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Johnny Tapia, boxing champ, dead at 45
SUNRISE, Fla., March 23 (UPI) -- Nathan Horton scored twice Saturday when the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2.
Horton's 24th goal this season, at 7:28 of the second period, broke a 1-1 tie. His 25th went into an empty net with just over two minutes left in the third.
Jay Bouwmeester had a goal and an assist. Olli Jokinen also scored and Tomas Vokoun stopped 35 of 37 shots for the Panthers, who have won eight of their last nine games.
Their seven-game winning streak ended with a 2-1 overtime loss to Carolina Thursday.
Tampa Bay got a goal and an assist from Mathieu Darche. Junior Lessard also scored, and Mike Smith was beaten three times on 25 shots for the Lightning, who suffered their third straight loss.
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ALBUQUERQUE, May 28 (UPI) --
Johnny Tapia, a five-time world boxing champion, has died in Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Journal reported Monday. He was 45.
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NEW YORK, May 28 (UPI) --
"Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon married her girlfriend, education activist Christine Marinoni, in New York, officials say.
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TORONTO, May 28 (UPI) --
Industrial chemicals from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan are reaching the West Coast of North America, and contamination is a risk, scientists say.
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MEMPHIS, May 28 (UPI) --
A California auction house said Elvis Presley's original crypt in Tennessee, where the King was entombed for two months, is going up for auction.
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