December 11, 2011

An archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken population of the controversial prison in Cuba.

Robert Griffin III edged out Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck to become the first winner of the most storied award in college sports in Baylor’s less-than-notable football history.

Ryan Braun, the N.L. Most Valuable Player in 2011 and one of baseball’s brightest young stars, reportedly tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug this fall.

Three weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Newt Gingrich took fire for most of the evening and seemed to relish his new role as the leading Republican candidate in the field.

A decade of growth under Vladimir V. Putin, now Russia’s prime minister, has created a class of wealthy urban professionals who are not afraid to express their political frustration.

Hollywood is driving demand for constructed languages, complete with grammatical rules, a written alphabet (hieroglyphics are acceptable) and enough vocabulary for basic conversations.

Incest, that deeply ingrained taboo, by chance has been a topic in three current HBO series: “Boardwalk Empire,” “Game of Thrones,” and “Bored to Death.”

The reality show “Fear Factor” returns to NBC on Monday night, and its producers have upped the ante for viewers who want “badder and grosser.”

Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s final American repertory evening featured Silas Riener in “Split Sides” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Three women, realizing they’ve been conned by the same man, enlist a department store saleswoman to help effect their own con in the Bollywood film “Ladies vs Ricky Bahl.”

The soprano Karita Mattila focused on French and Finnish composers in her recital at Carnegie Hall on Saturday.

Corrections appearing in print on December 11, 2011.