It's Thursday

It's Thursday. Here's what's happening....

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Today is April 7th, the 97th day of 2011. There are 268 days left in the year.

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Bruins hold off Islanders.

Brodeur leads Devils past Maple Leafs.

Capitals cruise past Panthers.

Hurricanes beat Wings to stay alive in playoff race.

Toews' OT goal gives Hawks two big points.

Flames eliminated despite routing Oilers.

Perry reaches 50-goal mark in win over Sharks.

Kings clinch playoffs by beating Coyotes in SO..

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Todays birthdays: Actor James Garner (The Rockford Files, The Notebook) is 83; actor Wayne Rogers (M*A*S*H) is 78; California Governor Jerry Brown is 73; director Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather I and II, Patton) is 72; singer/guitarist John Oates (Hall & Oates) is 62; actor Jackie Chan is 57; attorney Christopher Darden (O.J. Simpson trial) is 55; actor Russell Crowe (3:10 to Yuma, American Gangster) is 47.


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Devils sign ex-Gambler Sislo.

Saints give away $5,000 at finale.

Muskegon Lumberjacks clinch playoff spot.

Waterloo Black Hawks weekly.

Des Moines Buccaneers eliminated from playoffs.

Musketeers clinch playoff berth.

Burn the film: Phantoms blown out by Des Moines.

USHL playoff picture even more intriguing.

Two for Tuesday in USHL.

Loveday lands invite to USHL combine.

Pair of Stars alumni earn NHL contracts.

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Today is No Housework Day.

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Bombers announce profit in 2010 annual report.

2011 CFL Schedule is here.

Donate to the Tony Proudfoot Fund.

Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.

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For iPhone users, there's a new calorie counting app calledMeal Snap. You take pictures of your food and, seemingly like magic, it counts your calories. It sounds impossible but Meal Snap's ratings in the App Store are high.

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Today in Elvis History:

1962 - Elvis Presley arrived in Hawaii to shoot portions of the movie "Girls! Girls! Girls!".

1965 - The Elvis Presley movie "Girl Happy" premiered. The movie opened in the U.S. on April 14, 1965.

1970 - Colonel Parker concluded a deal with MGM.

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A brewery in New Zealand launched a Breakfast Beer today (Thursday, 7am in Auckland). What is a 'Breakfast Beer'? It's a dressed-up name for beer with cherry flavoring. Yawn.


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ST. PETERSBURG -- Fans got a taste of what Jeremy Hellickson had to offer late last season, and that's why for much of Tuesday and all of Wednesday, the hype grew around the right-hander's debut.

He had big shoes to fill, having stepped into the hole vacated by Matt Garza's offseason trade to the Cubs.

He had a tall order, to try and deliver the Rays their first win of the season.

He had big expectations to live up to, after the flawless record he posted in his short time with the big club in 2010.

In the end, there was no win to show for it, but praise was still heaped upon the 23-year-old following the Rays' 5-1 loss to the Angels.

Read the rest here.

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By the time the royal wedding gets here 10 billion people will be expected to watch. Never mind there are just under 7 billion of us on planet Earth. Last month we heard that somewhere around 1.5 billion people could be expected to watch or listen to at least part of the wedding live. Now that number has risen to 2 billion.

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SAN DIEGO -- The National League West standings won't say so, but the Giants' pair of victories on their two-city season-opening road trip seemed to eclipse their four defeats.

They fell short in each of their losses by two runs or fewer, maintaining their typical competitiveness. Meanwhile, the Giants looked worthy of their status as reigning World Series champions in both of their wins, including Wednesday's 8-4 decision over the Padres.

Read the rest here.

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Former Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis performs on tonight's results show.

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Today in Beatles History:

1969 -In Toronto, John Lennon recorded "Give Peace a Chance." The song was his first solo single.

2000 - Michael Abram attended a hearing for his attempt to murder George Harrison and his wife Olivia on December 30, 1999. Abram was ordered to appear for trial, but a date was not set.

2004 - A High Court judge ruled that a trademark battle between Apple Computer Inc. and Apple Corps Ltd. should be heard in London. The suit was filed by the Beatles' owned company and claimed that Apple Computer had violated a 1991 agreement concerning the exlcusive "field of use" of the Apple mark.

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Whatever happened to the sweetest face on the big screen, Meg Ryan? Well, she got plastic surgery and chose a few bad film roles. But now Meg's going to direct a feature film entitled Into the Beautiful, a comedy drama about a old friends reuniting.

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Today in Sports History:

1955 - Fort Wayne beat Syracuse 74-71. It was the lowest scoring NBA Playoff game since the introduction of the 24-second shot clock.

1959 - Bob Cousy (Boston Celtics) achieved 19 assists, to tie an NBA Playoff record, in a game against Minneapolis.

1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.

1969 - U.S. President Nixon threw out the first ball of the 1969 major league baseball season.

1985 - In Goteborg, Sweden, China swept all of the world table tennis titles except for men's doubles.

2001 - The New Jersey Devils ended a streak of 10 consecutive road wins to tie the NHL record.

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Today is the start of International Whistlers Week.

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Coming Up: 

Tonight --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox 2:10pm EDT

Friday --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals 4:35pm EDT

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers 7:30pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox 8:10pm EDT

Nascar Nationwide Series -- O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Fort Worth, Texas 8:30pm EDT

Saturday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox 4:10pm EDT

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes 7:00pm EDT (Final game of regular season)

Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Samsung Mobile 500 at Fort Worth, Texas 7:30pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals 9:05pm EDT

Sunday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox 2:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals 4:05pm EDT

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That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, see you tomorrow.