STATE COLLEGE — Ex-Penn State University president Graham Spanier has filed a civil lawsuit to force the school to release any e-mails related to its investigation of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

The suit was filed late Friday in Centre County court, the Centre Daily Times newspaper reported on its website.

The suit says Spanier wants the e-mails so he can better recall events, citing e-mails sent between 1998 and 2004.

Penn State is conducting its own investigation into the abuse scandal, an effort led by ex-FBI chief Louis Freeh.

Spanier was ousted Nov. 9, four days after Sandusky was charged with dozens of sexual assault counts. Eight of 10 boys Sandusky is accused of abusing were attacked on campus, prosecutors allege.

Sandusky has denied the allegations.

Prosecutors fight Sandusky motionPITTSBURGH — State prosecutors say a defense motion asking a judge to dismiss child sexual abuse charges against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is premature because there are no “facts” in the form of sworn testimony on which to base the request.Sandusky’s attorney last week asked a Centre County judge to dismiss the charges arguing some counts are too vague to defend and others involve victims whose identities haven’t been determined.But prosecutors on Friday say such an argument can only be made based on sworn testimony already offered in the case — and, so far, there hasn’t been any because Sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing and no testimony has been taken at other pretrial hearings.School officials’ response to the charges last year led to the departure of head coach Joe Paterno.

Fired Cal president can go to old office CALIFORNIA — A judge has canceled a hearing to determine whether California University of Pennsylvania president Angelo Armenti can remove his personal property from his former office, because state officials have given him more time to do so.Armenti was forced out last week by the State System of Higher Education Board of Governors, which oversees state universities, then barred from his office after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Armenti says he didn’t have time to pack up all of his belongings, so he got a Washington County judge on Wednesday to order his office sealed until she could rule Friday whether to allow him back in to continue packing.The settlement with state education officials has made that hearing unnecessary.State officials have said an audit shows the school had various financial problems under Armenti’s 20-year tenure.

3 families file suit over gas drillingPITTSBURGH — Three western Pennsylvania families say in a lawsuit that they face serious health problems because a gas drilling company and two water testing laboratories conspired to alter test results.A Pittsburgh newspaper said the lawsuit concerns an area in Washington County.The lawsuit claims nearby drilling by Range Resources contaminated groundwater as early as November, 2010. The paper said that the plaintiffs were told their well water was safe to drink and bathe in, and provide to farm animals and pets.Range spokesman Matt Pitzarella told the paper that tests repeatedly showed that their operations had no adverse impacts, and said the lawsuit isn’t about health and safety, but money.

Part-time faculty votes on unionPITTSBURGH — Part-time faculty member at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University plan to vote on whether to unionize.The United Steelworkers union said in a release Friday that adjunct faculty at the university’s McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts will vote for two weeks beginning June 22. The votes will be submitted by mail and counted on July 9.The union praised the university for “working cooperatively” in allowing the election to go forward.The union said a majority of Duquesne’s 124 adjunct professors want to unionize.The Adjuncts Association filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board after the university declined to voluntarily recognize the group as a bargaining unit.