It's Tuesday

It's Tuesday. Here's what's happening....

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Today is May 8th, the 129th day of 2012. There are 237 days left in the year.

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Monday's Scores:

East --

New York Rangers 3, Washington 2 (New York leads series 3-2)

West --

Phoenix 2, Nashville 1 (Phoenix wins series 4-1)

Tuesday's Games:

East --

New Jersey at Philadelphia (New Jersey leads series 3-1) 7:30pm EDT NBCSN

West --

No games.

NHL, Jamison pursue purchase agreement for Coyotes.

Five reasons Blues' season abruptly came to an end.

Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com/.

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Today's Birthdays: Drummer Alex Van Halen (Van Halen) is 59; Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher is 55; Actress Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie) is 48; Singer Enrique Iglesias is 37.

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Rider Statement Regarding New Stadium.

McMaster QB Quinlan agrees to CFL contract.

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

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ON DVD TODAY - The Vow (Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum); Underworld: Awakening (Kate Beckinsale); Chuck: The Complete Fifth Season; Fantasy Island: The Complete Second Season 

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I like going places with my Jimmy.

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Let's see, what's on the agenda for today....hang out with Jimmy, watch some hockey, maybe some baseball and love my beautiful wife, as usual. How 'bout you?

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New York, NY. -- After an off day, the Rays are at the Yankees tonight in the first of a three-game set. James Shields pitches for Tampa Bay. He'll be opposed by Ivan Nova of New York.

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Roughly 70% of cellphone owners have used their devices in the last month to gather real-time information such as traffic alerts or look up sports scores. According to a survey (Pew Internet & American Life Project) smartphones are turning more people into "real-time information seekers and problem solvers."

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Los Angeles, CA.-- After watching the Giants continue to handle the ball as if it were a beehive, manager Bruce Bochy made a remark that stung.

"I don't think I've quite seen what I saw tonight," Bochy said after San Francisco committed three errors Monday night and fell, 9-1, to the Los Angeles Dodgers. "It looked like we skipped Spring Training."

Read the rest here.

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And yet another study that was obvious from the start -- sex is tough for parents in their thirties. Why? Well, reason No. 1, they're parents. Add to that the financial stress that most parents feel and the fireworks in the bedroom start to fizzle. But keep your head up because things get better. The survey of 25,000 discovered that things start revving up again once you hit your 50s, and women have the greatest confidence in their bodies once they're in their 60s.

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Today in Elvis History

1965 - The Elvis Presley album "Girl Happy" hit #7 in the U.K.

1976 - The Elvis Presley single "Hurt" hit #37 in the U.K.

2005 - CBS aired the first part of the new four-hour mini-series "Elvis." The second part aired on May 11. Jonathan Rhys Meyers played the part of Elvis.

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The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don't take in those pants yet. Today, over two-thirds of Americans are overweight; and just over a third of adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be obese. Worse, the already obese are getting fatter. Severe obesity will double by 2030, when 11 percent of adults will be nearly 100 pounds overweight, or more.

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Today in Beatles History:

1970 - The Beatles album "Let it Be" was released.

1980 - Paul McCartney received the Special Award For International Achievemnet at the 25th annual Ivor Novello Awards.

1982 - The album single "The Beatle's Movie Medley" hit #12 in the U.S.

1982 - The Beatles album "Reel Music" hit #19 in the U.S.

1982 - Paul McCartney's album "Tug Of War" hit #1 in the U.K.

1989 - Paul McCartney released "My Brave Face" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey."

1998 - The album "Lennon Legend - The Very Best Of John Lennon" was certified double platinum by the BPI.

2007 - The Yoko Ono limited edition CD-single "Cambridge 1969/2007" was released.

2007 - The Beatles album "LOVE" was released on limited edition vinyl. The album was the soundtrack to the Cirque de Soleil show "LOVE".

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Love is strange -- a fact proven each and every day on Craigslist. In a recently posted ad, a Denver man says he's selling his 1994 Goldwing motorcycle to pay for his wife to get a boob job. The ad claims the woman in the equation is the one desiring a fuller figure and implies that he is somewhat reluctantly going along.

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Today in Sports History:

1866 - Australian Rules Football was created.

1878 - Paul Hines made baseball's first unassisted triple play.

1909 - Chief Bender (Philadelphia Athletics) hit two inside the park home runs against Boston.

1915 - H.P. Whitney's Regret became the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby.

1935 - Ernie Lombardi (Cincinnati Reds) hit four doubles on consecutive at-bats against four different Philadelphia pitchers.

1954 - Parry O'Brien became the first to toss a shot put over 60 feet. O'Brien achieved a distance of 60 feet 5 1/4 inches.

1961 - New Yorkers selected a new name for their new National League baseball franchise. They chose the Mets.

1966 - Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles) became the first player to hit a ball completely out of Cleveland's Memorial Stadium.

1966 - The St. Louis Cardinals played their last game at Busch Stadium. They lost to San Francisco 10-5.

1967 - Muhammad Ali was indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army.

1970 - The New York Knicks won their first NBA title when they defeated Los Angeles in Game 7 of the Finals.

1971 - Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali at New York's Madison Square Garden.

1973 - In Cincinnati, Ralph Miller, the last of the 19th century baseball players, died at the age of 100.

1984 - Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins) debuted with four singles.

1984 - The Soviet Union announced that they would not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles.

1984 - The Chicago White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 in 25 innings. The game was actually completed on May 9.

1988 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) completed the first round the playoffs with 226 points in five games against Cleveland.

1993 - Lennox Lewis defended his WBC heavyweight title for the first time. He was in a unanimous 12-round decision over Tony Tucker.

1995 - Mark Messier (New York Rangers) became the third player to reach 100 playoff goals.

1999 - Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) hit his 361st home run. The feat tied him for 45th place on the all-time home run list with Joe DiMaggio.

2000 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis) hit his 534 home run. He tied Jimmie Foxx for ninth place on the all-time home run list.

2000 - Jason and Jeremy Giambi (Oakland) became the 10th set of brothers to hit home runs in the same game.

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THE AVENGERS MADE MORE MONEY THAN FIRST ESTIMATED - After all the money was counted Monday, The Avengers record-setting $200 million opening weekend was adjusted up -- because it actually brought in $207.4 million.

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Coming up:

Tonight --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees 7:05pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers 10:10pm EDT

Wednesday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees 7:05pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers 10:10pm EDT

Thursday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees 7:05pm EDT

Friday --

Nascar Nationwide Series -- VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway 6:30pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles 7:05pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:40pm EDT

Saturday --

Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Bojangle's Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway 6:30pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles 7:05pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 8:10pm EDT

Sunday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles 1:35pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 4:10pm EDT

Monday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays 7:07pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies 10:15pm EDT

Tuesday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays 7:07pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies 10:15pm EDT

Wednesday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox 7:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals 10:15pm EDT

Thursday --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals 3:45pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox 7:10pm EDT

Friday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Atlanta Braves 7:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics 10:15pm EDT

Saturday --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics 4:05pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Atlanta Braves 4:10pm EDT

Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Sprint Showdown/Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway 7:00pm EDT

Sunday --

Nascar Nationwide Series -- Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 at Iowa Speedway 1:30pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Atlanta Braves 1:40pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics 4:05pm EDT

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That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you'll do so tomorrow too. Thanks again!