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Statue of famed Penn State coach Paterno taken down

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WKOW) -- The famed statue of Penn State coach Joe Paterno has been taken down from outside the football stadium.

Workers used a forklift to move it into Beaver Stadium Sunday morning as about 150 students watching chanted, "We are Penn State."

The university announced Saturday it was taking down the monument in the wake of an investigative report that found the late coach and three other top Penn State administrators concealed sex abuse claims against retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

The statue turned into a target for Paterno's critics after former FBI Director Louis Freeh alleged a cover-up by Paterno and others that allowed Sandusky to continue molesting boys.

Sandusky was convicted last month of 45 counts of sexual abuse of 10 boys.

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