Penn State Scandal
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Corbett plans to sue NCAA over Penn State sanctions
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett says he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over sanctions imposed against Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal.
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Graham Spanier seeks looser bail for travel
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Spanier's request filed last month said his domestic travel needs included visits to his second home in New York City and holidays with relatives in Iowa and his ill mother in Chicago.
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Graham Spanier, Penn State ex-President, heads to court
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The criminal case begins against Graham Spanier, the former Penn State president accused of lying during the Jerry Sandusky child molestation case and trying to derail the investigation.
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Graham Spanier accused of perjury, endangering children in Penn State sex abuse case
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Penn State's ex-president, Graham Spanier, has been charged with perjury and endangering children, but his attorneys say Gov. Tom Corbett is trying to divert attention from the three-year investigation into Jerry Sandusky that began when the governor was attorney general.
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Jerry Sandusky moved to prison housing death row inmates
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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on Wednesday was sent to serve his child molestation prison sentence at an institution in far southwestern Pennsylvania that includes most of the state's death row inmates.
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Sandusky accuser tells ABC's 20/20 of abuse ordeal, new book
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Aaron Fisher put aside anonymity Friday to speak about his ordeal as a child, telling ABC's "20/20" he had contemplated suicide because authorities took so long to prosecute Sandusky, nearly three years after he and his mother first alerted school officials.
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Mike McQueary, ex-Penn State graduate assistant, files suit against Penn State
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Mike McQueary's whistle-blower complaint was filed Tuesday. It seeks millions of dollars in damages. It claims his treatment by the university since Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges in November has caused him distress and embarrassment.
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Penn State adds names, child abuse ribbons to football jerseys
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Players' names are being added to Penn State's football jerseys for the coming season, the university announced Tuesday, along with blue ribbons to show support for victims of child abuse.
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Penn State sanctions: $60 million fine, 4-year bowl ban
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Penn State will pay a $60 million fine that will be used to endow sports programs for victims of sexual abuse and be banned from the postseason for 4 years as part of their punishment in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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Penn State football sanctions: Do you agree with the NCAA? (Poll)
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Do you think the NCAA got it right with its strict penalties against Penn State's football program? Take our poll.
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NCAA to announce sanctions against Penn State
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The NCAA is set to release what it calls "corrective and punitive measures" against Penn State on Monday in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
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Joe Paterno statue removed
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Workers lifted the Joe Paterno statue off its base and used a forklift to move it into Beaver Stadium early Sunday as the 100 to 150 students watching chanted, "We are Penn State."
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Joe Paterno statue to be removed, report says, Trustees deny vote
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The iconic statue of Joe Paterno that stands outside Beaver Stadium on the campus of Penn State University will be taken down this weekend, multiple reports say, but officials with the school are refuting that report.
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Penn State scandal: NCAA considers 'death penalty' for football program
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NCAA President Mark Emmert said he's "never seen anything as egregious as this in terms of just overall conduct and behavior inside a university." He said the so-called death penalty has not been ruled out for Penn State.
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Paternoville changes name to Nittanyville
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The student group that camps outside of Beaver Stadium before Penn State football games s taking Joe Paterno's name off of its organization after he was found to be a major part of the coverup of Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse.
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Penn State scandal: Freeh Report blasts disregard for welfare of victims
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A scathing report on how leaders at Penn State University says that the most powerful men on campus failed to demonstrate any concern for the safety and well-being of the victims of Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse.
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Joe Paterno letter to players: 'We are a world-class university'
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In a final letter read to his players on Wednesday, Joe Paterno reiterated that the malaise surrounding Jerry Sandusky wasn't a football or academic scandal and reiterated what it meant to go and play for Penn State.
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Penn State emails: Graham Spanier, Tim Curley 'reconsidered' reporting Sandusky
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Emails show Penn State's former president agreed not to take allegations of sex abuse against ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to authorities but worried university officials would be "vulnerable" for failing to report it.
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