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Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared together in, appropriately enough, Unity, New Hampshire on Friday in their first joint appearance since Clinton dropped out of the presidential race.

Shot-putter Adam Nelson has been picked to participate in the Olympics for a third time. In the final round of the shot put in Eugene, Ore., this weekend, he took third place with a 20.89-meter toss. Nelson is a two-time Olympic silver medalist.

The presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential nominees have reacted to Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that protects an individual's right town on a gun.

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.

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.

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.

The Supreme Court has outlawed executions of people convicted of raping a child. The court was considering a Louisiana law that allowed for such executions. The ruling said the law violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

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.

Two top intelligence officials have testified in Congress about the implications of climate change for U.S. national security. They discussed an assessment that identifies parts of the world where climate change could produce political instability.

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.