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Breakup seen by thousands

The Valentine's Day breakup of two college students in North Carolina that featured singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade was a hoax after all.

Ryan Burke said Monday that the confrontation, which became an instant hit on YouTube.com, was all a stunt to show the power of Internet communities and the amount of money that companies make from them. The pair were not even dating.