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2nd day of mourning for Paterno to end with burial

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 10:50am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The second day of a three-day period of public mourning for Joe Paterno will culminate with the funeral and burial for the Hall of Fame football coach who became the face of Penn State University.

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In this Sept. 4, 2004 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno leads his team onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Akron in State College, Pa. Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone else in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. He was 85.

PSU coach Joe Paterno dies

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 3:55pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way: with integrity and sportsmanship. A place where character came first, championships second.

Behind it all, however, was an ugly secret that ran counter to everything the revered coach stood for.

Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end, died Sunday at age 85.

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First Penn State abuse lawsuit comes from new accuser

Maryclaire Dale The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 12:42pm

PHILADELPHIA -- Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a boy more than 100 times, then threatened to harm his family to keep him quiet, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday that details new accusations not included in criminal charges against Sandusky.

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno stands on the field before his team's NCAA college football game against Northwestern, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching, File)

Scandal puts Joe Paterno's rule in spotlight

Genaro C. Armas, Seanna Adox The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 11:14am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A Penn State administrator responsible for overseeing student discipline said former coach Joe Paterno did not have the authority to change his office's decisions when football players were sanctioned.

Joe Puzycki said Tuesday night in an email to The Associated Press that "we adjudicated athlete cases the same as we did any other student" -- though Paterno was vocal in sharing his opinions.

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(JIM PRISCHING/The Associated Press) Penn State coach Joe Paterno stands on the field before his team’s NCAA college football game against Northwestern, in Evanston, Ill. Former Penn State coach Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son. Scott Paterno says in a statement provided to The Associated Press by a family representative that the 84-year-old Joe Paterno is undergoing treatment and that “his doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery.”

Scandal leaves Paterno’s reputation in tatters

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 5:19pm

A half-century in the making, Joe Paterno’s impeccable reputation was shattered in a matter of days.

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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2011 file photo, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky sits in a car as he leaves the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot in State College, Pa. Sandusky, who is charged with sexually abusing eight boys in a scandal that has rocked the university, said in an telephone interview with Bob Costas Monday night on NBC News' "Rock Center" that there was no abuse and that any activities in a campus shower with a boy were just horseplay, not molestation. (AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Andy Colwell, File)

Penn State abuse scandal likely to spawn lawsuits

Genaro C. Armas, Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 10:39am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The full story about what happened in the Penn State child-sex abuse scandal will only come out through the civil lawsuits that now appear inevitable, and the matter raises novel and challenging legal issues, according to lawyers with experience in similar litigation.

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Police: Penn State asst. didn't tell us of abuse

Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 10:58am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State police and their counterparts in State College said they had no record of a former graduate assistant reporting a sexual assault by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on a 10-year-old boy in a campus shower, a detail that runs counter to claims made in an email to former teammates.

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Penn State students flip a television news van during a riot after it was announced that Joe Paterno would no longer be head coach of Penn State Football on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Henninger - Post-Gazette)

Students riot after Penn State coach fired

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 12:16pm

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Source: Paterno to retire at end of season

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 9:37am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season, according to a person familiar with the decision.

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Paterno news conference canceled amid scandal

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 12:44pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State's president abruptly canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference Tuesday amid increasing calls for both men to resign in the wake of a former assistant coach's sex-abuse scandal and as another potential victim came forward.

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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2002 file photo, Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley answers questions during a news conference in State College, Pa. Penn state announced Sunday Nov. 6, 2011 that Curley has been placed on Administrative leave to devote time to his defense to charges of lying to a grand jury investigating Jerry Sandusky. (AP Photo/Pat Little, File)

Penn St officials head to court on perjury charges

Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 12:03pm

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Just hours after stepping down, two high-ranking Penn State administrators face arraignment Monday on charges they lied to a grand jury investigating former defense coordinator Jerry Sandusky and failed to properly report suspected child abuse, a case that has left fans reeling.

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Penn St ex-coach, others charged in child sex case

Genard C. Armas, Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 5, 2011 - 3:00pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A former defensive coordinator who was integral for decades to Penn State's success in football was accused Saturday of sexually abusing eight boys, and the school's athletic director and an administrator were charged with perjury and failing to report what they knew about the allegations in a case that prosecutors said uncovered a years-long trail of a predator and those who protected him.

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