Posts Tagged ‘scandal’

Amid scandal, revered PSU coach Joe Paterno dies (AP)

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. Paterno's doctors say that the former Penn State coach's condition has become 'serious,' following complications from lung cancer in recent days. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching, File)AP – 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.


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New Jersey mayor resigns after escort website sex scandal, suspicious photo  

The mayor of Medford, New Jersey, recently accused of having sex with a male prostitute, resigned on Monday, the Medford Sun was first to report.

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Fourth victim may emerge in Fine-Syracuse scandal

A fourth victim in the Bernie Fine-Syracuse University sex abuse scandal may soon emerge according to Robert Hoatson, the president and founder of Road to Recovery, a non-profit organization that supports victims of abuse.

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Herman Cain ‘reassessing’ campaign after affair  allegation: Analysts say scandal to help Newt Gingrich  

Scandal-scarred Herman Cain held a conference call with his staff early Tuesday to say he is “reassessing” his campaign.

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Lupica: Signs of scandal were there at Syracuse

His name is Matt Michael, and he used to be a reporter for The Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper, and he started working in the fall of 2002 on a story about a former Syracuse University ball boy accusing a Syracuse assistant coach, Bernie Fine, of molesting him as far back as 1984.

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Pennsylvania’s child abuse hotline flooded with calls after Penn State scandal

Calls to the state’s child abuse hotline soared right after the Penn State child sex abuse scandal broke and then started to drop back. But experts worry that the existing system may not be up to handling even normal demands.

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Pakistan names new envoy to US in wake of scandal (AP)

FILE - In this March 31, 2008 file photo, Pakistan's former Information Minister Sherry Rehman is seen in her office in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan has appointed Sherry Rehman as new ambassador to the United States on Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011 replacing Husain Haqqani, who resigned Tuesday amid allegations he wrote a memo to Washington asking for its help in reining in the military. (AP Photo, file)AP – Pakistan appointed a democracy activist who has faced militant death threats as its new ambassador to the United States on Wednesday, moving quickly to replace the old envoy who resigned after upsetting the country’s powerful military in a scandal dubbed “memo-gate.”


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