Alleged victim: Sandusky's claims "100% false"
Former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky sits in a car as he leaves the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot Nov. 5, 2011, in State College, Pa.
(Credit: AP Photo/The Patriot-News)The attorney for one of Sandusky's alleged victims said that his client was "extremely disappointed" by Sandusky's telephone interview with NBC last night in which he denied the sex abuse charges against him characterizing much of his actions with the young boys as "horseplay."
Continue »Advocates: Pa. sex abuse laws "the worst"
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NEW YORK - Over 100 advocates gathered Tuesday in Harrisburg to push for reforms to Pennsylvania's child sex abuse laws in the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
"The Pennsylvania law is the worst on this issue," says legal expert Marci Hamilton. Under Pennsylvania law, child sex abuse survivors must file civil suits before they turn 30. The law was enacted in August 2002, but survivors who turned 20 before the law was enacted do not get an extended statute of limitations and are barred from filing suit against their perpetrators.
Continue »Charity: NY child stayed with Sandusky
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The New York City non-profit The Fresh Air Fund sent at least one child to stay at the home of former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky in the mid-1990s, and says it may have sent several others.
Continue »Your tax dollars for the rich and famous?
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From tax write-offs for gambling losses, vacation homes, and luxury yachts; to subsidies for ranches and estates, billions of your tax dollars are supporting the lifestyles of the rich and famous. And a new report from fiscal conservative Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) counts the ways.
Continue »Attorney General "sorry" for Terry family loss
Attorney General Eric Holder answers questions on Operation "Fast and Furious" at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, November 8, 2011.
(Credit: CBS)Ten months after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was gunned down by Mexican drug cartel suspects in Arizona, his family has received a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder saying he is "sorry" for their loss.
Continue »Focus on Sandusky, not Paterno: alleged victim
A Dec. 28, 1999 file photo of Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky after the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
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In an interview with CBS News, Ben Andreozzi, the attorney for one of the alleged victims of the sexual assault said that his client "doesn't want to be associated with the downfall of Penn State football."
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Continue »Source: Penn State told Paterno of firing by letter
Joe Paterno
A source close to former Penn State Football Coach Joe Paterno tells CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian that the Paterno family is stunned and outraged over the university's handling of the firing.
The source claims a university employee hand-delivered a letter about the firing to the family home a mere 15 minutes prior to the press conference. According to the source, the reason for the letter was that the university employee said the board was unable to locate Paterno during the day.
Paterno fired over Penn St. child abuse scandal
"The family has lived in the same house for more than 40 years, and they can't find him?" said the source. As of an hour after the university press conference announcing the firing, the source told Keteyian no one from the board of trustees had spoken to Paterno.
Said the source, "You give your life to this place, and that's how you're treated."
Eric Holder calls "gunwalking" unacceptable
Attorney General Eric Holder answers questions on Operation "Fast and Furious" at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, November 8, 2011.
(Credit: CBS)WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday acknowledged that an agency under his supervision, ATF, intentionally let weapons fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.
Watch Attkisson's full report below.
It's a controversial practice called "gunwalking" that tried to get big fish criminals. Instead, it put thousands of guns on the street. Many were used in violent crimes and murders.
Continue »Karen Kraushaar, Cain accuser, goes public
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One of Herman Cain's original accusers confirmed to CBS News that she received a settlement from the National Restaurant Association after accusing Cain of sexual harassment.
Karen Kraushaar, 55, is currently a spokesperson for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at the Treasury Department. Continue »
Holder regrets death of slain federal agent
WASHINGTON - At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today, Attorney General Eric Holder said he regrets the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
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