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Sen. Sam Brownback, a social conservative who played a key role in recent Supreme Court nomination battles, doesn't deny being interested in running for president. But the Kansas Republican says it's too early to talk about 2008 yet.

Some players of online role-playing games are so determined that they will pay real money to get ahead. Steve Inskeep talks with Julian Dibbell, who wrote about the tax implications of this practice in a recent issue of Legal Affairs.

It's hard not to notice when 18,000 people pick up and leave town all at once. Each time the soldiers at Fort Stewart are deployed, the residents of Hinesville, Ga., feel the absence keenly.

Ben Smith, a.k.a. The Politicker, tells Scott Simon how he distills political news for his New York Observer blog. He also notes some fellow blogs he tries to read on a daily basis.

Embattled Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announces changes in the way the Federal Emergency Management Agency deals with major disasters. New measures include a full-time response force and an improved tracking system for supplies.

The Veterinary Genetics Lab at UC-Davis has been called "the CSI of the four-legged world." The lab, directed by Beth Wictum, uses DNA samples from pets and other animals to help solve a variety of crimes.

The picture book How to Be a Good Dog is quite an engaging read. And Lulu, the ever-clever canine, has plenty of good things to say about it herself.

The new book While They're At War is the product of dozens of interviews with husbands and wives of those serving in the military. The stories collected by journalist Kristin Henderson, herself the wife of a veteran, describe wives waiting at home in a haze of anticipatory grief.

David Festa, the director of Oceans Programs at the nonprofit organization, Environmental Defense, talks with Robert Siegel about the conservation work of Peter Benchley, the author of Jaws. Benchley died Saturday at age 65.

Many of us know Danica McKellar as Winnie on The Wonder Years, or from her recurring West Wing role. But she's also a math scholar who recently proved her own theorem. She talks numbers with Scott Simon and Stanford professor Keith Devlin.