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Devils beat Rangers, 3-2, to reach Stanley Cup Final
25 May 2012, 10:23 pm
Adam Henrique scores in overtime
to lift New Jersey. The Devils play the Kings in the final. NEWARK, N.J. — A year after missing the playoffs for the first time since 1996, the New Jersey Devils are going back
to the Stanley Cup finals, thanks
to a rookie, a 40-year-old goaltender and a coach who'd never been
to the postseason in the NHL.
Bud weakens to storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
25 May 2012, 10:23 pm
MANZANILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Bud weakened
to a tropical s
torm as it churned closer
to Mexico's coast on Friday, but brought heavy rains and strong winds that downed trees and closed schools and a major Pacific shipping port. The first hurricane of the 2012 season, Bud was downgraded
to a tropical s
torm with winds up
to 60 miles per hour on Friday afternoon. ...
Bud weakens to tropical storm off Mexico's coast
25 May 2012, 10:00 pm
Bud weakened
to a tropical s
torm Friday as heavy rain began
to pelt a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast south of Puer
to Vallarta.
Egypt to pick Islamist or military man as president
25 May 2012, 4:08 pm
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Mursi had
topped this week's polls and would compete in next month ...
U.S. says working to get U.N. missions bank accounts
25 May 2012, 12:35 pm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Responding
to a complaint by Syria's U.N. envoy, the U.S. Mission
to the United Nations said on Friday it was working
to ensure that foreign diplomatic missions whose accounts have been closed by U.S. banks are able
to get new ones. Syrian Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said on Thursday that his mission was unable
to open a U.S. bank account due
to sanctions imposed on his ...
Battle over SKA super-telescope leads to split site
25 May 2012, 12:03 pm
A long-running joust
to host a radio telescope that would give mankind its farthest peek in
to the Universe ended on Friday with a Solomon-like judgement
to split the site between Australia and South Africa.
Iran, big powers agree to hold more nuclear talks in June
25 May 2012, 8:16 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran and world powers agreed
to meet again next month
to try
to ease the long standoff over its nuclear work despite achieving scant progress at talks in Baghdad
towards resolving the main sticking points of their dispute. At its heart is Iran's insistence on right
to enrich uranium and that economic sanctions should be lifted before it shelves activities that could lead
to ...
Patients to rate care in 'family and friends test'
25 May 2012, 3:55 am
Hospital patients will be invited
to rate the treatment they receive and say whether they would recommend it
to their loved ones, Prime Minister David Cameron will announce on Friday.
England ready to unleash 'Ox' at Euro 2012
24 May 2012, 11:15 pm
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is hoping
to carry on England's recent tradition of successfully unleashing teenage tyros at major
tournaments when he heads
to Euro 2012 next month.
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Veilleux sends Shawinigan to Memorial Cup title game - NHL.com
26 May 2012, 1:08 am
SHAWINIGAN, Que. --When asked how he planned
to have his team focused for the championship game of the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup on Sunday (7 p.m. ET, NHLN-US, Sportsnet) after an emotional, hard-fought win in the semifinal Friday in front of a ...
After NYC beer museum tour, hop on over to its bar - YAHOO!
25 May 2012, 5:37 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were in
to craft brews, according
to a new exhibit at the New-York His
torical Society that traces the his
tory of beer all the way back
to drunken Colonial times. And it's not your typical staid ...
New Jersey to allow betting this fall - ESPN
25 May 2012, 2:02 pm
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- New Jersey will defy a federal ban and let people bet on the outcomes of football, basketball and other games this fall, Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference highlighting efforts
to reinvigorate ...
