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The National Football League players and owners finally agreed to end their lockout on Monday, after a four-month stalemate.

A Saginaw, Mich. man who died while competing in the Chicago Yacht Club’s Race to Mackinac will be memorialized Friday.A W.L. Case & Co. Funeral Homes spokesperson said the service for Mark Morley will be held at Saginaw’s Temple Theatre at 1 p.m.

A Chicago Bears pre-season game has been canceled because of the NFL lockout. The Bears were scheduled to play the Saint Louis Rams Aug. 7 in what was being called the Hall of Fame game. It was to be played in the same town of the football hall of fame, in Canton, Ohio.

During the Race to Mackinac, crews sail through the night to cover 333 miles from Chicago to Mackinac Island, making it one of the longest annual freshwater sailboat races in the world.

Debates over raising the debt ceiling continue in Washington today. The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Republican-backed "Cut, Cap and Balance Act" Tuesday evening, which allows for the debt ceiling to be raised to $2.4 trillion, but would require spending cuts and a new b

City workers are not the only ones with labor pains: Both the NFL and NBA are in the midst of protracted work disputes.

The major league is headed into its All-Star break this week, generally considered the halfway point in baseball’s marathon season. But at least its  a season.