Authorities step up action in Penn State abuse case
STATE COLLEGE (Reuters) – The lawyer for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said on Tuesday one of his alleged child rape victims will tell “a very different story” from grand jury testimony.
Joe Amendola said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show that he thinks he has located the man, now in his mid-20s, who was allegedly raped by Sandusky in 2002 as a young boy.
Alleged Penn St victim disputes testimony: lawyer
STATE COLLEGE (Reuters) – The lawyer for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said on Tuesday one of his alleged child rape victims will tell “a very different story” from grand jury testimony.
Joe Amendola said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show that he thinks he has located the man, now in his mid-20s, who was allegedly raped by Sandusky in 2002 as a young boy.
Lawyer: alleged Penn St victim disputes testimony
STATE COLLEGE, Nov 15 (Reuters) – The lawyer for former
Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky
said on Tuesday one alleged child rape victim will tell “a very
different story” from grand jury testimony.
Joe Amendola said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show
that he thinks he has located the man, now in his mid-20s, who
was allegedly raped by Sandusky in 2002 as a young boy.
Lawyer: alleged Penn St victim disputes account
STATE COLLEGE, Nov 15 (Reuters) – The lawyer for former
Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky
said on Tuesday one alleged child rape victim will tell “a very
different story” from grand jury testimony.
Joe Amendola said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show
that he thinks he has located the man, now in his mid-20s, who
was allegedly raped by Sandusky in 2002 as a young boy.
Penn State’s Sandusky denies he is a pedophile
STATE COLLEGE (Reuters) – Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State University assistant football coach charged with child sex abuse, says he is not a pedophile, but admits he showered with young boys.
In a full-court media press across two television networks, Sandusky and his attorney, Joe Amendola, said they have answers for all 40 charges that Pennsylvania prosecutors have leveled.
Charity linked to Penn State abuse scandal cleans house
STATE COLLEGE, Nov 14 (Reuters) – The charity founded by a
former assistant football coach at Penn State University who
has been charged with child sex abuse started a shake-up on
Monday, with its long-time leader out and an internal
investigation under way.
Prosecutors say former coach Jerry Sandusky met all of his
alleged victims through The Second Mile, a charity for
underprivileged children with close ties to Penn State that
counted university trustees and football stars among its
backers.
Head of charity founded by Penn State’s Sandusky quits
STATE COLLEGE, Pa (Reuters) – The longtime head of the children’s charity founded by the former assistant coach at Penn State arrested on child sex abuse has resigned, the group said on Monday.
The charity, called The Second Mile, also said it had hired a new legal team, including the former district attorney of Philadelphia, as it prepares for what experts say is an inevitable flurry of civil litigation.
Cheap Trick plans eatery, museum in Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The band Cheap Trick plans to open a rock ‘n’ roll-themed eatery and museum in a Chicago neighborhood that was once home to the city’s most famous and influential blues and R&B record labels.
Dave Frey, Cheap Trick’s manager, told Reuters on Thursday the band hopes to be an anchor tenant in an entertainment district being created on the stretch of South Michigan Avenue, where Chess, Brunswick and Vee-Jay Records were headquartered during their heyday and musicians from Aretha Franklin to Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones recorded.
Top US money managers offer stock tips at Chicago charity event
CHICAGO, Nov 9 (Reuters) – A luxury home builder. A
hardware chain. A plus-size clothing retailer.
Those were some of the companies getting shoutouts on
Wednesday as nearly a dozen of the country’s top money managers
shared their best investment ideas for 2012 at a fund-raiser
for children’s charities in Chicago.
New football helmets no better than leather: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Modern football helmets are no more effective in protecting high school and college players from injury than the leather helmets used nearly 100 years ago, according to a new study by the Cleveland Clinic.
Researchers conducted impact tests on the latest, high-tech helmets and low-tech old ones that mimicked the hits young players routinely suffer on the field and that lead to thousands of concussions each year.

