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Sanabia : I didn't know spitter was against rules
Miami Marlins pitcher Alex Sanabia said he didn't know it was illegal to spit directly onto a baseball. He knows now. Sanabia said Friday he spit on a baseball earlier in the week to get a better grip, not to get more movement on his pitches. He also repeated he ...
FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy
Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the problems involve seven patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. ...
Yankees' Teixeira to play in minors on Wednesday
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira expects to play in his first game since hurting his right wrist in early March, suiting up for a minor-league game with Double-A Trenton on Wednesday. Teixeira, who injured the wrist while preparing with the U.S. team for the World Baseball Classic, has been working ...
Student shot in leg at South Florida school
A boy was shot in the leg at a South Florida middle school. A Miami-Dade Schools Police Department spokesman says the shooting occurred Friday afternoon at Redland Middle School in Homestead. Initial reports indicate that an 11-year-old boy brought a gun to school in his backpack, and the gun accidentally ...
Biographer regrets affair with former CIA director
The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family. Paula Broadwell told WSOC-TV in Charlotte on Thursday (http://bit.ly/10RjHXE ) that she credited her husband and friends for standing by her as she ...
Gov. warns schools he will fight tuition hikes
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is strongly warning universities that he will fight against any tuition hikes this year. Scott made the warning in a letter sent out Friday to the heads of the boards that oversee the state's 12 public universities. He urged university boards to join him in a ...
Teixeira expects to play in minors Wednesday
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira says he expects to play in a minor-league game Wednesday with Double-A Trenton. It will be his first game since hurting his right wrist in early March while preparing with the U.S. team for the World Baseball Classic. Manager Joe Girardi watched while the All-Star ...
Third-grade FCAT math and reading scores static
Third-grade math and reading scores on Florida's standardized test remained static this school year, with fewer than two-thirds of students demonstrating grade-level proficiency, according to results released Friday by the state Department of Education. The scores show 57 percent of third-grade students performed at grade level in reading on the ...
A-Rod sells Miami Beach home for $30M
New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has sold his Miami Beach home for $30 million. A-Rod's business partner, Jose More, confirmed that the sale closed Friday. Rodriguez bought the 54,000-square-foot piece of waterfront land for $7.4 million in 2010. Using his own construction company, Newport Property Construction, he spent another ...
Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout
This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds. The good news: At some U.S. campgrounds these days you get live bands, air guitar contests and chocolate pudding slip 'n slides. Americans' plans ...
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