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In her memoir, Sideways on a Scooter, NPR's Miranda Kennedy reflects on marriage practices and the nature of love in India.

There are some signs of cracks in the regime of Syria's President Bashar al Assad. More than 200 members of the ruling Baath Party have resigned to protest the government's violent crackdown on demonstrators. Hundreds of protesters have been killed in recent weeks.

Communities in the South are cleaning up after tornadoes hit the region hard. Alabama is suffering the most. Search and rescue teams are going door to door to find victims.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have been married at London's West Minster Abbey. The couple looked nervous but happy and recited their vows before Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. An estimated two billion people across the globe tuned in to watch. That number includes Cindy Lytle of Columbus, Ohio, who talks to Renee Montagne about what she planned to do for the royal wedding.

Peyton Hillis of the Cleveland Browns is the latest football star featured on the cover of the Madden NFL game. Several players who've been on that cover — including Marshall Faulk, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady — went on to have lousy seasons or injuries. Hillis says he intends to show the curse does not exist.

Authorities in Morocco are starting to identify the people killed in yesterday's explosion in a Marrakesh cafe.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Linda Holmes, who writes for NPR's pop culture and entertainment blog, Monkey See. She's in London and watched the royal wedding with crowds about a block from Westminster Abbey.

Tornadoes and storms ripped through the South this week, killing hundreds of residents. In this "Faith Matters" segment, host Michel Martin speaks with Rev. Schmitt Moore, the pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala., about the devastation his parish is facing and how faith is involved in the recovery effort.

Residents of Tuscaloosa, which was devastated by tornadoes, salvaged what they could as President Obama and the first lady visited.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' decision to ban state funding for Planned Parenthood will increase speculation that he plans a White House run. It could help him in the early primaries where social conservatives play a big role but hurt him in a general election.