Hawaii hometown backs Te'o after girlfriend hoax

LAIE, Hawaii (AP) — People in small Hawaii hometown of Manti Te'o are offering support for the Notre Dame linebacker, after the story of his girlfriend and her death from leukemia were revealed as a hoax.

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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o waits for the snap during the second half of their NCAA college football game against Boston College on Nov. 10.

No one answered the door Wednesday evening and no one appeared to be inside the modest, single-story wood home of Te'o's parents, Brian and Ottilia Te'o, in the small coastal town of Laie on Oahu's northern shore where...