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Scottish girl Martha Payne blogged about her school lunches. She attracted attention for her meal photographs - the local Scottish governing council stopped her from taking pictures after critical press coverage. The ban was quickly lifted; Martha's blog fans donated millions to her food charity.

What happens inside a black hole? Do the laws of Nature go haywire? A new NASA mission may shed some light into Nature's most enigmatic objects.

The political battle between the Obama administration and the House Oversight and Government has ratcheted up another notch.

New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras has been sworn in. He framed last weekend's election as a referendum on keeping the euro as Greece's official currency.

An estimated 27 million people are trafficked each year, according to a new report by the U.S. State Department. Host Michel Martin discusses the findings with Ambassador Luis CdeBaca of the State Department and Sister Azezet Kidane, who documents human trafficking in Egypt. Advisory: This segment may not be comfortable for some listeners.

The actor stars in Aaron Sorkin's new HBO drama The Newsroom,playing an anchorman inspired to give up fluff pieces and return to hard-hitting journalism.

The Fed will continue to push down long-term interest rates. But that only helps people who can get a loan.

See how listeners voted in our mid-year poll for the year's best albums (so far).

Among the issues raised by President Obama's new plan to defer deportation for some young undocumented immigrants is growing political outreach to Latino voters. He and Governor Romney both plan to speak at the annual conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.