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Attorneys for the players filed a 39-page argument in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis on Friday.

Justice Elena Kagan might have angered some conservatives when she chose not to recuse herself from Monday’s decision not to fast-track the high court’s review of Virginia’s challenge to the health care reform law. But it’s really not surprising she didn’t—or that some people are upset about it—political pundits say.

The NFL cleared the way for some basic football operations to begin at 8 a.m. EDT Friday, five days after a federal judge declared the lockout illegal and nearly seven weeks after it began.

North Dakota lawmakers are setting aside money to give state government workers 3 percent pay increases for each of the next two years.

A key North Carolina House committee on Wednesday approved a Republican budget proposal that critics say makes avoidable cuts in public education and health programs but that GOP leaders argue protects classroom teachers and health services for the poor.

The loudest objections to the GOP Medicare plan are coming from seniors, who swung to Republicans in last year's congressional elections, and many have been complaining at town-hall meetings with their representatives during the current congressional recess. Some experts say GOP policymakers may have overlooked a defining trait among older...