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1. 1. Fergie's fascination: United boss Sir Alex revealed as fan of Abraham Lincoln and US history

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 03 May 2011 A Reds source said Sir Alex, 68, is often seen on away-day journeys devouring books about the US War of Independence and Civil War. And on United’s visit to the States last summer, he was given a tour of the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg by one of the country’s top historians.

2. 2. Unsung Hero Awards 2011: Tell us about champions of the community

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 26 October 2011 The Advertiser is calling on readers to nominate the people who work tirelessly for others – and reward them with prizes worth £500 from Stretford Mall.

3. 3. Nemanja Vidic: Manchester United critics will drive us to glory

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 May 2011 Manchester United skipper Nemanja Vidic talks exclusively to M.E.N. Reds reporter Stuart Mathieson about what drives Sir Alex Ferguson's much-maligned men.

4. 4. Rochdale mum 'diagnosed' son's leukaemia symptoms from book she read a decade earlier about cancer sufferer

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 December 2011 Joanne Morris suspected her son Alexander was sick when she noticed he was feeling exhausted and bruising easily on a family holiday aged just four in summer 2009. She immediately took him to the GP because she remembered reading a book a decade before about a youngster who had bruised easily and had leukaemia.

5. 5. US debt bill approved by House of Representatives

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 02 August 2011 America's Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved a bitterly-fought compromise to prevent a US debt default - with a price tag of deep spending cuts.

6. 6. Helen Tither - X Factor is all about the judges, not the acts

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 May 2011 Just like its lame old TV stablemate Britain’s Got Talent, this tired telly format is no longer about the contestants themselves – it’s about judging and being judged.

7. 7. Andrew Grimes: Time to extend Hans of friendship to Germany

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 June 2011 Wars within families are always more vicious than wars with foreigners. That is why they are called civil wars, though there is nothing civil about them. Our close cousins in Germany, for instance, not all that long ago yearned to annihilate us. "Schweinerei" they cried, "we shall reduce you to the level of trapped and squirming vermin."

8. 8. Tom Chambers takes classic Astaire role in Top Hat musical

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 June 2011 After charming millions of viewers with his fancy footwork in Strictly Come Dancing, Tom Chambers is about to dazzle us once again with a role he could have been born to play.

9. 9. Rory McIlroy philosphical after blistering US Open start

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 June 2011 All eyes in golf are on Rory McIlroy again after his wonderful start to the US Open at Congressional near Washington DC.

10. 10. Osama bin Laden is killed by US forces in Pakistan ten years after 9/11

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 02 May 2011 Al Qaida terror chief Osama bin Laden has been killed by US forces in a compound in Pakistan, president Barack Obama announced today.

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