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President Obama has signed into law a repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members. But implementation is still months away, and gay-rights advocates are warning gay troops to "stay in the closet" for now. Here, a look at the road -- and roadblocks -- ahead.

Financial and legal pressure on California’s prisons could have implications for San Diego County jails.

The number of teenage drivers involved in fatal car crashes has dropped dramatically in the past decade. But in those wrecks, male drivers still outnumber females by more than 2 to 1. For Basil Rynestead of Fauquier County, Va., it's a battle against peer pressure and inexperience to stay safe on the road.

What will David Alvarez bring to the San Diego City Council? We speak to Councilmember Alvarez about his goals for District 8, and we discuss how he thinks the council should go about cutting the city's $73 million budget deficit.

President Obama tells the nation's business leaders that they have a responsibility to America. Meanwhile, the Administration continues to strike a cautious note on the protests in Egypt. NPR Correspondent Scott Horsley joins us for a White House update.

When Congress approved the stimulus bill, it made a point of setting up a Web site called Recovery.gov to allow citizens to track all those billions in spending. But a dot-com version not run by the government also tracks the stimulus, and much of its information is more up to date.

With a looming recession, the Federal Reserve has taken an unusually active roll in trying to prevent a total collapse. Ken Kuttner, a former Fed staff economist, discusses the role the Fed is playing in the current economic turmoil.

Utah now has the toughest law in the nation banning texting and driving. It also uses a video on a case in which two men were killed by a texting driver to deter people from the activity. In the month since its release, the video has had 370,000 downloads, and requests are coming from other states to show it.

Government contracts with private firms are often of particular concern to those who hunt down corruption. Charles Kenny of Foreign Policy argues that private contractors should be made to publish the details of their contracts online, allowing the public to monitor how private firms use taxpayer money.

Most of the sucked-up oil is unusable and must be treated as waste. And anything that is contaminated with oil -- from seawater to workers' clothing -- has to be treated as potentially hazardous. A network of companies is stepping in to handle the waste, and they'll be billing BP for their efforts.