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3:15 PM ET, April 6, 2016

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WTVT:
Florida hunters nab nearly 15-foot gator that was snacking on their cattle  —  OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (FOX 13) - Two hunters at a Florida farm say it's the largest alligator they've ever captured in the wild: nearly 15 feet long.  —  Lee Lightsey, the owner of Outwest Farms in Okeechobee …
Cork Gaines / Rays Index:
Rays win on bizarre walk-off interference call  —  The Rays won their first game of the season on Tuesday night, but they needed a bizarre interference call to make it happen.  —  Trailing 3-2 in the 9th inning, the Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out with Edwin Encarnacion at the plate.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Rays rally, beat Blue Jays thanks to replay reversal  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays finally saw some glimpses of that improved offense they've been talking about.  And they felt pretty good about their first peek at Alex Colome pitching at the end of a game.
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley and DRaysBay
KTLA:
Chauffeur Allegedly Attacks Motorist With Tire Iron in Caught-on-Video Road-Rage Incident in Van Nuys … A Northridge man told KTLA on Tuesday that he was rear-ended by the driver of an SUV belonging to a car service who then came after him with a tire iron.
Discussion: WGN-TV and FOX31 Denver
Kamie Stephen / North Platte Nebraska's Newspaper:
Helicopter crash kills three former North Platte area residents  —  Three former North Platte area residents were among five people killed Monday when a sightseeing helicopter crashed in Tennessee.  —  Peyton Rasmussen, 22, and Parker Rasmussen, 18, and their mother, Johna (Jochum) Morvant …
Discussion: WATE-TV and WBTW-TV
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Dad charged after allegedly leaving baby in car to get strip club lap dance  —  A Van Nuys father has been charged with leaving his 9-month-old girl in his car for an hour during a daytime visit to a strip club, prosecutors said.  —  Auwin Dargin, 24, pleaded not guilty Monday to one count of child abuse …
The Green Papers:
Delegate Votes  —  Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary,  —  Polling hours reportedly 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 9:00p EDT (0100 UTC).  —  Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary  —  291 total delegate votes - 163 district / 54 at large; 30 Pledged PLEOs; 44 Unpledged PLEOs
news.walmart.com:
Walmart U.S. Announces Transition to Cage-Free Egg Supply Chain by 2025  —  Commitment represents company's continued focus on advancing animal welfare  —  Walmart U.S. and Sam's Club U.S. today announced their goal to transition to a 100 percent cage-free egg supply chain by 2025.
Discussion: WCMH-TV and WIS-TV
Associated Press:
Syndergaard, Mets top Royals following ring ceremony … KANSAS CITY, Mo. — New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard was amused when Kauffman Stadium's sound system played “American Woman” as he trotted out to the mound for the first inning.  —  The standing-room only crowd of 39,782 drowned out the music with its boos.
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ESPN:
ZiPS projected standings/World Series chances: Where do Royals, Mets check in?
Discussion: Bleacher Nation and ESPN
WLWT-TV:
Prosecutor: Officer showed ‘remarkable restraint’ in I-75 shooting  —  Officer's body-cam video played at news conference  —  Repeatedly shouting “kill me” and “shoot me”, Javier Pablo Aleman was shown in body camera video released Tuesday trying to goad police into using deadly force.
Discussion: WFLA-TV
Fox Sports:
Jays' Gibbons: No malicious intent about dress comment  —  ST. PETERBURG, Fla. (AP) Toronto manager John Gibbons says he was trying to inject some humor into a tense situation and had “no malicious intent” in his comment that “maybe we'll come out wearing dresses tomorrow” …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Jeff Tavss / WPLG-TV:
Motorcyclist claims Miami driver attempted to run him off road  —  Rider claims he is ‘inexperienced’ and panicked  —  MIAMI - A South Florida motorcyclist claims he was almost forced off a Miami roadway in a road rage incident that was all caught on video and posted to YouTube.
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Paul Goldschmidt / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks storm back for first win of the season … Paul Goldschmidt drove in four runs with a solo homer and a bases-loaded triple, and the Arizona Diamondbacks stormed back from a four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 11-6 on Tuesday night.  —  Trevor Story hit the third home run …
Discussion: Purple Row
 
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