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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG offered about $5.7 billion in cash to buy U.S. gene sequencing device maker Illumina Inc , in a potentially hostile takeover bid to boost its position in life sciences and diagnostics.
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Joe Paterno Funeral Schedule for Wednesday, Public Memorial Thursday

Penn State's former head coach Joe Paterno will be buried on Wednesday, Koch Funeral Home has announced on its Web site. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Tuesday, at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the Penn State University Campus. Find more details on public memorial and viewing here.
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Joe Paterno Dead: Jerry Sandusky, Penn State's Bill O’Brien Speak

Joe Paterno, the 85-year-old former Penn State coach who was battling lung cancer, died on Sunday, after suffering further health complications the day prior, the family told the media. Since news of Paterno's death began spreading on Sunday, Sandusky and Penn State officials have issued statements. Read the statements here.
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How Did Joe Paterno Die? Coach 'Died of Broken Heart' Millen Says

Pundits like Matt Millen say legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died on Sunday of a broken heart. Millen, the former NFL star who played for Paterno in the late 1970s, said on ESPN he just can't help but think (Paterno) died of a broken heart and that bothers me.
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Joe Paterno Dead at Age 85

The famed Penn State head football coach died on Sunday at State College Hospital due to complications from lung cancer.
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Joe Paterno Dead at 85: Family Confirms Rumor

Joe Paterno, a man whose shining career as Penn State University's head football coach was overshadowed by recent child sex-abuse allegations against one of his former assistants, has died. He was 85.
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Carter likely doesn’t have too much time left on this earth but he will leave a great legacy as the premier catcher in the National League of the post-Johnny Bench era.

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