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Gun owners are praising the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on handgun ownership in the District of Columbia, which has one of the strictest laws of its kind. Chicago's is similar, and some gun owners there filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the city's anti-gun law.

U.S. intelligence agencies have produced a classified assessment of the implications of climate change for U.S. national security. The National Intelligence Assessment has been delivered to Congress and will be the subject of a hearing later this week.

Justices rule that the punitive damages were excessive under maritime law. Instead of $2.5 billion, Exxon now has to pay just $500 million. "It was like getting the rug pulled out from under you," says plaintiff Osa Schultz.

The Supreme Court Thursday ruled that foreign terrorism suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay have the right to appeal their detention in U.S. Federal Court. Supreme Court reporter David Savage talks about the reasoning on both sides and what this ruling means.

Justice Department data show that the amount of drug-related assets confiscated since 2004 has tripled, from $567 million to $1.6 billion. Critics claim some law enforcement agencies have become "addicted to drug money" in their quest to fill their own coffers.

In Paris today, President Bush delivered what amounted to a valedictory speech, looking back at U.S. and European relations over his time in the White House. He laid out the challenges ahead, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bush is on what he says will be his final trip to Europe as president; earlier Friday, he met with Pope Benedict XVI.

President Bush wraps up what might be his last trip to Europe as president of the United States. Don Gonyea, who's traveling with the president, talks about the trip.

Broadway celebrated its best Sunday night at the 62nd annual Tony Awards. The honor for Best Musical went to In the Heights, a celebration of life in a Latino neighborhood in Manhattan. But the most awards went to South Pacific, a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.

At least 20,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday. Hundreds of blocks are submerged, threatening the city's drinking supply. Emergency officials expect it will be at least four days before water levels are low enough to get crews in pump out the excess water. About 200 homes are expected to have extensive damage due to the levee breach. Many of the same homes were also extensively damaged when the same levee broke in 1993. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Weber talkes to volunteers of all ages, as they filled sandbags.

In California, two elderly women were one of the first same-sex couples to marry in the state. Their marriage begins a busy week for county registrars around the Golden State. The state's Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage took effect Monday.