If sports fans nationwide could heap scorn on Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for allegedly taking steroids, then a special place in sports hell should be reserved for Paterno.

CNN: Joe Paterno was a coward

Once someone believes that he'll be rewarded for recruiting converts and punished forever in hell for leaving the church, he tends to do things that help the church, even if they hurt him.

CNN: Why we love to lose ourselves in religion

After two preview shows were cancelled earlier this week, Manilow's website posted a statement saying the Grammy-winning performer would be ready for opening night "come hell or high water".

BBC: Barry Manilow Broadway comeback hit by bronchitis

The fumes could be smelt throughout Cornwall and with the bombers flying low making their runs to the wreck site one could be forgiven for thinking that a version of black hell had arrived.

BBC: Torrey Canyon seabed returns to normal after oil spill

This week's thoughtful report (see article) by Derek Higgs, a banker whom the government asked to review the role of non-executives, rightly insists that chief executives should not be promoted to chairmen (which often makes life hell for the incoming boss).

ECONOMIST: Corporate governance

And even if it rubs them the wrong way, at the end of the day it shouldn't be against the law for customers to do whatever they hell they want with their phones.

ENGADGET: Italian wireless carriers going after handset unlockers

Certainly and despite a lot of opinion calling for a rebound, it could be a long day in hell before investors feel they can afford to trade silver again.

FORBES: Would The Silver Medalist Please Stand Up?

Much of what is sold under the moniker "bagel" where I live is as bready and dry as toast before being toasted, which it must be to become palatable. (With those words, bagel cognoscenti will understand that I have just condemned these specimens to the same circle of hell reserved for blueberry bagels.) The new trend should be my salvation, but alas, it leaves me cold.

WSJ: Battle for the Bagel's Soul

Austerity has never worked, and nations that have suffered hell on earth for nothing more than penance have always had to be bailed out.

FORBES: Why Austerity Might Not Be Kind To Investors in 2013

The first is that one day Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be ridden out of town on a rail, joining Arthur Burns in that special circle of hell reserved for monetary debauchers.

FORBES: Ben Bernanke's Lone Positive Legacy: A Return To The Gold Standard