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It's not certain the justices will decide they should rule on the Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality. But if they do, it looks as though Justice Anthony Kennedy might join the court's four "liberal" judges to strike down the law.

The high school rape case in Steubenville, Ohio raised uncomfortable questions about how young people learn about their sexual rights and responsibilities. Host Michel Martin talks about the real sex education teens should be getting, with author Laura Sessions Stepp, attorney B.J. Bernstein, and youth mentor Malik Washington.

The new video for Phosphorescent's "Song For Zula" wraps metaphorical chains around a story of heartbreak.

Jared Loughner talked to himself and made "all kinds of noises," according to his parents. He left a phone message for a friend the night before the rampage thanking him for "some very good times."

Photographer Ernie Button has been taking pictures of the dried residues left in empty whisky glasses for six years. The resulting images are compellingly abstract and just a little bit otherworldly.

Lion meat has been gaining traction among adventurous foodies. But some wildlife advocates worry that interest in lion meat in the U.S. could encourage more poaching abroad. So they're pushing legislation to ban lion meat in the state that seems to be at the center of the U.S. trade.

The new type of supernova is fainter, less energetic and rarer than the ones already known.

A developer wants to knock down a remnant of the Berlin Wall to make way for luxury apartments. Some Berlin protesters — and actor David Hasselhoff — have been trying to stop it.

As the Supreme Court heard arguments on gay marriage for a second day on Wednesday, five justices showed uneasiness with the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 and the limits it imposed on federal benefits for gay couples.

Audie Cornish talks to Tom Goldstein of the website SCOTUSblog for analysis of Wednesday's arguments about gay marriage at the Supreme Court.