• Panetta: Apparent Marine desecration of Taliban corpses is ‘utterly deplorable’ - Washington Post (blog)

• Ohio State president Gee compares job to Polish army - USA TODAY

• Smart grid predictions for 2012 - GigaOm

• US military, Karzai strongly condemn apparent Marine desecration of Taliban … - Washington Post (blog)

• Manx Hockey Blog 15: New year…more leather - Isle of Man Today

• Pakistan president goes to Dubai as split with military widens - Reuters

• Yuri Wright, Armani Reeves and Other Top Recruits Visiting Michigan This … - San Francisco Luxury News

• Famous “F-Words” for $100, Alex - Amy Ridenour’s National Center Blog (blog)

• Penn State president faces alumni - ESPN

• Video appears to show troops urinating on corpses - Washington Post (blog)

• Tebow America’s new favorite active athlete in ESPN poll - USA TODAY (blog)

• High Tide: From Italy’s Biggest Bank To A Technocrat’s Fall - Wall Street Journal (blog)

• Looking Glass Politics - Sky News (blog)

• Ex-Detroit mayor’s lawsuit over text messages dismissed - USA TODAY

• Whistleblower names ex-minister in graft scandal - Free Malaysia Today

• Commentary: Believers in discredited ‘Penn State Way’ are impeding the healing … - PennLive.com (blog)

• Markets Live: Resource stocks lead market higher - Sydney Morning Herald

• Mapping Out The Past Decade Of College Football Scandals (Infographic) - Total Pro Sports (blog)

• Why Didn’t Pepcom Recognize Leo Laporte? - BlogWorld (blog)

• Beyond Big Ten Country: A positive change has come to Penn State with Bill O’Brien - PennLive.com (blog)

• Sandusky scandal: Police may have evidence of hundreds of crimes? - CNN (blog)

• Crisis Live Blog: Fitch Warns of Italy Downgrade - Wall Street Journal (blog)

• Markets Live: Takeover talks boost shares - Sydney Morning Herald

• Tiger Woods to make 2012 PGA Tour debut at Pebble Beach - USA TODAY (blog)

• A Palin to Romney’s McCain? - The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

• Debt crisis: as it happened, January 9, 2011 - Telegraph.co.uk

• Tiger Woods to make 2012 PGA Tour debut at Pebble Beach - USA TODAY

• High Tide: From Playing Down Safety Violations To Aiding Drug Traffickers - Wall Street Journal (blog)

• Tiger Woods to make PGA Tour debut at Pebble Beach - USA TODAY (blog)

• IG Report Whitewashes Firing of Foreclosure Fraud Investigators in Florida - Firedoglake

• Former Pakistani envoy to US defiant in coup memo hearing - Chicago Tribune

• Former Pakistani envoy to US defiant in coup memo hearing - Reuters

• Penn State players say they are excited about Bill O’Brien - USA TODAY

• Woods’ swing coach to publish book - USA TODAY

• A title game that might not really be a title game - USA TODAY

• Evangelicals may face choice: electable candidate or ‘moral’ one - USA TODAY

• Who needs analytical skill? Our colleges have football. - Washington Post (blog)

• Hank Haney to publish book on his time with Tiger - USA TODAY

• Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO - Center for Research on Globalization

• E-mail reveals anti-Semitism at US think tank - Jerusalem Post

• Blogger calls for National debate among political party leaders - The Freeport News

• Penn State staff waits for answers after O’Brien hiring - USA TODAY

• Alabama’s Nick Saban shares something with Bill O’Brien - USA TODAY

• Vatican Fast-Tracked Dolan Promotion to Cardinal, Experts Say - WNYC (blog)

• High Tide: From Mob Money Laundering To A UK Phone-Hacking Scandal Arrest - Wall Street Journal (blog)