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The Army may have met its recruiting target for July, but the year-to-date goals have not been met. The Army Reserve and the National Guard have also suffered shortfalls in their recruiting missions. Can the United States continue to rely on an all-volunteer army? Melissa Block talks with Laurence Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

NASA officials say the agency's engineers have found no easy answers to the problem of falling foam during the liftoff of space shuttles -- and a scheduled September launch will likely be delayed. Two NASA engineering teams reported on the problem Thursday.

Pere David's Deer was near extinction before a French missionary helped rescue it at the turn of the 19th century. The animal's story may reflect new environmental awareness in China, despite social and economic pressures still threatening the country's wildlife.

Over the years the scientific community has largely decided not to take part in public debates over creationism v. evolution. Now they're being careful about how they take on Darwin's latest critics — advocates of "Intelligent Design," the argument that life is too complex to have evolved without help.

Jon Scieszka, a children's author and former teacher, wants boys to read more. His new book Guys Write for Guys Read is a collection of stories, comics and advice on boyhood by best-selling authors and illustrators.

At the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, a gaggle of fans wait for the final episode of the six-picture Star Wars saga. It won't open until midnight May 19, but fans have been there for weeks. The line has a Web site and strict rules for joining the lineup.

In John Sandford's new thriller Broken Prey, middle-aged Minneapolis police officer Lucas Davenport takes time out from crime-solving to compile a list of the top 100 rock songs for a road trip.

The percentage of Evangelical Christian chaplains in the military is higher than their faith's representation in the ranks. The military directs them not to proselytize, but many say that would force them to deny a basic tenet of their faith.

Commentator Jake Halpern describes the phenomenon of the "para-social" relationship. In it, TV viewers come to feel that they know television characters because they see them all the time. Jake Halpern says that he feels like this about the characters in the show Cheers.

Carly Simon, with Moonlight Serenade is on her fourth recording of American classics by composers like George & Ira Gershwin and Cole Porter. She talks about her musical life, then and now.