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July 24, 2012 | | NOT ENOUGH The NCAA did the right thing in slapping a series of penalties on Penn State. But Michael Tomasky says the university should go further—to impose even more painful sanctions on itself. NEWS OF THE WORLD U.K. prosecutors announced Tuesday that they are charging Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, and six other former News of the World journalists for phone hacking. The charges these members of Rupert Murdoch's London team face include perversion of justice for illegally intercepting communications of well-known people either by hacking voicemails or phone calls in progress. Over the weekend, Murdoch surrendered his top posts at several British newspapers, perhaps in an effort to remove himself from the scandal surrounding his news organization. DIABOLICAL Six weeks after dropping out, the alleged Colorado shooter becomes the big man on campus in a chilling turn of events. Christine Pelisek and Eliza Shapiro report. END THE VIRUS "I am here today to make it absolutely clear the U.S. is committed and will remain committed to achieving an AIDS-free generation," Hillary Clinton declared at the International AIDS Conference Monday as she announced the plan by the U.S. to devote an extra $150 million to the world fight against AIDS. The objective of this week's meeting is how to combat the spread of AIDS, and the U.S. plans to focus its new funds on reaching stigmatized societies that are affected by the virus. In some countries, the activities through which AIDS is most easily spread are also illegal and stigmatized. "If we're going to beat AIDS, we can't afford to avoid sensitive conversations," said Clinton. Of the new U.S. funds, $15 million will go toward studying HIV prevention in various countries and $20 million will go toward implementing prevention tools. HAWAII In honor of the iconic pilot's 115th birthday Tuesday, the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery is headed to Hawaii in hopes of discovering the wreckage from the plane that crashed on Amelia Earhart's final flight. The group believes that 75 years ago this month, Earhart crashed her navigator plane into a reef near an island in the Pacific. The group's already collected a large amount of video and sonar footage of the area and will use it for their voyage this week. Another trip is in the works for next year to search the land where Earhart is believed to have survived after her plane went down. | | 
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