It's Tuesday

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

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Today is March 5th, the 63rd day of 2013. There are 302 days left in the year.

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Sabres' Kaleta suspended five games for boarding.

2013 NHL Draft Lottery and NHL Draft information.

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

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Today's Birthdays: Dean Stockwell (Battlestar Galactica) is 77; Comedian-magician Penn Jillette is 58; Eva Mendes (Fast Five, Hitch) is 39; Niki Taylor is 38; Jake Lloyd (Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace) is 24.

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Pittsburgh, PA. -- The Tampa Bay Lightning continue to go through adversity, but the hope is that the team will come out better because of it.

Unfortunately, they’ll have to wait at least one more game to do so.

Steven Stamkos scored twice to pad his NHL goal-scoring lead, Tom Pyatt had a goal, and Martin St. Louis added two assists, but in a 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at the CONSOL Energy Center on Monday night.

Read the rest here.

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NEW ON DVD THIS WEEK - Released March 5

Wreck-It Ralph
Red Dawn
Schindler's List 20th Anniversary Limited Edition
Playing for Keeps
Duck Dynasty: Season 2

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Quinnipiac University Retains No. 1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 2012-13 Men's College Hockey Poll - #21(first-place votes in parentheses) Rank School Last Week's Ranking 2012-13 Record Weeks in Top 15 1 Quinnipiac University, 497 (25) 1 24-5-5 13 2 University of Minnesota, 472 (8) 2 22-7-5 22 3 Miami University, 445 3 22-9-5 22 4 University of New Hampshire, 383 5 18-8-6 19 5 University of North Dakota, 344 6 18-9-7 22 6 Boston College, 339 4 19-10-3 22 7 UMass-Lowell, 318 (1) 10 21-9-2 13 8 St. Cloud State University, 240 9 20-13-1 10 9 Western Michigan University, 227 8 19-9-8 22 10 Minnesota State University, 208 7 21-10-3 9 11 University of Denver, 189 11 17-11-5 22 12 University of Notre Dame, 184 12 21-12-3 22 13 Yale University, 86 14 16-10-3 13 14 University of Wisconsin, 42 NR 16-11-7 3 15 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 27 NR 17-12-5 1 Others receiving votes: Niagara University, 25; Providence College, 18, Union College, 17; University of Nebraska-Omaha, 15; Dartmouth College, 3; Boston University, 1. NOTES: Quinnipiac University takes the top spot in the poll for the fourth straight week ... Minnesota shared the preseason No. 1 with Boston College ... The Western Collegiate Hockey Association leads all conferences with six ranked programs this week. The Hockey East Association, Central Collegiate Hockey Association and ECAC Hockey each boast three ranked representatives ... A total of 21 teams received votes. ABOUT THE POLL: The 18th 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 five NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey Magazine, the most widely distributed hockey magazine in the world. Rob Koch Named Director of Communications and Social Media COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Rob Koch has been named director of communications and social media at USA Hockey it was announced today. Koch most recently served as senior director of public relations and team operations with the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers. He was hired prior to the team’s inaugural season in 1999-2000 and worked with the Thrashers until the team was sold and relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in July 2011.  Prior to his 12 years in Atlanta, Koch was the assistant director of public relations with the New York Rangers from 1991-99. He assisted with the 1994 NHL All-Star Game and Stanley Cup Championship as well as the activities surrounding Wayne Gretzky’s last game. Koch will serve as the primary contact for the U.S. Women's National Team Program and also oversee USA Hockey's social media efforts. He officially began his duties with USA Hockey today.  NOTES: Koch represented USA Hockey at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey as assistant director of media relations ... During his tenure in New York, the public relations staff earned the Dick Dillman Award for outstanding media relations ... Koch is a native of Kinnelon, N.J., and earned his bachelor's degree from St. John’s University.

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Britain's 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth was discharged from the hospital. [Doctors said it was just a simple case of morning sickness.]

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Canadian LB Eiben to hang up his cleats?

Track 'em: 2013 Canadian Draft Order.

Visit the league's official website at cfl.ca.

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A source says Samsung's next big smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, features something called "eye scrolling." It involves using your eyeballs to detect where the phone should be scrolling on its display. It will work by tracking a user's eyes. So when you get to the bottom of a page, it'll realize you need to see more and scroll down to show you more text.

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Tampa, FL. — The Bucs have a clear number-one back on the roster and a relatively light history of addressing the position in free agency, but this year's market could yield a complementary player to Doug Martin.

Read the rest here.

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A North Carolina couple preparing to celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary said their advice to young couples is to "be humble and have patience." Robert Gerald, 97, and Virginia Gerald, 95, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, said they married when Robert was 17 and Virginia was 15 and they are now preparing for their 80th wedding anniversary April 12.

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Jimmy hides behind Flipper.

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You're reading the Johnny Blog. Almost as much fun as a trip to pay the water bill, isn't it?

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Today in Elvis History

1955 - Elvis Presley made his first TV appearance on the "Louisiana Hayride" show.

1960 - Elvis Presley was officially honorably discharged from the Army.

1977 - Elvis Presley's single "Moody Blue" hit #31 in the U.S.

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Psychology Today stumbled on something rather bizarre. It turns out the most popular place for people to find 'love at first sight' is... Walmart. There's a section of Craigslist devoted to 'missed connections'. These are posts by people leaving a message for someone they met but didn't speak to in real life. For example, "If you were the girl looking at the spandex at Walmart, we need to hook up." Analyzing these posts, more people thought they saw the love of their life in Walmart than anywhere else in the United States.

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Today in Beatles History:

1964 - The Beatles and Brian Epstein had dinner at Oxford's Brasenose College after a day of filming scenes for "A Hard Day's Night."

1970 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono checked into the London Clinic.

1970 - John Lennon began writing songs that would appear on "Plastic Ono Band."

1996 - Yoko Ono's "Rising Mixes" was released.

2004 - It was reported that on February 24, 2004, more than 100,000 people had downloaded DJ Danger Mouse's Jay-Z/Beatles album "The Grey Album."

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Harrison Ford will help San Diego "stay classy" in the upcoming Anchorman: The Legend Continues. Harrison has signed on to the Will Ferrell comedy, where he will play a veteran newscaster similar to Tom Brokaw.

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Today in Sports History:

1864 - In England, Oxford and Cambridge met for the first time in track and field competition.

1924 - Frank Caruana of Buffalo, NY, became the first bowler to roll two perfect games in a row.

1964 - The NFL teams purchased Ed Sabol's Blair Motion Pictures, which was renamed NFL Films.

1985 - Mike Bossy, of the New York Islanders, became the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in eight consecutive seasons.

1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana) began his NBA free throw streak of 52 games.

1993 - Sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from racing for life by the Amateur Athletic Association after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances for a second time.

1994 - Michael Adams (Washington Bullets) became the third player in NBA history to get 900 career three-point field goals.

1995 - Dennis Rodman (Chicago Bulls) was suspended by the NBA for one game after deliberately elbowing Milwaukee's Joe Wolf.

1996 - The Dallas Mavericks attempted 49 three-pointers for the fifth straight game.

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U.S. President Jimmy Carter appeared on CBS News with Walter Cronkite for the first "Dial-a-President" radio talk show on this date in 1977.

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Coming Up:

Tonight --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at New Jersey Devils 7:00pm EST

Wednesday --

Nothin' Doin'

Thursday --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Winnipeg Jets 7:30pm EST

Friday --

Nothin' Doin'

Saturday --

Nascar Nationwide Series -- Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 4:00pm EST

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadiens 7:00pm EST

Sunday --

Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway 3:00pm, EST

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