It's Monday. Here's what's happening....
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Today is September 24th, the 268th day of 2012. There are 98 days left in the year.
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NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly: Players must compromise for labor deal.
Babcock dishes on greatest team, pressure in Detroit.
Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com/.
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Today's Birthdays: Actor Gordon Clapp (NYPD Blue's Greg Medavoy) is 64; actress and screenwriter Nia Vardalos (My Life In Ruins, My Big Fat Greek Wedding) is 50.
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Corvallis, OR. — Oregon State returned to the Associated Press national rankings Sunday following its 27-20 win at No. 19 UCLA Saturday at the Rose Bowl.
Read the rest here.
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Today is Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children.
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He's the Guy: 129-Yard touchdown seals win for Als.
Argos await test results on Ray's injured knee.
Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.
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Despite overwhelming public support to the contrary, government officials in Slovak have decided not to name a new bridge after action star Chuck Norris. [They just couldn't. It's a pedestrian bridge, and no one, absolutely no one walks over Chuck Norris.]
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The Sunday win over Calgary squares the Saskatchewan Roughriders' record at 6-6 for 12 points, 2 points behind the 7-5 Stampeders in the CFL West. Next up for the Riders is a home game this coming Saturday, September 29th against the West-leading BC Lions, a team they beat 23-20 in week #3 and lost to 24-5 in week #8. Kickoff at Mosaic Stadium is set for 10:00pm EDT. Hear the game on 620 CKRM, or via the listen link on the left side of this page. The game can be seen in Canada on TSN and in the U.S. online at ESPN3.com.
Visit the team's official website, http://www.riderville.com/.
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The U.S. Congress passed the First Judiciary Act on this date in 1789. The act provided for an Attorney General and a lower federal courts.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Greg Schiano earned a reputation in the NFL last week for being the tough-talking Bucs first-year coach who stomps on etiquette and won't allow his team to stop playing when the outcome is at hand and the opposing quarterback is taking a knee. But after Sunday's 16-10 loss to the Cowboys, another label can be attached to the coach this season.
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A Canadian dentist is on a quest to find a woman he spoke with for maybe two minutes in a cafe in Ireland last year. Sandy Crocker visited County Clare last summer and asked a young woman for directions to a tourist spot. They spoke briefly, he left, became hopelessly smitten, and is now back in County Clare for a month trying to find the woman he thinks should be his wife. The problem: He doesn't know her name or anything else about her. Crocker says, "Maybe it's a shot in the dark but if it is meant to be, if it's fate, then I might bump into her walking down the street or in a shop somewhere.
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I like to walk with my Daddy!.
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Let's see, what's on the agenda for today....Washing dishes and taking Jimmy to school. How 'bout you?
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St. Petersburg, FL. -- Tampa Bay reliever J.P. Howell probably never thought that wrestling with his dog, Rosie, would ever come in handy during a pennant race. But he said that playing with his Portuguese Water Dog gave him the agility to make a play that saved the game-tying run in the seventh inning of the Rays 3-0 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday at Tropicana Field. It helped preserve the shutout and clinch the sweep, giving Tampa Bay its fifth straight win.
Read the rest here.
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Turkish rescue workers retrieved a lifeless woman from the Black Sea after police were notified by panicked residents. Police cordoned off a wide stretch of beach and sent a team of divers into the water to rescue the drowning woman. The team quickly discovered it was in fact a blow-up doll.
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San Francisco, CA.-- Since everything in the Giants' realm must now be viewed through the prism of the upcoming postseason, the most significant development of Sunday's 6-4 loss to the San Diego Padres might have been pinch-hitter Aubrey Huff's ninth-inning leadoff single, which missed clearing the right-field wall by just a few feet.
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This iPhone 5 parody shows us a phone taller than we expected.
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Today in Elvis History
1957 - The Elvis Presley single "Jailhouse Rock" was shipped.
1977 - The first Elvis Presley convention took place in Memphis, TN.
1977 - Elvis Presley's single "Way Down" hit #18 in the U.S.
1977 - Elvis Presley's album "The Sun Years" hit #31 in the U.K.
1998 - Elvis Presley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2002 - The tribute album "Elvis - 30 #1 Hits" was released. It was the first Elvis Presley album to debut at the top of the U.S. charts. The album also set a record by debuting at #1 in 17 territories.
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Season 15 of the ABC show begins tonight and welcomes back fan favorites in the first All Star edition. The returning stars are Kirstie Alley, Pamela Anderson, Kelly Monaco, Emmitt Smith, Shawn Johnson, Apolo Anton Ohno, Helio Castroneves, Joey Fatone, Drew Lachey, Gilles Marini, Bristol Palin, Sabrina Bryan and Melissa Rycroft.
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Today in Beatles History:
1984 - Paul McCartney released "No More Lonely Nights."
2002 - Yoko Ono began testifying against Frederic Seaman in a federal trial she had filed in 1999. Seaman was accused to violating confidentiality agreements and profiting by stealing mementos and selling them to collectors after the death of John Lennon.
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It was a close finish at the box office, as two new releases ended the weekend tied for first, with a third new film close on their heels. The new Jennifer Lawrence thriller House at the End of the Street grossed an estimated $13 million, the same amount Jake Gyllenhaal's cop drama End of Watch took in. Following close behind was Trouble with the Curve, the baseball drama starring Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams, which slid into third place with $12.7 million.
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Today in Sports History:
1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.
1937 - The NHL Board of Governors introduced legislation that discouraged "icing" during the League's semi-annual meeting. The new rules would cause a face-off in the defending zone if a team shot the puck all the way down the ice without scoring a goal.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1940 - Jimmie Foxx hit his 500th career home run.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.
1989 - O.J. Simpson was a guest on the 15th Anniversary Special of "Saturday Night Live."
2006 - The Detroit Tigers clinched their first playoff berth since 1987.
2006 - Atlanta was eliminated from the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.
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"Roses and Drums" was heard on WABC in New York City on this date in 1933. It was the first dramatic presentation for radio.
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Loudon, NH. -- What passed for a crisis Sunday unfolded with about 100 laps remaining at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, when the water temperature in Denny Hamlin's No. 11 car began to climb. Voices over the radio grew tense. Strategies were discussed. Decisions were made. Teammates were scrambled. Here it was, the one slam-dunk race victory Hamlin absolutely had to have in his quest for the Sprint Cup championship, suddenly cast into doubt. Or maybe not.
Read the rest here.
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"The Bullwinkle Show" premiered in prime time on NBC-TV on this date in 1961. The show was originally on ABC in the afternoon as "Rocky and His Friends.".
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Coming up:
Tonight --
Nothin' Doin'
Tuesday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 7:10pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks 10:15pm EDT
Wednesday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 7:10pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks 10:15pm EDT
Thursday --
MLB -- San Francisco Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks 3:45pm EDT
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox 8:10pm EDT
Friday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox 8:10pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres 10:05pm EDT
Saturday --
Nascar Nationwide Series -- One Main Financial 200 at Dover International Speedway 3:00pm EDT
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox 4:10pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres 8:35pm EDT
CFL Football -- BC Lions at Saskatchewan Roughriders 10:00pm EDT
Sunday --
Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway 1:00pm EDT
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox 2:10pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres 4:05pm EDT
NFL Football -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Washington Redskins 4:25pm 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!
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