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Paterno back in hospital

STATE COLLEGE — Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno is back in the hospital. He was admitted Friday for observation due to minor complications from cancer treatments.

His family said in a statement that the 85-year-old Paterno continues to undergo a “regimen of treatments” after being diagnosed with what they call a treatable form of lung cancer.

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