NFL's final four has mixed Super Bowl history (AP)

AP - Next step, the Super Bowl. The NFL's final four has a strong connection to the big game, from the first champion (Packers) to the winner of perhaps the most significant game (Jets). And from possibly the best Super Bowl team (1985 Bears) to the most dominant franchise of the era (Steelers).

Smarts, not schemes, are what make Rex so sexy (AP)

AP - Rex Ryan is a better talker than any of his peers — glib, self-assured and sly as a fox — and that's just his R-rated material. If games were decided in the interview room instead of on a field, you could hand the Super Bowl trophy to the Jets right now.

Joanna Yeates murder: Who did she share pizza with?

Ex Chief Super retraces last night to ask key questions

Obama on the road to promote higher-ed, raise cash (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama's late-summer dash for campaign cash is picking up with two high-dollar fundraisers in Texas for the Democratic Party.

Raoul Moat: Cops got 10 minutes' Taser training

Raoul Moat was shot by police who had received only 10 minutes' training on their new "Super Taser" guns - that same day, it was claimed last night.