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Ex-Penn State president charged in Sandusky case

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Former Penn State president Graham Spanier, left, is accused of perjury, endangering children and other charges in the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal. According to online court records charges were filed Thursday against Penn State's ex-president and two other administrators in what prosecutors called "a conspiracy of silence."

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The "conspiracy of silence" that protected Jerry Sandusky extended all the way to the top at Penn State, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged former university President Graham Spanier with hushing up child sexual abuse allegations against the former assistant football coach.