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N.H. prep school abuse case makes way into US Senate race

N.H. prep school abuse case makes way into US Senate race

Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Investigations into sexual misconduct by faculty at a renowned New Hampshire prep school have found their way into the state's high profile Senate race between incumbent Republican Kelly Ayotte and Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, whose husband is a former principal of the school.

News broke in late March that a teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy was forced to resign in 2011 and later stripped of his emeritus status after admitting to two past instances of sexual misconduct with students — information that was not disclosed publicly under the tenure of Hassan's husband, Thomas Hassan. Maggie Hassan accepted money from Schubart and listed him as a public supporter of her 2012 gubernatorial campaign even after he left the school, a fact Republicans immediately seized on as evidence of poor judgment.

IRS Commissioner: More than 1 million daily hacking attempts
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IRS Commissioner: More than 1 million daily hacking attempts

CNS News

(CNSNews.com) — IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service's computers "withstand more than 1 million malicious attempts to access them each day."

"We work continuously to protect our main computer systems from cyber attacks and to safeguard taxpayer information stored in our databases. These systems withstand more than 1 million malicious attempts to access them each day," Koskinen said in his opening statement.

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