The prosecution begins closing arguments in the five-month trial of a former professor at the University of South Florida accused of supporting terrorism. Sami Al-Arian and three others face 53 counts in a federal case alleging that a cell in Tampa managed a terrorist enterprise.

Jordan declares a day of mourning Thursday following a series of suicide bombings in Amman that left more than 50 people dead. Three hotels were targeted and one of the explosions occurred at a wedding banquet, where most of the casualties occurred.