In addition to several cons that will unfurl over the course of the show, they say the series will operate on a broader, more traditional soap opera canvas with dueling lives, wives and fathers as fodder.

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The original story, which was apparently subsequently scraped and used as fodder for a malware campaign, appears to have been published by the Associated Press over a year ago and referenced the January attack and one before it.

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He has told of his struggles, though, and uses it as fodder for jokes.

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