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• But despite the heated rhetoric once again fueling a Florida fracas, it's not at all clear that Rifqa Bary's rights are in danger.
• Over the course of several days in the midst of the Clinton-Obama fracas, I met a number of well-connected black Democrats in the state who were unfamiliar with the details of the .
• Neal Boortz, morning commentator for Atlanta's WSB, on the arrest of three local boys for attempted robbery, and a later fracas involving the boys' mother: "When the police came to .

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News & Articles

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• Eric Hinske, Brandon McCarthy speak out on MLB suspension rulings
  As you learned earlier this afternoon, Major League Baseball doled out suspensions as expected for the Dodgers’ and Diamondbacks’ participation in Tuesday night’s fracas. There weren’t too many surprises, though as Craig noted, Yasiel Puig and Zack Greinke were not suspended at all, receiving only fines. On the D-Back side of things, Eric Hinske received…
  June 15, 2013 - NBC Sports: HardballTalk
• Australian Batsman Apologizes for Striking England Player
  The Australian batsman David Warner issued an apology for striking an England player, Joe Root, in a late night barroom fracas.
  June 14, 2013 - New York Times
• Cricket-Australia's Warner says sorry for bar fracas
  (Updates and recasts after Warner's apology) LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Australia batsman David Warner issued an apology on Thursday for getting involved in a late night bar-room fracas with young England player Joe Root. "It's true I struck Joe in the face and I'm here today to put my hand up and apologise publicly to Joe and to own up to my actions," Warner told a news conference. "I'm ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Steve Spurrier in USA Today
  I've just heard second-hand reports that there was a little fracas, a little tussle between some people we don't know and some of our football players,Spurrier said. "None of our guys were hurt."
• Ronda Storms in Orlando Sentinel
  You were trying to avoid a fracas and public embarrassment, and here you are in a fracas and public embarrassment,State Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, told Brogan at a joint legislative audit committee in January.
• David Gergen in CNN
  Already tonight, Club for Growth [and] economic conservatives are attacking Mike Huckabee saying he's unacceptable for the party,David Gergen, a CNN political analyst, said Thursday night. "So there's going to be a fracas on the Republican...