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In Russia, a State TV contest to name the greatest Russians in history ended Sunday with more than 50 million votes cast. First place went to a medieval prince who fended off German invaders. Second place went to a prime minister who fended off revolutionaries. And, despite gulags, famines and purges that killed millions, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin came in third.

Since 1991, with only a few exceptions, the media has been barred from filming or photographing the flag-draped coffins of service-members as they arrive back at Delaware's Dover Air Force Base from Iraq and Afghanistan. But the Obama administration is reviewing the practice to consider whether the media restrictions should be lifted.

When U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder said he would ask a federal court to throw out the conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the move surprised both supporters and critics of the veteran lawmaker. Stevens was convicted on corruption charges last October, but Holder says federal prosecutors' mishandling of the case taints the conviction.

Official returns show that Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, won re-election by a landslide. The tally has the incumbent with nearly twice as many votes as his reformist challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi. Mousavi challenged the results, calling them a "charade," and his supporters accused the government of shutting down cell-phone, text-messaging and Internet systems to silence them.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on the District of Columbia's law that essentially bans handguns in the city. Courts historically have interpreted the right to bear arms as a collective right, linked to military service and state militias. But on Tuesday, a majority of justices indicated that they believe it's an individual right.

Ted Cruz, Texas solicitor general and the drafter of a friend-of-the-court brief signed by 31 state attorneys general asking the Supreme Court to strike down the Washington, D.C., ban on handguns, says the court should clear up years of arguments and state strongly that the right applies to individual citizens.

The last time the U.S. dollar sank to 100 yen was 1995. Melissa Block examines what else was going on at that time.

The face of gang members taking over the streets in Los Angeles is diversifying. Sam Quinones of The Los Angeles Times and Connie Rice, author of the new study "A Call to Action: A Case for a Comprehensive Solution to L.A.'s Gang Violence Epidemic," talk about the rise of Latino gangs in Los Angeles.

Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen was fired by his team late Wednesday after he apparently violated team rules surrounding random drug tests he missed earlier this year. Meanwhile, another rider has failed a doping test for testosterone.

The military government in Myanmar, formerly Burma, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the nation's two largest cities and once again warned of harsh punishment for protesters. The move came as pro-democracy demonstrations continued, with thousands of Buddhist monks and their supporters marched through the streets of Yangon, defying government orders. orders.