Jerry Sandusky gets at least 30 years for child sex abuse

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison Ñ effectively a life sentence Ñ in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno’s downfall.

Savannah Guthrie guest hosting 'Meet the Press' today

University of Arizona School of Journalism alum Savannah Guthrie will interview GOP presidential hopeful and former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., today when she guest hosts the NBC news show "Meet the Press."

Candidate for UA president's job to speak at community meeting

University of Arizona presidential candidate Ann Weaver Hart will be on campus Monday to meet and speak with the community.

Pa. man stabbed brother over brownie, police say

CARBONDALE, Pa. — A dispute over a chocolate brownie led a Pennsylvania man to stab his brother, who responded by throwing a television at him, police say.

Pa. grandma says she was duped into growing dope

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A southwestern Pennsylvania grandmother says she’s no marijuana grower, just a woman who wanted something that would look pretty next to her tomatoes.

Pa. smoke shop has Santa huff on a hookah

GREENVILLE, Pa. — A northwestern Pennsylvania tobacco shop is turning the image of the jovial, pipe-smoking Santa on its head by having Saint Nick huff on a hookah.

Paterno to retire at end of season

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season, his long and illustrious career brought down because he failed to do all he could about an allegation of child sex abuse against a former assistant.

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Al-Qaida's Pakistan ties complicate US moves

WASHINGTON — Senior al-Qaida leaders are forging deeper relationships with Pakistani militants and often operating from their camps inside the Pakistan border, fueling Obama administration arguments for a shift in the Afghan war strategy that more narrowly targets the terrorists.

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Satisfy your inner zombie

Zombies in blood-splattered, tattered clothes stumble through the darkened streets in groups of five, 10 and 20, with only one mission: to eat the brains and flesh of the living.

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Picture Rocks leader 'would never shut up'

Getting the utility bills paid, making sure there was food on the table and clean clothes to wear, keeping kids out of trouble — that was Billie Donohue's life for much of the last 22 years, but it wasn't just her family she looked after.