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FBI Explores Investigating News Corp. for Hacking 9/11 Victims

The FBI says it has begun exploring a News Corp. probe as the beleaguered company works on its own internal investigation led by former New York public-schools chancellor Joel Klein

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The FBI and federal prosecutors have begun reviewing evidence in the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed Britain to determine whether any activity occurred in the United States that might warrant opening a criminal investigation, a senior law-enforcement official told THE DAILY BEAST on Thursday.

The official, who spoke only...

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