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Penn State football was all but leveled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno's victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property

It’s hard to believe that anyone would consciously fail to protect children from sexual abuse. But according to a team of independent investigators, that’s precisely what Joe Paterno and other officials at Penn State University did.

Generations of reporters have used the phrase, "If your mother says she loves you, check it out."

Chicago Public Schools is holding a series of community meetings to hear public input on proposed closings, consolidations and turnarounds.