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Vulgar Online Comment Costs Man His Job

He posts dirty word, then gets tracked via his IP address

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2009 8:40 AM CST

(Newser) – Commenters, beware. A St. Louis man who posted a vulgarity at a newspaper website soon found himself out of a job. When the St. Louis Post-Dispatch asked readers to weigh in with the strangest thing they've ever eaten, one guy responded with what the paper...   Read full story »

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