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 | | In the end, the USA Today investigation concluded Kelley made up all or part of 20 stories that appeared in the paper, lifted more than 100 passages and quotes from other, uncredited sources and billed the newspaper for thousands of dollars for translators and assistants that they say they never received. |
 | | Following the paper's initial investigation in 2003, USA Today chose to treat the investigation as "a confidential personnel matter." The newspaper's editors had made their decision, telling Kelley on Jan. 5, 2004 that he could resign in the next two days or be fired. |
 | | The paper's editor, Karen Jurgensen, also said initially that USA Today would not be correcting any of Kelley's stories "at this time," leading many in the media to question how fair the newspaper had treated an almost universally liked reporter and whether Kelley was actually culpable of falsifying his stories. |
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