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LIVE BLOG: The world watches as Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton wed at Westminster Abbey in London. NPR's Two-Way blog will follow the story throughout the day.

The Carolina Panthers got to choose first in Thursday night's NFL draft. They selected Auburn quarterback Cam Newton, who led the Tigers to the national championship. That's despite an NCAA investigation that his father was involved in a pay-for-play scheme during his recruitment.

A million well-wishers flooded central London to try to catch a glimpse of the wedding party.

The space agency invited the public to submit original songs to be played for Endeavour's crew. More than 1,000 entries came in and a shortlist was put to a public vote on the Internet. Two songs are tied. The tune that gets the most votes will be played on the last day of the mission when the crew wakes up for landing.

Across our country, people are hosting royal wedding parties. Of course they had to get up pretty early to make it happen.

A number of car factories and aerospace plants have shut down temporarily, and some coal mines have suspended production. At a Mercedes Benz plant in Alabama, the damage wasn't bad, but managers closed the plant so workers could take care of their families.

Many political pundits have pronounced the GOP field for 2010 weak, with no candidate emerging as the Party favorite. But Jay Cost of The Weekly Standard has four reasons why the Democrats could face a real challenge in the next presidential election.

President Obama announced a shake up in his national security team recently: General Petraeus will head the CIA, and Leon Panetta will become Defense Secretary. Robert Dreyfuss of The Nation hopes the staffing changes will lead the U.S. out of Afghanistan.

Of the thousands of filed photographs, this one takes the cake.

The publicity of the fight against HIV/AIDS has eclipsed other diseases plaguing people around the globe. Jake Marcus of The New Republic argues that a new initiative to treat noncommunicable diseases like depression, cancer and obesity will do a world of good.