Giants edge Patriots to win Super Bowl - INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The New York Giants captured their second Super Bowl in the last four years with a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots in the National Football League's championship game on Sunday.
| Reuters - February 5, 2012

Joe Paterno, Longtime Penn State Coach, Dies at 85 - Paterno became the face of Penn State and a symbol of integrity in collegiate athletics only to be fired during the 2011 season amid a child sexual-abuse scandal.
| New York Times - January 22, 2012

Alabama 21, LSU 0 - Alabama won its second Bowl Championship Series title in three years with a dominating defensive effort to defeat Louisiana State, 21-0, on Monday night at the Superdome in New Orleans.
| Los Angeles Times - January 9, 2012

N. Korea Says Dictator, Kim Jong-il, Dies - Within hours of announcing Mr. Kim’s death, which had been kept secret for roughly two days, North Korea on Monday test-fired missiles off its eastern coast, a news report said.
| New York Times - December 19, 2011

Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56 - Mr. Jobs helped usher in the era of the personal computer and led a cultural transformation in mobile communications and music for the digital age.
| New York Times - October 6, 2011