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Supporters of same-sex marriage suffer a legal setback as the California Supreme Court annuls more than 4,000 marriage licenses issued to gay couples in San Francisco this spring. But gay couples and rights activists say they will continue their fight for recognition of the marriages through the courts. Hear NPR's Richard Gonzales.

Commentator Elvis Mitchell joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss a recent cinematic trend: movies that take a political stand. The Manchurian Candidate, Farenheit 9-11 and Outfoxed are among them.

All Things Considered talks with visitors at the National Museum of American History's exhibit of Julia Child's actual kitchen, taken from her home in Cambridge, Mass., and reassembled in Washington, D.C. The visitors comment on how practical the kitchen appears to be, and how the famous gourmet touched their lives and influenced their relationship with food and cooking.

A new law is taking hold in many states, requiring owners of new homes to hold off suing the builder for repairs until they give the builder a chance to fix the problem. Homebuilders say it's only fair. Some owners of new homes say it's not fair to them and they want it repealed. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with Nadya Labi, senior editor of the magazine Legal Affairs, about the "transport" industry -- professionals hired by parents to take difficult teenagers away to reform schools or residential treatment centers. We also hear the personal story of Kelly Lauritsen, who describes her experience being transported to a reform school in Mexico four years ago.

The American Heart Association issues an advisory that taking antioxidant supplements has no preventive effect on heart disease and may be harmful in some cases. The association advises that people instead get the antioxidants they need from whole foods. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports.

At the start of the pro baseball season, stories about steroid use among ballplayers made headlines. Now those concerns seem to have drifted away -- and if attendance figures are any indication, fans are enjoying the games and forgetting the controversy. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis.

Former Enron CEO and Chairman Kenneth Lay pleads not guilty to federal charges that he participated in a scheme to deceive investors and government regulators about his company's financial health. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

The Pride of Baltimore, a tall ship built for the American Bicentennial, sank in a storm in 1986, killing four people. Eight others survived. Author Tom Waldron tells the story in his book Pride of the Sea.

A Senate Intelligence Committee report issued Friday suggests that the global intelligence community, in investigating whether or not Saddam Hussein's government had access to weapons of mass destruction, suffered from a "collective groupthink," which led them to misinterpret "ambiguous evidence." All Things Considered explains the term "groupthink."