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The Supreme Court on Monday promised an extraordinarily thorough springtime review of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul more than five hours of argument, unprecedented in modern times in time for a likely ruling affecting millions of Americans just before the presidential election.

The No. 2 Republican in the House said Monday he's still confident that a bipartisan deficit "supercommittee" will be able to reach agreement even though there's little more than a week to go before its deadline.

Nothing about the Supreme Court not its magnificent building atop Capitol Hill nor its very title suggests that its word is anything other than final. Yet federal appellate judges and even state court judges sometimes find ways to insist on an outcome the Supreme Court has rejected.

The Obama administration will give up to $1 billion to those who come up with the best ideas for improving care, lowering costs and creating jobs within the health sector.

NEW YORK (AP) CVS Caremark Corp. cut back on its lobbying expenditures in the third quarter, but still spent $2.2 million as it discussed issues including prescription drug costs and pharmacy benefits management laws with the federal government.The drugstore operator and pharmacy benefits manager said its lobbying costs were...

The White House says it is pleased that the Supreme Court will hear arguments over President Barack Obama's heath care overhaul and is confident the law will be upheld.