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Taking a break from the family-friendly Shrek series, the comic actor stars in the bawdy summer comedy The Love Guru. It's an irreverent — some say too irreverent — romp about a self-help specialist from the subcontinent.

Officials in Afghanistan on Wednesday said it launched an operation to drive Taliban insurgents from villages on the outskirts of Kandahar. Afghan government troops have been joined by Canadian forces in the operation.

This week the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for the rape of a child. Richard Dieter, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, talks about the state of capital punishment in America's courts and about changing public attitudes.

In a dramatic 5-4 ruling, justices declared that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to self-defense and gun ownership. Will this put an end to handgun bans nationwide?

Intelligence agencies are debating the effects of climate change on national security. A classified assessment delivered to Congress concludes that rising global temperatures would indirectly present a security threat to the United States.

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.

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.

Chinese novelists were once encouraged to address politics and society through a Communist lens. Now young writers can be as entertaining as they want on the Web.

Neurological researcher Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke 12 years ago. While the damage caused by a stroke is often devastating, Taylor was able to make a complete recovery after becoming her own experimental subject.

The Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Washington D.C. handgun ban will reverberate through cities across the country. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin discusses the now-uncertain future of her city's ban.