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Demand for tickets to presidential debate at Hofstra

The calls and e-mails began almost immediately after Hofstra University was tapped to host next week's third and final presidential debate.

They come from the desperate and the deep-pocketed, elected officials, estranged relatives, and even a few long-lost grade school classmates, all asking the same question: "Can you get me in?"

And mostly, they all get the same answer: No.

"I...

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