Report: Penn State president to quit or be fired today
Graham Spanier is expected to be latest university to be punished in wake of Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.”
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Paterno speaks to students outside home
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno spoke to hundreds of cheering students outside his home on Wednesday night. Paterno announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the season. (Nov. 9)`
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Joe Paterno to retire at end of season
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season, his long career brought down by his failure to do more about an allegation of child sex abuse against a former assistant. (Nov. 9)
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Penn State plans probe into sex abuse case
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Paterno cancels Penn State news conference
Penn State administrators have canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference in which he was expected to field questions about a sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach. (Nov. 8)
Penn State sex scandal engulfing Paterno
Football coach Joe Paterno and other Penn State officials did not do enough to try to stop suspected sexual abuse of children at the hands of a former assistant football coach, the Pennsylvania state police commissioner said Monday. (Nov. 8)
Penn State officials released on bail
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Penn St. officials step down amid sex scandal
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