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Apr 30 2009, AP

A North Carolina congresswoman said Thursday she chose her words poorly when she called claims that a Wyoming college student was murdered because he was gay a “hoax.”

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In this Jan. 10, 2008 file photo, Republican presidential hopefuls former Gov. Mitt Romney R-Mass., Sen. John McCain R-Ariz., former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., take part in a Republican presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C.