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Plagiarism Incident Shakes Macon, Ga., Newspaper.

By Caroline Wilbert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 9--A smaller-scale version of the Jayson Blair tale has hit a Georgia newspaper.

The Macon Telegraph fired reporter Khalil Abdullah for copying parts of news stories from other publications, the newspaper said.

Abdullah, 31, was already on his second chance. He was fired from The Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram for similar actions several years ago, but Macon editors thought he had learned his lesson, according to the Telegraph.

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