Reuters - The Cowboys Stadium stages its first big fight Saturday when Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey.

Reuters - The Bolivian woman who inspired Mario Vargas Llosa’s 1977 novel “Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter,” and married Peru’s best-known writer when he was 19, has died at age 84.

AP - The Indianapolis Colts have signed free agent guard Andy Alleman.

Rolling Stone:

Billy Corgan on John Mayer: “He’s Trying to Destroy His Career”  —  Photo: Bedder/WireImage (Mayer), Mayer/WireImage(Corgan)  —  After reading John Mayer’s controversial recent interviews, Billy Corgan is convinced Mayer is trying to self-destruct.  “He’s trying to destroy his career,” …

AP - Redshirt freshman Reggie Johnson scored a season-high 22 points against his hometown school and 12th-seeded Miami routed fifth-seeded Wake Forest 83-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Global movie ticket sales hit $29.9 billion last year, up 7.6 percent, with the most growth in the Asia Pacific region, the leading U.S. movie industry representative said on Wednesday.

AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.