When you think "legal lions," think Myron H. Bright. Bright, 90, just celebrated more than 40 years as a judge on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It's been 40 years and eight months, to be precise, and that makes him the longest-serving working appellate judge on the 8th Circuit since it began in 1891. Bright, and other Court of Appeals employees who observed milestone anniversaries, were honored at a ceremony Tuesday at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse.

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U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they may use a case involving Massey Energy Co. Chairman Donald Blankenship to require that judges disqualify themselves from cases involving major campaign supporters. Hearing arguments Tuesday in Washington, the high court considered whether West ...

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