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Welcome back. time for sports and playoff baseball. to toronto, the blue jays down 3-1, hosting the indians in the american league championship series. ryan merit on the mound for cleveland in his second major league start. jose bautista earlier this week said the pitcher should fear the jays lineup in game five. the rookie left-hander was unshaken. merit slung 4 1/3 scoreless innings before turning things over to the indians fearsome bull pen. cleveland was on the board early last night, scoring on a fielding error after a double hit by mike napoli in the first inning. carlos santana and coco crisp each hit solo home runs. the indians head to their first world series since 1937. they will face either the cubs or dodgers. all right. let s go to los angeles. the dodgers hosting the cubs in ....
Seven days old that won t be contained, burning too close for comfort. our team experienced the fire s erratic behavior firsthand yesterday when the flames jumped over the highway. we were well over a mile away and then we heard on the scanner that the fire could be heading in our direction in just 30 minutes time. so we quickly packed up and evacuated as a precaution. jose. joe fryer, thank you very much. from wildfires out west to the devastating flooding in the southeast. new evacuations this morning in pasco county. one of the hardest hit in the tampa bay area, as it continues to deal with fast-rising waters. weather channel s mike seidel is there right now for the latest. mike. good morning, jose. from the tampa bay area where the sun is finally shining after three weeks of unrelenting downpours. over 18 inches. almost 18 1/2 inches of rain here in tampa. yesterday alone, our daily record of 4 1/3, and the river ....
But what the country wanted for quite some time. reporter: reid s newly minted commission doesn t have a plaque on the door, doesn t have a sticker even, it doesn t have phones hooked up, it doesn t have business cards or stationery. but he says i have the president and federal reserve chairman to meet with the commission on monday. bret: you know you will get a good sound bite from alan simpssimpson. thanks. stocks were mixed today. dow added under eight and the s&p 500 lost 1 1/4. the nasdaq gained 4 1/3. general motors repaved $6.7 billion in loans from the u.s. government. five years ahead of schedule. taxpayers still own 61% of the auto maker. as collateral for the other $45.3 billion the government invested in the g.m. bail-out. the company hopes to buy back that interest after a public stock offering. a cout martial began today of ....
By the president. shannon: thank you. retail sales rose in january, seventh straight increase. dow dropped 14 1/2, s&p 500 gave back 4 1/3. nasdaq lost under 13. china reduced the u.s. debt, second biggest drop. japan and britain second and third largest both boosted their holds. president obama says egypt will need help but are we sending the right signal? how more on a potential powder keg in the region. three weeks to the day after his secretary of state described the mubarak regime as stable and responsive. president obama defended his team s handling of the revolution they stood for the ....