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Bikini Anchor Fired After Arrest

Alleged assault on NY cop costs job

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2008 2:27 AM CST

(Newser) – A Philadelphia television news anchor embroiled in a road rage incident with undercover New York police officers has been fired, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. Alycia Lane, 35, was arrested last month for allegedly shoving a female officer and using a sexual slur after a... Read full story »

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