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UC Berkeley employee gets 8 years for child porn

Oct. 24, 2008
A U.S. District Court judge has sentenced a former University of California, Berkeley employee to eight years in a federal prison for distributing child pornography from his campus computer. Eric Borgerson of Oakland also must register as a sex offender and...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler