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Paterno Fired Over Penn St. Child Abuse Scandal

Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.



The massive shakeup Wednesday night came hours after Paterno announced that he planned to retire at the end of his 46th season.


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