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October 27, 2008

McCain Campaign Worker Admits Attack Was a Hoax
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A Republican campaign worker has admitted she made up a story about
being attacked by an African American man in Pittsburgh because of a
John Mc Cain sticker. Ashley Todd had told police that a man had punched
her in the back of the head, knocked her to the ground, while
threatening to teach her a lesson for being a Mc Cain supporter. She
claimed the man scratched a backward letter B on the right side of her
face. Todd has been charged with filing a false police report.



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