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TE'O DOING TOUGH BALANCING ACT AT NFL COMBINE

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Manti Te'o walked into a crowded room of reporters Saturday, took a breath and settled in for 15 minutes of NFL scouting combine history.Again, the former Notre Dame linebacker explained how he had been duped into an Internet romance he had with a girlfriend he never met. He did his best to turn the page on an embarrassing chapter by talking football. This time, he even got to see it play out on live television 12 yards away - where three muted flat-screen monitors were in direct view of Te'o.He answered every question with thoughtful deliberation and tried to provide clarity on a hoax that turned one of the nation's most inspirational college football players into the butt of national jokes.\I cared for somebody. That's what I was taught to do ever since I was young. Somebody needs help