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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, listens as a local business owner talks about the local economy during a town hall meeting in Hampton, N.H., Tuesday, July 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

Romney again mixes messages about Obama and the economy

Last updated Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 3:21pm

AMHERST, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has struggled to craft a consistent economic message in recent weeks -- first blaming President Barack Obama for driving the country deeper into recession and then backing off that charge during a visit to Pennsylvania. On Monday in southern New Hampshire, he appeared to offer those conflicting messages within one sentence.

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Man in pizza prank agrees to pay up

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 10:57am

AMHERST, Mass. -- A man wearing a Bob Dylan backstage pass who ordered 178 pizzas from a Massachusetts pizza parlor but never picked them up has agreed to hand over the dough.

A lawyer for the New Jersey man says his client is a "decent enough" guy with no criminal record who felt bad about the prank.

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