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House backs limits on sex offenders

Posted June 18, 2008 4:19 p.m. EDT

Raleigh, N.C. — The state House voted Wednesday to approve a bill that would prevent registered sex offenders from joining online social-networking sites.

The law also prohibits sex offenders from legally changing their names.

The bill goes next to the Senate.

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