By PAULA REED WARD, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The prosecution of at least two of the defendants in the Penn State University child sexual abuse scandal becomes significantly more difficult with Joe Paterno's death, legal experts agree.

It seems like an all too common sight.

Some male politician or celebrity must face allegations of doing something immoral -- and sometimes criminal as well -- and there, standing behind him and off to the side of the lectern, is his wife.

Quiet and taciturn and broken.

The boy identified as "Victim 1" in the Jerry Sandusky grand jury probe, now a teenager, last week switched schools after he was harassed by fellow students following Joe Paterno's dismissal as head football coach at Penn State University.

At least three people knew of a report that a child had been sexually assaulted in the Penn State University football team showers by a wellknown, respected and popular former coach of the Nittany Lions in the days after a 2000 incident.

A suspended correctional officer from Pittsburgh's state prison was arrested Tuesday and charged with 92 criminal counts alleging that he sexually and physically abused more than 20 inmates under his control.

Harry Nicoletti, 59, of Coraopolis, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday night and held in the Allegheny County Jail on $75,000 bond.

The Pennsylvania attorney general issued a subpoena to Twitter earlier this month seeking the identities of two account holders who have repeatedly posted negative comments about Tom Corbett and his Bonusgate investigation.

Shortly after George Sodini killed himself following his shooting of 12 women in a fitness club in suburban Pittsburgh, his diary describing his hatred of women and plans to someday carry out such a tragedy showed up online.

Within a day of the shooting, Web surfers could find benign YouTube videos and Sodini's musings about underage girls on online forums.

PITTSBURGH -- Stephanie Babines is trying to open a pole-dancing studio. It's the first thing a visitor will see on her Web site.Babines, in a black tube top with long, blond hair caressing her shoulders, is grasping a gleaming stripper pole.Her shirt is just high enough -- and her black pants just low enough -- to reveal a large tattoo on her lower back.