It's Wednesday

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

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Today is July 25th, the 207th day of 2012. There are 159 days left in the year.

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Predators match 14-year offer sheet to Shea Weber.

As talks continue, Fehr says NHLPA close to counter-proposal.

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

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Today's Birthdays: Model Iman (married to David Bowie) is 57; Actor Matt LeBlanc (Friends, Showtime's Episodes) is 45; Actor James Lafferty (One Tree Hill) is 27.

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Lions DT Mitchell to appeal two-game suspension.

Alouettes release former CFL all-star Aaron Hunt.

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

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ON DVD TODAY - The Deep Blue Sea (Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston); Silent House; Boss: Season 1 (Kelsey Grammer); Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1 [Blu-ray].

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Kory Sheets sets sights on century mark.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are back in action this coming Saturday, when they host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a team they beat 43-16 in week one. Catch the game starting at 6:00pm EDT with Rod Pedersen and Carm Carteri calling the action on 620 CKRM and the Rider Radio Network. Watch the game on TSN in Canada and ESPN3.com in the U.S.

Visit the team's official website, http://www.riderville.com/.

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What's that beverage in your hand? A new Gallup poll says that for 48% of you, it's probably a soda. Half of Americans drink a soda a day and 20% of those drink two or more sodas a day.

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Jimmy runs laps around Smokey in the kitchen.

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Let's see, what's on the agenda for today....WMEL stuff, plus waiting for the bug guy. How 'bout you?

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Baltimore, MD. -- Jeremy Hellickson doesn't have to hear about May 16 anymore.

Before Tuesday, May 16 was the last time Hellickson had recorded a win, a stretch of nine consecutive starts.

"Is that when it was? Oh man," Hellickson said, chuckling and rolling his eyes. "It feels really good. A good team win tonight."

Hellickson allowed only one run and three baserunners in 6 1/3 innings as the Rays beat the Orioles 3-1 at Camden Yards, an important first step in a nine-game road trip against fellow Wild Card contenders.

Read the rest here.

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JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS - It's five months till Christmas.

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San Francisco, CA.-- Angel Pagan teamed with Brandon Crawford for a spectacular, game-saving double play in the eighth inning, and each singled an inning later, with Crawford's walk-off RBI giving the Giants' a 3-2 win over the Padres.

Read the rest here.

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A public hearing was held yesterday (Tuesday) for New Yorkers to voice their opinion about Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban on giant size sugary soft drinks. [Those against the ban brought their own chairs to the hearing because the regular seats weren't sturdy enough.]

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Today in Elvis History

1962 - The Elvis Presley film "Kid Galahad" premiered.

1970 - The live Elvis Presley album "On Stage-February 1970" hit #13 in the U.S.

1997 - The themed restaurant Elvis Presley's Memphis opened to the public.

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Road rage is a guy thing, right? Not so fast... it turns out that more of the rage on the road comes from women. A CareerBuilder survey discovered 61% of women experience road rage, compared to 56% of men.

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Today in Beatles History:

1964 - The Beatles album "A Hard Day's Night" hit #1 in the U.S. and the U.K.

1967 - The Beatles and other U.K. rock groups urged the British government to legalize marijuana. Their comments were made in a London Times advertisement signed by all four of the Beatles.

1987 - The Beatles "All You Need Is Love" hit #47 in the U.K.

2002 - In Liverpool, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attended the opening of a new terminal at John Lennon Airport.

2002 - In Liverpool, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attended a showing of Paul McCartney's paintings at Walker Art Gallery.

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Christian Bale traveled to Aurora, Colorado, Tuesday to visit victims of the horrific shooting at a midnight screening of his film last week. A spokeswoman for Warner Bros. said that Bale was "there as himself" and not as a representative for the studio.

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Today in Sports History:

1850 - In Worcester, MA, Harvard and Yale University freshmen met in the first intercollegiate billiards match.

1947 - Fortune Gordien of Oslo, Norway set a world record discus throw of 178.47 feet.

1978 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) broke the National League record for consecutive base hits as he got a hit in 38 straight games.

1987 - The Salt Lake City Trappers set a professional baseball record as the team won its 29th game in a row.

1999 - Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France. He was only the second American to win the race. He won the race again in 2000.

1990 - Rosanne Barr sang the National Anthem in San Diego before a Padres baseball game. She was booed for her performance.

2004 - Lance Armstrong won his record sixth consecutive Tour de France.

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During the Olympics London betting houses will offer odds on almost anything, including all 26 sports at the Games. One British betting house will offer 11,000 different wagers during the Games, including the weather and whether or not the athletes village in Olympic Park will run out of condoms.

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Coming up:

Tonight --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres 3:45pm EDT

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

Thursday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles 12:35pm EDT

Friday --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at California Angels 10:05pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers 10:15pm EDT

Saturday --

Nascar Nationwide Series -- Indy 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway 4:00pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers 4:05pm EDT

CFL Football -- Saskatchewan Roughriders vs Hamilton Tiger-Cats 6:00pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at California Angels 9:05pm EDT

Sunday --

Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway 12:00pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at California Angels 3:35pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers 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!