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In popstrological terms, Britney Spears is a "daughter" of Olivia Newton-John, born under the 1981 hit song "Let's Get Physical." Ian Van Tuyl's Popstrology: The Art and Science of Reading the Popstars shows how pop music's powerful forces affect us all from the day we're born.

Michele Norris talks with the Rev. Jerome Fowler about a posthumous honorable discharge from the Army for his great-uncle, Chaplain Henry Vinton Plummer. Plummer, a former slave, was dishonorably discharged in 1894 for drinking with enlisted men and cursing in front of one man's children and wife.

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

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.

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.

NPR's Melissa Block looks back on the history of New York State's abortion law. The country's most liberal, abortion law was signed thirty years ago by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

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.