Steve Mullis
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For your weekend reading, our staff also recommends a piece on an HIV outbreak in Austin, Ind.
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For your weekend, here are four recommendations: How Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became an Internet meme, how The Great Wave went viral, a profile of Hugh Hewitt and why 4Chan's founder walked away.
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A riot outside of a major soccer match broke out in Egypt on Sunday night. Authorities said the stampede and fighting between fans and police killed at least 25 people.
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Australian journalist Peter Greste was detained in December 2013 and imprisoned in June. He is being deported, but the fate of his two colleagues is unknown.
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The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Green Bay Packers 28-22 to win the NFC title. They'll face either Indianapolis or New England in Super Bowl XLIX.
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Video games have become a ubiquitous, billion-dollar industry, but all of the Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis can be traced back to the work of Robert Baer and his "Brown Box." He died Saturday.
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The Lyrid shower is caused by Earth passing through the orbit of a comet known as Thatcher. The best time to watch should be in the early hours of Monday morning, just before dawn.