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  • Loss, death make for a season unlike any other

    NANCY ARMOUR, AP National Writer

    The house at the end of the block was fast taking on the feel of a shrine when Joe Paterno stepped into the crisp November night with his wife, Sue, by his side. Students had gathered on the lawn, some carrying hand-lettered signs, many near tears and all of them confused, sad and angry. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Penn State fans gather around a statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University campus to pay their respects after learning of his death Sunday in State College, Pa. For the first time in...

  • Loss, death make for a season unlike any other

    NANCY ARMOUR, AP National Writer

    The house at the end of the block was fast taking on the feel of a shrine when Joe Paterno stepped into the crisp November night with his wife, Sue, by his side. Students had gathered on the lawn, some carrying hand-lettered signs, many near tears and all of them confused, sad and angry. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Penn State fans gather around a statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University campus to pay their respects after learning of his death Sunday in State College, Pa. For the first time in...

  • After week of turmoil, it's gameday at Penn Sta

    NANCY ARMOUR, AP National Writer

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The Penn State players left the field with their heads bowed, the fans mostly silent. A lifetime worth of emotions was crammed into the past week. Shock, rage, regret and, now, exhaustion. The child sex-abuse scandal involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky cost Joe Paterno his job and, no doubt, scarred Penn State's soul. A football game on a brilliant autumn afternoon won't erase it. It was, however, a start. AP Photo/Alex Brandon A group of students at Penn State, collect money for childhelpusa.org o...