Jurors selected for Sandusky trial

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    Nine jurors were selected Tuesday to decide Jerry Sandusky's fate on child-sexual abuse charges, including a longtime Penn State football season ticketholder, proving connections to Penn State weren't enough to keep prospective jurors from being chosen.

    The start of jury selection Tuesday showed the strength of Sandusky's and Penn State's links to their rural central Pennsylvania community, but the presiding judge indicated those connections weren't necessarily enough to keep them from being one of the 12 jurors or four alternates.

    In the first questioning of 40 prospective jurors, about half said they or immediate family members worked at Penn State or were university retirees. One woman rented apartments to college students. Four knew Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach. Two knew his wife.

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