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Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85

(AP) - Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity,

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Jan 22, 2012, 7:14 PM

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