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Anchor away: Mendte fired by CBS 3

    by Dan Gross
    Published 

CBS 3 anchor

has been released from his contract, the station announced on its 6 p.m. news moments ago. "Mendte

is currently under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and has not appeared

since May 29, 2008," the station announced. "The decision to terminate Mendte’s

was based on an independent investigation conducted by CBS." Mendte had been co-anchor of CBS 3's 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts since September 2003. He's been benched

» READ MORE: over the investigation on whether he snooped on former colleague Alycia Lane's private e-mails.

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