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The Orange County Register ran a sports column from Mark Whicker this Monday, which imagined that Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped, raped, and imprisoned in a tent in Phillip Garrido's backyard, had missed out on 18 years of sports in Southern California. (She's from Northern California, for the record.) The article quickly spread across Twitter and Facebook and Whicker posted an apology for the piece last night. I'm here to inform you, if it wasn't obvious already, that Whicker's apology is a lie.

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Why? WHY? Buzznet's band of photographers came forth to answer this question with their cameras. This week, as with every week, we're left surprised and in awe of this community's creative talents. Come on in to see how your fellow peers responded to this week's assignment, "Why?"

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