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Passengers including 4 kids stuck in midair. riders were stuck more than two hours, dangling 35 feet aboveground. emergency crewsed that to bring in a hydraulic lift to lower the riders to safety. but, of course and thankfully nobody suffered any injuries. >> i bet it was hot up there. >> but there were no large live animals beneath them so terrifying and very uncomfortable, but perhaps maybe could have been worse. >> it certainly could have been worse. you know if you were on a gondola like ove...

Mark albert has the latest. >> reporter: in the second inning with boston ahead by a run, oaklands brett lawrie broke his bat on a pitch, it went flying into the stands, hitting a fan between home plate and third base. the woman, identified as tonya carpenter, lost consciousness for a short time and her injuries were described as life threatening. carpenter could be heard screaming. >> watch the bump! watch the bump here! >> reporter: fans and players fell silent. >> we knew it was bad because t...

So, you know oakland as, 1973. and just put on that uniform. i can still remember the smell of it and i can still remember the most exciting even in upstate new york when it was 40 degrees. going out there for the first game of the year nothing like it. >> how about the new glove smell and then working in the new glove. >> on that note -- >> with the oil. the oil. >> the book is "the only game." mike, stay with us. coming up nearly 50 million people have watched president obama in this buzzfeed ...

Gibbs apology and the big east says its reviewing the incident. jason giambi is retiring after 20 years in the bigs. he ends his career as one of the 20 players with at least 400 home runs 1400 rbis, 1200 runs 1300 walks and who keeps up with those numbers? his legacy however, was tarnished by his involvement in the balco performance-enhancing drug investigation. 2007 he admitted to taking p.e.d.s and apologized for doing so. during his career giambi played for oakland, colorado and cleveland ...

He never pitched the same again. instead of quitting he went back down to the minors, learned a new position and returned to the majors as a hitter. the column is reprinted in his book "things that matter." its in the personal section, a few pages after the piece about his brother, marcel. >> this is not really about you, but then your last line, the catastrophe that awaits everyone from a single false move, long term, fatal encounter, every life has such a moment. what distinguishes us is wheth...

Now he signed a 13-year, $325 million contract extension. it comes out to about $68,000 a day, every day for 13 years. and its the richest single contract in the history of american sports. for comparison, its about 50 million more than the a-rod deal, and he has now signed for about three times what the milwaukee brewers total payroll was for all of last season. a morning news anchorman in australia has made an admission that underscores the huge fashion double standard between men and women....

Die out very quickly when the next piece of juicy news comes along. >> reporter: one effect of the rekindled interest on new alleged victim came forward sunday with a story almost identical to that of the others, what she says happened when she was just 19 years old. >> i said, this is my time, i cant let this go any longer. i wanted to join the throngs of people who have talked about this already. >> reporter: nbc announced plans last summer for a new cosby debut next summer or fall. some criti...

Two of major league baseballs brightest young stars have been awarded the leagues top honor. most valuable player. mike trout of the los angeles angels of anaheim takes the award in the american league. the 23-year-old outfielder has been arguably the best all-around player in baseball since he joined in 2012. and in the national league, its the dodgers ace pitcher clayton kershaw. hell add the mvp to his list of honors this year. he also won, rather, the national leagues cy young award. and a...

Code of conduct. if found guilty, he faces a written reprimand to expulsion. no surprise in the mvp. clayton kershaw has won the fourth cy young in the last four years. indians pitcher, corey kluber wins the american league cy young. he made more than $500,000 last season. put that in perspective. it took hernandez just six innings to earn that much last season. the major league will announce the mvps later today. and an investigation with kmov, that centurylink field may

Infected with ebola while treating thomas eric duncan said she was never told not to travel and vinson took two commercial flights just days after duncan died. in an exclusive interview with nbcs matt lauer said she felt terrible that critics called her careless and reckless. >> thats not me. im not careless, im not reckless. im an icu nurse. i embrace protocols and guidelines and structure because in my day-to-day nursing, its matter of life and death and i respect that. >> so far no comment fr...