[Enterprise]

"However, after the charges were filed all of the rumblings on campus pointed to the fact that none of the witnesses' stories collaborated with the tale that the young woman told police."

Maybe that is a correct use of the word, but I think the author meant to use the word corroborated.

[FoxInSocks]

none of the witnesses' stories collaborated with the tale

What a maroon.

[norwaypinesavage]

"Maybe that is a correct use of the word, but I think the author meant to use the word corroborated."

You don't expect a journalist to write proper English, do you? There are too many other liberal classes to take that are required, rather than waste time on English.