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Correction: Air Force Academy-Cheating story

Jun 8, 2012, 10:18 PM

DENVER (AP) – In a story June 6 about test cheating at the U.S. Air Force Academy, The Associated Press, relying on information from an academy spokesman, reported erroneously that cadets took the test outside class without supervision. The cadets took the test in class with supervisors present.

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