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Ex-UC Berkeley employee gets 8 years for spreading child porn at work

Oct. 24, 2008
A former UC Berkeley employee has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for distributing child pornography from his campus computer, authorities said today. Eric Borgerson, 42, of Oakland must register as a sex offender and be placed on the federal...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- An international anti-child pornography congress in Brazil has urged Japan to outlaw the possession of such materials, observers say.

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ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A central Florida man with a massive child-pornography collection that included victims as young as newborns was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.

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NASA employee gets 3 years for kiddie porn

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LAVAL, Quebec, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A 60-year-old Canadian man was arrested for allegedly having large amounts of child pornography in his home, police said.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch