Penn State Fires Paterno President Amid Scandal Penn

“Penn State Fires Paterno, President Amid 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 46 th season. But the outcry following the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on molestation charges proved too much for the board to ignore. "Right now, I'm not the football coach. And I've got to get used to that. After 61 years, I've got to get used to it, " the 84 -year-old Paterno said. Paterno says he should have done more. Spanier has said he was not told the details of the attack. Sandusky has denied the charges.

In Other News n n n The Washington Post is reporting that for years the Dover Air Force Base mortuary, which handles the bodies of America's war dead, has been burning some troops' body parts and dumping the ashes in a Virginia landfill. The disclosure follows the results of a year-long federal investigation into the mishandling of remains by the Delaware mortuary. The Air Force announced yesterday that it had disciplined three senior officials for "gross mismanagement" after the mortuary lost portions of troops' remains. Sweden banned corporal punishment (spanking) of children in 1979. Since then, 30 more countries have banned corporal punishment. Researchers say it's unlikely U. S. will follow suit, even as attitudes shift. While there are laws against child abuse, it's legal in all 50 states for parents to hit their children, and for schools in 19 states to physically punish kids. Taylor Swift took home the night's biggest prize, entertainer of the year. "You have made my year, " she said, giving shout outs to singers she's collaborated with, including Justin Bieber, Kenny Chesney and Nicki Minaj.