Wednesday,  January 2, 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 167 • 22 of 24 •  Other Editions

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whether his office coordinated its legal strategy with state Attorney General-elect Kathleen Kane, who is scheduled to be sworn in Jan. 15.
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Defense dominates: No. 8 Stanford holds off Wisconsin 20-14 in 99th Rose Bowl

• PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Andrew Luck, Toby Gerhart and coach Jim Harbaugh started Stanford's improbable football renaissance, yet they never stood in the center of the Rose Bowl with the West Coast's most coveted trophy raised above their heads.
• In fact, the last Stanford team to do what the Cardinal did Tuesday night had a defense known as the Thunderchickens.
• Forty years after Stanford's last Rose Bowl victory, the favored Cardinal lived up to the legacy created by Luck, Harbaugh and every Thunderchicken that came before them by winning the bowl game that matters most to any Pac-12 team.
• Stepfan Taylor rushed for an early touchdown, Kevin Hogan passed for 123 yards and No. 8 Stanford's defense shut out the Badgers in the second half of a 20-14 victory in the 99th Rose Bowl.
• "I had heard that 1972 was our last win," said Hogan, the freshman quarterback who won Stanford's last five games. "It's been too long since we've had one at The Farm. It's a great feeling."
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LA photographer hit by car, dies after trying to take pictures of Justin Bieber's Ferrari

• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police say a paparazzo was hit by a car and killed after taking photos of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari on a Los Angeles street.
• Los Angeles police Officer James Stoughton says the photographer, who was not identified, died at a hospital shortly after the crash Tuesday evening. Stoughton says Bieber was not in the Ferrari at the time.
• The sports car was parked on the side of Sepulveda Boulevard near Getty Center Drive after a traffic stop. The photographer was struck as he walked across the boulevard after taking pictures.
• Stoughton says no charges are expected to be filed against the motorist who hit the man.
• A call to a spokesperson for the singer was not immediately returned Tuesday

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