Not too shabby: Journalism has reached the point at which we can report on the death of a major sports figure — and come within a half-day of getting it right. Joe Paterno died this morning at the age of 85. That’s not long after he gave a revealing interview to The Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins. And not long after the news broke on a child-molestation scandal that tarnished Paterno’s legacy in what turned out to be his dying days. Read full article > >

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Joe Paterno dies on Sunday, not Saturday

Not too shabby: Journalism has reached the point at which we can report on the death of a major sports figure — and come within a half-day of getting it right. Joe Paterno died this morning at the age of 85. That’s not long after he gave a revealing interview to The Washington Post’s Sally Jenkins. And not long after the news broke on a child-molestation scandal that tarnished Paterno’s legacy in what turned out to be his dying days. Read full article > >

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Joe Paterno dies on Sunday, not Saturday

An 11-minute silent movie that celebrates the dying art of analogue film-making has been unveiled as the latest artwork to fill Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

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Cinematic artwork takes over Tate

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, appointed in the dying days of the Mubarak regime, has resigned, the army announces.

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Time was running out, and Mark Dickinson wasn’t sure whether he’d get to see his dying 2-year-old grandson one last time. A long line at Los Angeles International Airport’s security checkpoint had kept him from getting to his gate on time.

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Special envoy Richard Holbrooke passed away on Monday from complications of a torn aorta, but his last position in the White House came with frustrations that lasted until his dying day. According to John Barry of Newsweek, “He was accomplishing…

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A woman misses spending the last moments with her dying father after an opportunistic thief stole her car.

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Presenter Ray Gosling, who falsely claimed that he smothered his dying lover in a so-called mercy killing, is given a suspended sentence for wasting police time.

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BBC ‘mercy killing’ man sentenced

Stephen McManus scores in the dying seconds to defeat Liechtenstein in their Euro 2012 qualifier and save Scotland from one of their most embarrassing results.

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BBC presenter Ray Gosling, who claimed on television that he smothered his dying lover, is to be charged with wasting police time.

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‘Mercy kill’ BBC man faces charge