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Correction: Navy-Fraud story

Mar 29, 2012, 11:16 PM

SAN DIEGO (AP) – In a story March 28 about civilian Navy employees accepting bribes from military contractors, The Associated Press reported erroneously that defense contractor Jesse Denome could face up to eight years in prison when he is sentenced in August. Denome in fact was sentenced in October 2011 to five years of probation and 30 consecutive weekends in custody.

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