|
• "Victim 2" has said he was the boy then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary testified he saw being attacked by Jerry Sandusky in a team shower in 2001. McQueary notified Paterno and school officials at the time, but police were never called, an omission that eventually led to Paterno's firing.
• Casey did not disclose the terms of the settlements, but said they took shape some time ago and were completed a week ago, followed by passing paperwork back and forth to memorialize them.
• ___
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner gives fiery, defiant resignation speech
• SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The resignation speech given by San Diego Mayor Bob Filner reflected the same fiery, defiant tone that launched the political career of the former congressman and 1960s civil rights activist.
• But Friday, Filner was giving his response after agreeing to step down as leader of the nation's eighth-largest city amid a flurry of sexual harassment allegations.
• "Obviously this is the toughest decision of my life. You all know me to be a fighter," he said. "Unfortunately, on my own -- and you all helped cut off any support for that -- I can't afford to continue this battle even though I know, if given due process, I would be vindicated."
• Filner apologized to the city and his accusers but also said his demise as San Diego's first Democratic mayor in decades was the result of "lynch mob mentality" and continued to deny his actions amounted to harassment.
• Filner spoke after the City Council voted 7-0 on a deal that ended a political stalemate after 17 women publicly accused him of acting inappropriately from patting bottom to forcible kissing.
• ___
Linda Ronstadt tells AARP she has Parkinson's disease, which has robbed her ability to sing
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Linda Ronstadt says she suffers from Parkinson's dis (Continued on page 24)
|
|
