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Morning Edition, November 15, 2006 · It used to be a lot easier to keep your indiscretions private. But in the age of Google and social-networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, people's most embarrassing details are increasingly out there for the world to see. In some cases, it's affecting their ability to land a job.
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