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   The Baltimore Ravens terminated running back Ray Rice's contract   
   on Monday, hours after TMZ Sports released a video showing him   
   punching his then-fiancée in the face in an Atlantic City hotel   
   elevator in February.   
      
   The team had no other comment in its statement announcing Rice's   
   release.   
      
   Rice's assault on Janay Palmer, who he married in March, drew a   
   two-game suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell -- a   
   penalty so severely criticized as too lenient that Goodell   
   recently revamped the league's personal conduct policies   
   covering domestic violence and assault.   
      
   The NFL says it never saw the video until Monday. The grainy   
   video apparently shows Rice and Janay Palmer in an elevator at   
   the Revel Casino on Feb. 15. Each hits the other before Rice   
   knocks Palmer off her feet and into a railing. Earlier video of   
   Rice dragging Palmer from the elevator has been shown   
   repeatedly, but the video shown Monday showed Rice striking   
   Palmer twice, the second time apparently rendering her   
   unconscious.   
      
   Earlier Monday, league spokesman Brian McCarthy regarding the   
   video: "We requested from law enforcement any and all   
   information about the incident, including the video from inside   
   the elevator. That video was not made available to us and no one   
   in our office has seen it until today."   
      
   Rice's suspension was scheduled to end after the Ravens' game   
   Thursday against the rival Steelers.   
      
   http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11489134/baltimore-ravens-cut-   
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