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In Kansas, debate continues over how and whether to teach evolution in schools. The state Board of Education appears likely to adopt a proposal to change the state's science standards to accommodate proponents of a new creationist movement.

David McGinnis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses the status of the National Guard. The Guard makes up about one-third of the troops in Iraq, and McGinnis says that it was not designed for this kind of war.

Supporters and opponents of President Bush's proposals for private Social Security accounts are running campaign-style ads -- some of which include misleading claims.

People from Detroit and Boston speak about the status of their retirement savings.

In Texas, a 2,000-year-old Roman sculpture turned up at a Goodwill store. What followed, for one woman, was a years-long effort to learn how it got there and to try to return it to its rightful owner.

David J. Linden received a terminal cancer diagnosis and was told he had between six and 18 more months to live.

Pork producers are feeling threatened by efforts to change their industry.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa tweeted today that he has submitted his resignation, “effective immediately,” amid his country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Ralph Neas is president of People for the American Way, a national social justice organization. He was executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights when he led the successful effort to block the nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987.

Investors are trying to find stability in a volatile market. Bonds are usually a safer investment, but even the bond market is down this year.