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  Komen’s $7.5 Million Grant to Penn State Appears to Violate New Policy 

  Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which recently announced that it is ending grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening because of a controversial investigation launched by an anti-abortion Republican congressman, currently funds cancer research at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center to the tune of $7.5 million. Like Planned Parenthood, Penn State is currently the subject of a federal government investigation, and like the Planned Parenthood grant, the Penn State grant appears to violate a new internal rule at Komen that bans grants to organizations that are under investigation by federal, state, or local governments. But so far, only the Planned Parenthood grants appear to have been cancelled.More »

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  Nike’s Phil Knight rails against the real Penn State villains 

  In a 2½-hour gathering that capped three days of mourning on campus, Nike chairman and CEO Phil Knight brought the near-capacity crowd at the basketball arena to its feet when he defended the coach's handling of child-sex allegations leveled against a former assistant. Paterno was fired two months ago by the Penn State trustees. "This much is clear to me: If there is a villain in this tragedy, it lies in that investigation and not in Joe Paterno's response," Knight said. Paterno's widow, Sue, was among those rising to their feet.More »

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  Joe Paterno reportedly dies 

  We are hearing that #PSU made on-campus announcement at 6:37 that Joe Paterno died. We are trying to confirm..

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  Penn State’s Joe Paterno is gravely ill and nearing death, as his family rushes to his side 

  Legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is gravely ill and his family is rushing to State College to be by his side, his family has confirmed According to Onward State, Paterno was taken off of a respirator earlier today. However, the Paterno family has not confirmed that report..

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  Saturday Night Live Takes On College Coach Molestation Scandals 

  Last night’s Saturday Night Live was pretty solid. There wasn’t anything groundbreaking, but one sketch was relevant to the world of sports. SNL writers took full advantage of the fact that Steve Buscemi looks like a guy who might touch a kid in their Penn State/Syracuse scandal parody. Not that the attorney in this sketch would have pressed charges anyway.More »

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  Center of Penn State Scandal, Sandusky Tells His Own Story 

  The former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, in his first extended interview since his indictment on sexual abuse charges last month, said Coach Joe Paterno never spoke to him about any suspected misconduct with minors. Mr. Sandusky also said the charity he worked for never restricted his access to children until he became the subject of a criminal investigation in 2008.More »

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  Penn State to donate $1.5 million from bowl revenue to charity 

  Obviously, this is a tremendous gesture on the part of PSU, and it’s a good opportunity to begin the path of righting the wrongs. It doesn’t make much sense for Penn State to decline a bowl bid for the same reason it didn’t make sense to cancel/boycott the final home game against Nebraska: it punishes the players who had nothing to do with the Jerry Sandusky allegations..

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