It's Wednesday. Here's what's happening....
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Today is December 14th, the 348th day of 2011. There are 17 days left in the year.
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Tampa Bay's Steve Downie fined $2,500.
Flyers' Giroux out indefinitely with concussion.
Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com.
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Today's Birthdays: Producer Michael Ovitz is 65; Actress Dee Wallace-Stone (Elliot's mom in E.T.) is 63; Actress Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) is 23.
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Tampa, FL. -- General manager Steve Yzerman said he wasn't surprised the Lightning lost free agent Antti Miettinen off waivers to the Jets.
"We knew there would be a risk in doing this," he said.
Read all about it here.
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Today is Monkey Day. (Linky Link)
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A new study published by the American Psychological Association found mothers with jobs tend to be healthier and happier than stay-at-home moms. Employed mothers enjoy better overall health, fewer symptoms of depression, and are also just as involved in their child's school.
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Jon Cornish inks new deal with Stampeders.
Mike Benevides named new head coach in B.C.
Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.
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David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the nut and bolt machine on this date in 1798.
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The 2011 NFL season is underway. Here's the week fourteen results:
Week 14
All Times Eastern
Thursday, December 8th
At Pittsburgh 14, Cleveland 3
Sunday, December 11th
At NY Jets 37, Kansas City 10
At Jacksonville 41, Tampa Bay 14
New England 34 at Washington 27
Atlanta 31 at Carolina 23
At Baltimore 24, Indianapolis 10
Philadelphia 26 at Miami 10
At Detroit 34, Minnesota 28
New Orleans 22 at Tennessee 17
Houston 20 at Cincinnati 19
At Denver 13, Chicago 10 (OT)
At Arizona 21, San Francisco 19
At San Diego 37, Buffalo 10
At Green Bay 46, Oakland 16
NY Giants 37 at Dallas 34
Monday, December 12th
At Seattle 30, St. Louis 13
Week 15
All Times Eastern
Thursday, December 15th
Jacksonville at Atlanta 8:20 PM
Saturday, December 17th
Dallas at Tampa Bay 8:20 PM
Sunday, December 18th
Carolina at Houston 1:00 PM
Washington at NY Giants 1:00 PM
Miami at Buffalo 1:00 PM
Seattle at Chicago 1:00 PM
New Orleans at Minnesota 1:00 PM
Cincinnati at St. Louis 1:00 PM
Tennessee at Indianapolis 1:00 PM
Green Bay at Kansas City 1:00 PM
Detroit at Oakland 4:05 PM
New England at Denver 4:15 PM
NY Jets at Philadelphia 4:15 PM
Cleveland at Arizona 4:15 PM
Baltimore at San Diego 8:20 PM
Monday, December 19th
Pittsburgh at San Francisco 8:30 PM
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Today is Ditch the Dishes Day. Organizers are encouraging you to go out to eat and dirty up someone else's dishes instead. I'm betting the 'organizers' are in the restaurant biz.
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I wanna be a Lightning Guy and play Lightning Hockey.
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Two women from Orange County, California, have been charged with forging a $285,000 check from the law firm where one of them worked. They forged the check to hire a private jet and fly to New York City for a shopping spree. The money was used for the jet, five rooms at a Times Square hotel, and some shopping at New York jewelry stores.
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Today in Elvis History:
1957 - Elvis Presley's single "Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)" hit #7 in the U.K.
1966 - The Elvis Presley film "Spinout" premiered.
1974 - Elvis Presley's version of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land" hit #14 in the U.S.
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THE MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2011 - For the 19th year, Barbara Walters interviews some of the year's top newsmakers tonight (Wednesday), including the Kardashian family, Simon Cowell, Modern Family stars Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet, Derek Jeter, Donald Trump, Katy Perry and Pippa Middleton. The most fascinating person of the year will be revealed during the special.
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Today in Beatles History:
1972 - The Ringo Starr film about U.K. rocker Marc Bolan, "Born to Boogie," debuted in London. The film stars Elton John.
1980 - Yoko Ono called for a 10-minute silent vigil around the world for John Lennon, her husband, who was shot to death six days earlier. Over 100,000 people went to Central Park in New York to honor the request.
1995 - Classified documents from the White House were released that revealed the FBI had spied on John Lennon and his anti-war activities during the early '70s in a possible attempt to have Lennon deported.
1999 - Paul McCartney played a show at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. It was the first time that McCartney had played at the club since 1963.
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IF MEN WERE IN CHARGE OF CHRISTMAS - If Christmas were left up to men, how would it be different? A third of men say women make too much of a fuss about Christmas and if left up to them, would do a much better job. For one thing, 40% of men said they would cancel visits to the in-laws
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Today in Sports History:
1901 - The first table tennis tournament was held. It was at the London Royal Aquarium.
1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight champion.
1952 - The Brooklyn Dodgers signed pitcher Sandy Koufax.
1982 - Marcel Dionne (Los Angeles Kings) scored his 500th goal.
1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.
1986 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) set an NFL record with his seventh 400-yard game.
1988 - CBS won the exclusive rights to major league baseball's 1990-94 seasons for $1.1 billion.
1988 - The NBA's Miami Heat won their first game. They had lost their first 17 games.
1997 - Mike Gartner (Phoenix Coyotes) became only the fifth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals. The other 700 goal scorers were Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Phil Esposito and Marcel Dionne.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) ran for more than 100 yards for his 13th consecutive game.
1998 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) caught a pass in a game against the Detroit Lions. It was his 191st consecutive game with a reception.
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On this date in 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at the age 67.
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Coming up:
Tonight --
Nothin' Doin'
Thursday --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Calgary Flames 7:30pm EST
Friday --
Empire South and EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Palm Beach Showcase
Saturday --
Empire South and EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Palm Beach Showcase
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets 7:00pm EST
NFL Football -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys 8:20pm EST
Sunday --
Empire South and EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Palm Beach Showcase
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That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you'll do so again tomorrow. Thanks again!
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