Tuesday,  June 12, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 334 • 31 of 36 •  Other Editions

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accessory after the fact. She was convicted and served more than three years in prison before that decision was overturned.
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Penn State trial opens with first accuser's account of alleged abuse at Sandusky's hands

• BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- The first witness to take the stand against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said he regretted having kept the alleged sexual abuse a secret, and feels guilty because of the other boys that prosecutors say were victimized after him.
• Called Victim 4 in court papers but identified by his name in court, he told jurors Monday that the 68-year-old Sandusky molested him in the locker room showers and in hotels while trying to ensure his silence with gifts and trips. He was the first of as many as eight young men who may take the stand.
• The 28-year-old says Sandusky sent him "creepy love letters" and treated him like a son in public, but like a girlfriend in private.
• "I've spent, you know, so many years burying this in the back of my head forever," he told the jury. "I thought I was the only person ... then I find out that this has happened over and over and over again, forever, and I feel if I just would have said something back then, they would not have had this happen to them. So I feel responsible for ... other victims."
• Victim 4 discussed notes from Sandusky as well as a series of contract-like documents in which he promised to reach certain life goals, such as studying or playing sports, in return for which Sandusky would provide him money for his post high school education.
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Nation's biggest insurers will keep parts health care law regardless of Supreme Court ruling

• Some of the nation's biggest health insurers will keep some popular parts of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even if the law fails to survive Supreme Court scrutiny later this month.
• UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Aetna all said Monday that they will continue to cover preventive care such as immunizations and screenings without requiring patients to pay a set fee called a co-payment.
• They also said they'd still cover adult children up to age 26 through their parents'

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