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Sandusky Is Convicted of Sexual Abuse of 10 Young Boys

The jury verdict for the longtime Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky completed the fall of a onetime local hero in a pedophilia scandal that seized national attention.

Jerry Sandusky left the Centre County Courthouse after being convicted on 45 counts in Bellefonte, Pa., on Friday.
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Jerry Sandusky left the Centre County Courthouse.

Chinese Data Mask Depth of Slowdown, Executives Say

Corporate executives and economists say officials in some Chinese cities and provinces are falsifying statistics to mask the extent of the downturn.

Cardinal’s Aide Is Found Guilty in Abuse Case

Msgr. William J. Lynn became the first senior Roman Catholic official in the United States to be convicted for covering up child sexual abuses by priests in his charge.

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Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic at Risk as Law Nears

Mississippi may soon be the only state without an abortion clinic when a law requiring clinic doctors to have hospital privileges takes effect.

Campaign 2012
Companies’ Failures Did Not Harm Romney’s Firm

Bain Capital, the private equity firm co-founded by Mitt Romney, structured deals so that it was hard to really lose, even if the companies it owned foundered.

Your Money
Getting Lost in the Labyrinth of Medical Bills

How hospitals and doctors arrive at the fees they charge depends on negotiations with insurers.

Growth Threatens Florida’s Freshwater Springs

As flows decrease, experts say the culprits include decades of pumping groundwater to meet the demands of the state’s population boom and agricultural industry.

DealBook
A Regulatory Debate Goes Behind Closed Doors

American regulators are said to be planning to vote in private on proposed rules on overseas derivatives trading.

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In Karaoke, Lawmakers Find Collegiality

A new weekly tradition of singing together at a tavern has helped the New York Legislature function more smoothly than in its past, participants say.

Editorial
The Anti-Union Roberts Court

In a labor union case, the conservative justices broke court rules to insert themselves into a political controversy.

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Common Sense
A Loophole Big Enough to Lose a Billion

“Alternative” calculations of customer assets vastly understate what firms actually owe, James B. Stewart writes.

Movie Reviews »

Who Needs a Prince?

“Brave” has a female protagonist who finds independence outdoors.

Slaying With Silver

“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” has enough bodies to paint the screen red.

 

In Rome, Still Anxious

Woody Allen’s “To Rome With Love” is the tale of a New Yorkish intellectual addled by conflicting desires.

Behind the Wheel | 2012 Jaguar XKR-S
Setting Aside That British Reserve and Acting the Hooligan

The XKR-S is spectacular to behold, and with 550 supercharged horsepower, it can be considered the explosive cap to the long-running XK lineup.

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The Boss’s Office Is a No-Spin Zone

Shawn H. Wilson, president of Usher’s New Look Foundation, says that making excuses is harmful to any organization’s culture.

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