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January 06, 2012 | | NEW BLOOD After an eight-week search, Penn State has settled on a replacement for former head coach Joe Paterno in the wake of the Sandusky scandal. New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien has agreed to take on the tough role, sources told ESPN on Thursday. O’Brien, who has never served as head coach, will finish the season with the Patriots before assuming his new position at Penn State. While he has no affiliation with the school, O’Brien was an assistant coach at the college level for 14 seasons before joining the Patriots in 2007. Details of the deal are unknown, but sources told ESPN an official announcement will be made on Saturday. END OF THE TUNNE Friday’s jobs report may not show an economy on fire, but it does show unemployment falling to a three-year low—and The Daily Beast’s Felix Salmon is no longer worried about us falling below stall speed. CLEAR LEAD Mitt Romney’s South Carolina support is soaring, but he’s not the only one getting a boost. A new CNN/Time/ORC International poll finds Rick Santorum’s base in the Southeastern state is expanding as well. Romney’s support there has nearly doubled since the beginning of last month—the former Massachusetts governor has won over a total of 37 percent of likely Republican voters in South Carolina. Gingrich's numbers, on the other hand, have dipped 25 percentage points to 18 percent, just below Rick Santorum, pitting the two against each other for second place. Ron Paul has actually doubled his support in South Carolina since the last poll—from 6 percent to 12 percent. PROGRESS It's the first major revision to the definition of rape in more than 80 years. The Obama administration on Friday broadened the parameters of the crime—which had been undercounted for decades—to include more forms of sexual assaults. It now includes men as victims, oral or anal sex, and attacks which a victim cannot give consent because of the influence of drugs or alcohol, is under the age of consent, or mentally or physically incapable. Since 1927, forcible rape was defined as the carnal knowledge of a woman, forcibly and against her will, which only included penetration of a woman's vagina but excluded oral or anal penetration—and the rape of men. DARING The U.S. Navy has rescued 13 Iranians who were being held hostage by pirates, the Pentagon said Friday. While details are scarce, the news comes only one day after Iran warned the U.S. to keep its operations out of the Persian Gulf—a warning that included this rescue mission. Fifteen suspected pirates have been captured and are being held by the Navy. | | 
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