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As the NFL's labor issues get bogged down in the courts, team owners know that eventually, football fans will become impatient. And if the season is delayed, the players will lose any public sympathy they originally had.

Somaliland, a self-ruling part of Somalia, is desperately poor. It has only eight functioning coast guard vessels for its 500 miles of coastline, and most of its prisons are dreadful. Still, Somaliland is trying to rein in piracy, even though it's like fighting a stiff current.

The organization is the nation's largest single provider of abortions, yet it gets millions of dollars in federal funding with which to provide other services. Efforts over nearly three decades to change that have been unsuccessful — infuriating abortion opponents.

English is definitely changing, but whether it's declining or evolving depends on who — ahem, whom — you ask. Writer Robert Lane Greene recommends three books about what it means to speak and write "well" — when the definition of "well" is a moving target.

The family that controls the Empire State Building wants to include the art deco landmark in a new publicly traded real estate company, according to The New York Times. If so, the public would be able to be shares.

The Alaska Board of Game passed a statewide rule preventing the use of stun guns on animals. Board members say they want to prevent people from "catch and release hunting." That's where you stun the animal, pose for a picture and then walk away.

Egypt's prosecutor general said ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons have been held for questioning over accusations of corruption, abuse of authority and the killings of protesters. Mubarak had fallen ill hours earlier and was rushed to a hospital. His sons were interrogated and transferred to a Cairo prison.

A military memorandum says that new requirements for diagnosing and treating brain injuries have resulted in a shortage of Army neurologists on battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The health program for the elderly already costs a lot, and it's going to cost so much more down the road that Medicare is becoming a key part of the debate about how to tame federal spending. President Obama is expected to show his hand on Medicare changes today.

General Electric and its tax bill have been a topic of controversy since a New York Times report said the company earned $14.2 billion last year, but paid no federal taxes. Parts of that story have since been called into question.