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The Utica Comets will play game three of the AHL's Western Conference finals without forward Brandon DeFazio.

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC says it is suspending Brian Williams as "Nightly News" anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War.

NFL running back Ray Rice has been cut by the Baltimore Ravens following a new video that surfaced today showing Rice brutally punching his then fiance and now wife in the face in an elevator at an Atlantic City hotel.

The Utica bar that was the site of a homicide earlier this month has had its liquor license suspended.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago.

Ryan Braun will miss the final 65 games of the season, including any postseason games the Brewers play.