Rory Plewman | Co-Online Editor

New England Patriots win Superbowl XLIV
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The New England Patriots bested the Seattle Seahawks, 28-24 on Sunday, Feb. 1 in Glendale, Arizona, to claim the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl trophy. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who threw four touchdown passes, overcame a 10 point deficit in the fourth quarter, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat and in the process cementing his name in the annals of football history. The play of the game came with 25 seconds left on the clock when Patriots’ Malcom Butler picked off Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s pass on the goal line to end the last minute drive and win the game. 

Two Japanese journalists executed by ISIS
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Both Japanese journalists Kenji Goto and Haruna Yakuwa have been executed by ISIS. After demands for the release of convicted would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rashawi were not met, a 67 second long clip was released showing Kenji Goto kneeling beside Jihadi John, named for his British accent, who promised that the terror has just begun for the Japanese people. The Prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe has promised 200 million dollars in nonlethal aid to countries fighting ISIS. These two journalists are the latest Western civilian casualties in an increasingly bloody conflict.