Five at Twelve

Pete Carroll should be happy with his current salary.

Each day during the noon hour, we'll offer five reading recommendations from around the Web.

1. USC's Pete Carroll tops national salary list [By Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times]: Pete Carroll is the highest-paid private university employee in the United States during the 2006-07 fiscal year.

2. When stars collide [By Mike Wise, Washington Post]: Hockey's two young puck deities got chippy in Washington yesterday.

3. At Binghamton, Division I move brings recognition and regret [By Pete Thamel, The New York Times]: At what cost a chance to play in the NCAA tournament?

4. No. 1 ranking in April is Pitt's goal [By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]: Jamie Dixon's Panthers still searching for big March run to Final Four.

5. Texas Rangers' Hamilton rids himself of another vice [By Jean-Jacques Taylor, Dallas Morning News]: Add smokeless tobacco to the list of addictive substances Josh Hamilton has given up.