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It's Wednesday. Here's what's happening....

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Today is May 30th, the 151st day of 2012. There are 215 days left in the year.

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Stanley Cup Finals (New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles Kings:

Wednesday, May 30th Los Angeles at New Jersey 8:00pm EDT NBC
Saturday, June 2nd Los Angeles at New Jersey 8:00pm EDT NBC
Monday, June 4th New Jersey at Los Angeles 8:00pm EDT NBCSN
Wednesday, June 6th New Jersey at Los Angeles 8:00pm EDT NBCSN
*Saturday, June 9th Los Angeles at New Jersey 8:00pm EDT NBC
*Monday, June 11th New Jersey at Los Angeles 8:00pm EDT NBC
*Wednesday, June 13th Los Angeles at New Jersey 8:00pm EDT NBC

* -- If necessary

Six candidates for the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Combine could be key for players who were injured.

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

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Today's Birthdays: Actor Ted McGinley (The Love Boat, Happy Days, Jefferson Darcy on Married With Children) is 54; Director, producer, writer Trey Parker (South Park) is 40; Rapper, singer, TV personality Cee Lo Green (The Voice) is 38.

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Veterans ready to be rookies at Saskatchewan Roughriders’ camp.

B.C. Lions’ first-rounder Kirby Fabien still not signed as trio of picks inked.

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

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Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer, landed in Florida with 600 soldiers to search for gold on this date in 1539.

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Doesn't he look great?

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Let's see, what's on the agenda for today....springing Mommy from the hospital, after I do my radio stuff.. How 'bout you?

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St. Petersburg, FL. -- Hideki Matsui is already paying off for the Rays, but he wasn't enough to stop the red-hot White Sox.

The Japanese slugger launched a home run over the right-field fence in the fourth inning, but Chicago's bats were better in a 7-2 White Sox victory Tuesday at Tropicana Field. Matsui went 1-for-3 in his season debut, just hours after arriving from Triple-A Durham.

Read the rest here.

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27-year-old Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov has a few things going for him. The biggest: He's the CEO of Russia's largest social network (Vkontakte), which has around 120 million users. The dude is loaded. And apparently bored. Durov spent the past weekend flying paper airplanes of 5,000-ruble notes out of his office window. A 5,000-ruble note is equal to about 160 U.S. dollars.

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San Francisco, CA.-- Melky Cabrera prefers to wear a poker face and maintain silence. But when he barely suppressed a tight-lipped smile Tuesday night at the mere mention of Willie Mays, it spoke volumes.

Cabrera felt proud, and justifiably so, after his performance in the Giants' 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. His three singles hiked his May hit total to 50, eclipsing the San Francisco-era record for the month that Mays established with 49 in 1958.

Read the rest here.

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Malaysia's Sultan of Johor placed the high bid of $165,261 to obtain a "WWW 1" license plate for his vehicle. Transport officials said the bidding, which began April 30 and ended May 14, reached such high levels due to "WWW" being an abbreviation for the World Wide Web.

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Today in Elvis History

1956 - In "Time" magazine, an article entitled "Teener's Hero" referred to Elvis Presley's appeal. It said "his movements suggest, in a word, sex."

1968 - The Elvis Presley movie "Clambake" opened at London's New Victoria Cinema.

1977 - In Florida, Elvis Presley played at Jacksonville's Veteran's Memorial Coliseum. It was his last show in Florida.

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Back in the mid-90s a a guy by the name of Prince Lazarus Long was planning to build a new country. New Utopia was to be built on some sunken islands in the Caribbean. Back in 1997 Prince Lazarus said the first stage of his new country was to built platforms totaling 285 square miles that rested on huge pilings that stick out about 10 feet above the ocean. Lazarus said he'd found financing and expected to begin building in 1998. So where's New Utopia? Well, while the website, new-utopia.com, is still around, Prince Lazarus isn't. The Prince died a few years ago, though the website says there are still plans to build New Utopia.

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Today in Beatles History:

1964 - The Beatles single "Love Me Do" hit #1 in the U.S.

1964 - The Beatles' "Cry for a Shadow" hit #1 in Australia.

1968 - The Beatles began recording the ablum "The Beatles." The album is known as the "White Album" due to its plain white cover.

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Salt made from tears. If it sounds weird, that's because it is. Salt Made From Tears is a collection of salts supposedly made with fresh human tears -- tears produced by Anger, Chopping Onions, Sneezing, Laughter, and Sorrow -- that are gently boiled, released into crystallization tanks, harvested, and rinsed in brine.

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Today in Sports History:

1890 - Dave Foutz hit the first Dodger home run.

1894 - Bobby Lowe (Boston Red Sox) became the first player to hit four home runs in one game.

1911 - Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis Sweepstakes. The 500-mile auto race later became known as the Indianapolis 500. Harroun's average speed was 74.59 miles per hour.

1922 - Max Flack (Chicago Cubs) and Cliff Heathcote (St. Louis Cardinals) were traded for each other between the morning and afternoon games of a Memorial Day twin bill. They played one game for each team.

1925 - Peter DePaolo became the first man to average over 100mph at the Indianapolis 500.

1927 - Walter Johnson recorded his 113th career shutout. It was also the final shutout of his career.

1927 - Jim Cooney (Chicago Cubs) became the sixth player to record an unassisted triple play against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He caught Paul Waner's line drive, stepped on second to double Lloyd Waner and then tagged Clyde Barnhart coming from first.

1927 - Johnny Neun (Detroit Tigers) became the seventh player to record an unassisted triple play.

1932 - The New York Yankees dedicated a plaque to Miller Huggins.

1935 - Babe Ruth (Braves) played in his final game. He went hitless against the Phillies.

1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell got his 24th consecutive victory.

1946 - Carvel William "Bama" Rowell (Braves) hit a home run that shattered the Bulova clock in Ebbets Field.

1955 - Bob Sweikert won the Indianapolis 500. During the race Bill Vukovich hit the 3-car pileup of Al Keller, Johnny Boyd, and Rodger Ward. He was killed when his car became airborne and went out of the course, landing upside down and on fire.

1962 - Pedro Ramos (Cleveland Indians) pitched a three-hitter and hit two home runs in a 7-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. One of his home runs was a grand slam.

1970 - Voting for baseball's All-Star game was returned to the fans.

1971 - Willie Mays hit his 638th home run. He set a National League record of 1,950 runs scored.

1977 - Dennis Eckersley pitched a 1-0 no-hitter against the California Angels.

1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers became the quickest to get 1,000,000 people to attend games in a season. It took 22 games.

1982 - Cal Ripken, Jr., began a record streak of playing in 2,632 games. The streak ended on September 20, 1998.

1983 - Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was suspended for one week for his public criticism of umpires.

1986 - Bobby Rahal became the first driver to average over 170mph in the Indianapolis 500.

1987 - Eric Davis (Cincinnati Reds) became the first National League player to hit three grand slams in a month and set a National League record of 19 home runs in April and May.

1992 - Scott Sanderson (New York Yankees) became the 9th pitcher to beat all 26 teams.

2001 - Barry Bonds hit two home runs to move into 11th place on the major league career list with 522.

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Several young children who had been building a tree-house next to a St. Augustine, Florida, convenience store told cops that a man had been yelling and cursing at them. By the time cops arrived the man had passed out with a half-eaten pork chop in his hand. After waking him the man began to shout profanities. He was charged with disorderly intoxication and taken to jail.

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Coming up:

Tonight --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Chicago White Sox 1:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks 10:15pm EDT

Thursday --

Nothin' Doin'

Friday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles 7:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs 10:15pm EDT

Saturday --

Nascar Nationwide Series -- 5-hour Energy 200 at Dover International Speedway 1:30pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles 4:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs 7:15pm EDT

Sunday --

Nascar Nationwide Series -- FedEx 400 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway 12:30pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles 1:40pm EDT

IZOD Indy Car Series -- Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix at Detroit 3:30pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs 4:05pm EDT

Monday --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs 3:45pm EDT

Tuesday --

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

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres 10:05pm EDT

Wednesday --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres 6:35pm EDT

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

Thursday --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres 3:35pm EDT

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

Friday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Florida Marlins 7:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Texas Rangers 10:15pm EDT

Saturday --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Texas Rangers 4:05pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Florida Marlins 7:15pm EDT

IZOD Indy Car Series -- Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway 8:00pm EDT

Sunday --

Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway 12:00pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Florida Marlins 1:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Texas Rangers 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!