State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news all over cyberspace. We post links to the most noteworthy local stories every weekday in Noon News & Features.

Here is Friday's offering:

NEWS

• Without Dissent, PSU Executive Committee 'Reaffirms' Decisions on Paterno, Spanier - StateCollege.com

• The Cost of Keeping the Peace at Penn State - WTAJ TV

• Penn State to Donate Bowl Funds to Fight Child Sex Abuse - StateCollege.com

• Police: 'Too Much Has Gone into' Jerry Sandusky's Preliminary Hearing to Delay It - Patriot-News

• Senator Questions Financial Fallout of Penn State Scandal - Centre Daily Times

• Sandusky Accuser 'Victim 1' Settles Legal Dispute over Assets with The Second Mile Charity - Associated Press via Washington Post

• Another Decade-Old Indecent Assault Reported - Daily Collegian

• CATA Seeks Participation in 'Food for Fare' Day - Centre Daily Times

COLUMNS/OPINION

• Russell Frank: Normalcy Isn't Good Enough - StateCollege.com

• Ben Jones: Penn State Coach Search: Part Three -- Naming Names in the Post-Paterno Era - StateCollege.com

• Sam Cooper: Bowl Game Projections: Where Will Penn State End up? - Onward State

• Evan Kalikow: Dear Anderson Cooper: Thank You - Onward State

• Ben Jones: One Thing Penn State's New Coach Might Not Be Able to Do - StateCollege.com

• Donnie Collins: Penn State Must Find the Right Man for the Job - Times-Tribune

• Evan Ponter: Blackout with Breathe Carolina - Onward State

SPORTS

• Jerry Palm: Lions Likely to Drop in Bowl Pecking Order - StateCollege.com

• Penn State Football: Search Committee to Start with 'Courtesy Interview' - StateCollege.com

• Two Lady Lions Named to Naismith Award Watch List - StateCollege.com

• Penn State Football: Lions Lose Third Verbal in Football - Altoona Mirror

• No. 16/15 Lady Lions Visit No. 19/25 Texas Tech Saturday in Big 12/Big Ten Challenge - GoPSUsports.com

• Women's Gymnastics Ranked 13th in GymInfo Preseason Poll - GoPSUsports.com

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES

• Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Thursday, Dec. 1 - StateCollege.com