The former University of Tennessee student who successfully hacked into former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo! email account during the 2008 election season was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. David Kernell, 20, was convicted this past April; Palin said at the time, "As Watergate taught us, we rightfully reject illegally breaking into candidates’ private communications for political intrigue in an attempt to derail an election." Still, this is great publicity for Sarah Palin's Alaska, the TLC reality show that debuts on Sunday (photos of the hockey mom and family).

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