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Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group: State's Joe Paterno

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

sunlightfoundation.com - By Nancy Watzman - Jul. 23 (Opinion) - How quickly a hero rises--and sometimes keeps rising, despite a fall--as was the case with Joe Paterno, who today was posthumously stripped of his record for the most wins for victories for college football coaches thanks to scandal surrounding convicted former coach Jerry Sandusky's child abuse.

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Penn State’s Shame

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

National Review - By Rich Lowry - Jul. 23 (Opinion) - Outside of dictators, living people usually don’t get statues put up in their honor. Joe Paterno wasn’t a dictator; he was a demigod. Penn State unveiled a statute of the legendary football coach outside its stadium in 2001, the same year, as it happens, that former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was seen by an assistant coach raping a child in a locker-room facility.

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Penn State penalty hits business’s bottom line

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

marketplace.org - By Bob Moon - Jul. 23 (Interview) - Beyond the big fine and the serious damage to the university's reputation, the financial impact is expected to ripple across the area's economy for years.

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