It's Tuesday

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

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Today is February 4th, the 35th day of 2014. There are 330 days left in the year.

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Vanek rejects Islanders' offer, may be traded: report.

Melrose Minute: Jets making West race interesting.

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

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Today's Birthdays: Former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle is 67; Gabrielle Anwar (The Tudors, Fiona Glenanne on TV's Burn Notice) is 44; Boxer Oscar De La Hoya is 41.

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tampa, FL. --Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper is rooting for Steven Stamkos to make it to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, even though he knows the additional time off during the upcoming break would give the center's broken right leg the appropriate amount of time to heal.

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NEW ON DVD - Released February 4.

About Time
Escape Plan
Free Birds
Dallas Buyers Club
The Ellen Show: The Complete Series
Laverne & Shirley: Seventh Season
Joanie Loves Chachi - The Complete Series: Seasons 1 & 2

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University of Minnesota Ranked No. 1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 19th Annual Men's College Hockey Poll - #16 (First-place votes in parentheses)

Rank School Last Week's Ranking 2013-14 Record Weeks in Top 15 1 University of Minnesota, 503 (27) 1 19-2-5 17 2 Boston College, 481 (7) 2 19-4-3 17 3 Quinnipiac University, 444 3 19-4-5 17 4 Ferris State University, 360 6 18-6-3 11 5 St. Cloud State University, 349 5 14-6-4 17 6 Union College, 344 4 17-6-3 11 7 UMass Lowell, 335 8 18-7-2 16 8 Cornell University, 240 11 12-4-5 11 9 Providence College, 239 7 15-7-5 17 10 University of Michigan, 201 12 13-6-3 17 11 Northeastern University, 188 10 15-8-3 4 12 University of Wisconsin, 151 9 14-8-2 16 13 Yale University, 72 13 11-6-4 17 14 Clarkson University, 45 15 16-10-2 12 15 University of Denver, 44 RV 13-8-5 2 Others receiving votes: University of Minnesota Duluth, 36; University of North Dakota, 25; University of New Hampshire, 10; University of Notre Dame, 10; Mercyhurst University, 1; Minnesota State University, 1; University of Vermont, 1. Notes: To view past polls, click here ... The University of Minnesota is the No. 1-ranked team for the 14th week in a row ... The Golden Gophers, who started the year at No. 5, have a 19-2-5 record ... ECAC Hockey leads all conferences with five ranked teams, while the Hockey East Association has four, the Big Ten Conference has three teams in the rankings, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference is represented with two teams in the poll and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association has one ... A total of 22 teams received votes. About the poll: The 19th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey.

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Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States on this date in 1789.

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2014 Free Agent Tracker.

Blugh named REDBLACKS defensive line coach.

Please visit the league's official website, cfl.ca.

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CBS radio presented "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" for the first time on this date in 1935.

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Tampa, FL. — When revisiting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' tight ends and wide receiving corps from last season, the bottom line is simple: Vincent Jackson was good, but there was little else.

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Going shopping with the girl in your life is perpetually one of the worst things men can endure. A new Instagram account is attempting to capture how terrible. The Instagram account, miserable_men, includes original photos and user submissions of men with looks ranging from despondent to apoplectic at having to wait for their woman to wrap up her shopping. | miserable_men

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Jimmy gets Spiderman stuff for bathtime.

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You're reading the Johnny Blog. Almost as much fun as rescheduling a blood draw, isn't it?

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Today in Elvis History

1956 - Elvis Presley appeared on "Stage Show" for the second time. He perfomred Authur Gunter's "Baby Let's Play House" and Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti."

1976 - Elvis Presley recorded the song "Moody Blue".

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A California man pretending to be a Walmart employee exposed himself to a female shopper who immediately reacted by striking him in his exposed genitals. The perverted perpetrator fled the Walmart following the genital strike.

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Today in Beatles History:

1968 -  The Beatles recorded "Across the Universe" at Abbey Road. Paul McCartney invited some fans to contribute harmonies which was the only time the Beatles used fans on a record.

1969 - The day after the other three Beatles appointed Allen Klein as business manager, Paul McCartney hired the law firm of Eastman & Eastman as Apple's general legal counsel. The father of his girlfriend Linda Eastman ran the law firm.

1970 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave a Michael X a bag of their cut hair in return for a pair of genuine Muhammad Ali boxing shorts.

1972 - South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond suggested to U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell in a memo that John Lennon be deported.

1974 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono temporarily seperated.

2002 - It was announced that Paul McCartney would tour the United States for the first time in almost 10 years.

2005 - Paul McCartney posted a message on Heather Mills McCartney's official Web site. He was responding to several reports that stated Heather made decisions for him, told him to dye his hair and that she didn't get along with his kids. 

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For the fourth time in five years, the Super Bowl has set a record for the most-watched television event in U.S. history, drawing 111.5 million viewers.

... Fox said an average of 528,000 people watched the live Internet stream of the game, peaking at the end of the third quarter.

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Today in Sports History:

1924 - The first Olympic Winter Games opened in Chamonix, France.

1932 - The first Winter Olympics in the United States opened at Lake Placid, NY. The games were opened by New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1952 - Jackie Robinson was named Director of Communication for NBC. He was the first black executive of a major radio-TV network.

1969 - John Madden was named the head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders.

1970 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave a Michael X a bag of their cut hair in return for a pair of genuine Muhammad Ali boxing shorts.

1973 - The New York Islanders and the Buffalo Sabres played an entire game with no penalties called.

1993 - The Boston Celtics retired Larry Bird's #33.

1997 - A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman's parents were awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages.

1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) scored his 600th National Hockey League (NHL) goal during his 719th game. Lemieux reached the milestone second fastest in history. Gretzky had reached the plateau during his 718th game.

2001 - Jimmy Buffet was ordered by NBA referee Joe Forte to give up his courtside seat due to the use of profanity. After a several-minute delay, the game between the Miami Heat and the visiting New York Knicks continued.

2002 - Minnesota's Supreme Court refused to consider an appeal by the Minnesota Twins of an injunction that would force the Twins to fulfill their lease at the Metrodome.

2003 - Jaromir Jagr (Washington Capitals) scored his 500th career goal. He also got his 11th career hat trick in the game.

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Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters on this date in 1957. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.

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Coming Up:

Tonight --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightnings at Minnesota Wild 8:00pm EST

Wednesday --

Nothin' Doin'

Thursday --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Toronto Maple Leafs 7:30pm EST

NAHL Hockey -- Wenatchee Wild at Fairbanks Ice Dogs 11:00pm EST

Friday --

NAHL Hockey -- Wenatchee Wild at Fairbanks Ice Dogs 11:30pm EST

Saturday --

USPHL Elite Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Space Coast Hurricanes 5:00pm EST

USPHL Empire Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors vs Florida Junior Blades 5:15pm EST

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Detroit Red Wings 7:00pm EST

NAHL Hockey -- Wenatchee Wild at Fairbanks Ice Dogs 11:30pm EST

Sunday --

USPHL Elite Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Space Coast Hurricanes 11:45am EST

USPHL Empire Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Florida Junior Blades 12:05pm EST

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That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, see you tomorrow!