BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – The child sex abuse trial of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky began on Tuesday with jury selection in a case that shook the university and its football program and focused attention on sexual predation in the United States.

Sandusky faces 52 counts of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period. Prosecutors allege he met the boys through a charity he founded and some of the assaults occurred at Penn State facilities.

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – The child sex abuse trial of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky began on Tuesday with jury selection in a case that shook the university and its football program and focused attention on sexual predation in the United States.

Sandusky, a retired assistant coach, faces 52 counts of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period. Prosecutors allege Sandusky, 68, met the boys through a charity he founded and some of the assaults occurred at Penn State facilities.

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Jury selection will begin on Tuesday in the child sex abuse trial of former Pennsylvania State University coach Jerry Sandusky, a case that shook the school and its football program and focused attention on sexual predation.

Sandusky, a retired assistant coach, faces 52 counts of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period. Prosecutors allege Sandusky, 68, met the boys through a charity he founded and some of the assaults occurred at Penn State facilities.

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch attempt to delay former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky’s sex abuse trial, meaning the case will go forward with jury selection on Tuesday.

Sandusky’s attorneys have filed several motions for delays, arguing they needed more time to go over evidence. The high court rejected the request on Monday in a one-paragraph decision posted on its website.

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – On the eve of the child sex abuse trial of former Pennsylvania State University coach Jerry Sandusky, the mood in this small town of historic buildings and quiet streets can be succinctly summed up: Let’s get this behind us.

Area residents said they wanted the 68-year-old retired football assistant coach to get a fair trial on 52 counts of abusing children as a way to close the matter. Sandusky has pleaded not guilty and could face a prison sentence of more than 500 years if convicted on all charges.

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – On the eve of the child sex abuse trial of former Pennsylvania State University coach Jerry Sandusky, the mood in this small town of historic buildings and quiet streets can be succinctly summed up: Let’s get this behind us.

Area residents said they wanted the 68-year-old retired football coach to get a fair trial on 52 counts of abusing children as a way to close the matter. Sandusky has pleaded not guilty and could face a prison sentence of more than 500 years if convicted on all charges.

BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – The child sex abuse trial of a former Pennsylvania State University football coach starts on Tuesday in a scandal that shook the school and its vaunted football program and opened a national dialogue on sexual predation in sports.

Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant coach, faces 52 counts of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period. Prosecutors allege Sandusky, 68, met the boys through a charity he founded and some of the assaults occurred at Penn State facilities.

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) – Snigdha Nandipati, a
14-year-old eighth grader from San Diego, won the Scripps
National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling
“guetapens,” a French word for an ambush.

Second place went to Stuti Mishra, a 14-year-old eighth
grader from Orlando, Florida, who finished in second place after
misspelling “schwarmerei,” a German word for excessive
enthusiasm.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two female soldiers filed suit on Wednesday to scrap the U.S. military’s restrictions on women in combat, claiming the policy violated their constitutional rights.

Command Sergeant Major Jane Baldwin and Colonel Ellen Haring, both Army reservists, said policies barring them from assignments “solely on the basis of sex” violated their right to equal protection under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A record low 41 percent of Americans call themselves ‘pro choice’ on abortion, with the number sliding among independent voters, a key political group, a Gallup poll released on Wednesday showed.

The results of the May poll come as abortion and contraception supporters have come under increasing pressure in Congress and across the United States.