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Kings keep rolling, win Game 1 of Stanley Cup finals 2-1 over Devils on Kopitar's goal in OT
• NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- It doesn't matter whom Los Angeles Kings face or where they play.
• East. West. High seed. Low seed. The results haven't changed this postseason.
• W after W after W.
• In becoming their latest victim, the New Jersey Devils quickly learned they are not facing the likes of the Panthers, Flyers or Rangers. Los Angeles is a super team right now and New Jersey needs to pick up its game if it wants any hope of lifting the Stanley Cup.
• Anze Kopitar scored a spectacular goal on a breakaway with 11:47 left in overtime Wednesday night and the Kings beat the Devils 2-1 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Thursday, May 31, the 152nd day of 2012. There are 214 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On May 31, 1962, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel a few minutes before midnight for his role in the Holocaust. (Eichmann's remains were cremated, the ashes scattered in the Mediterranean Sea.)
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• On this date:
• In 1790, President George Washington signed into law the first U.S. copyright act.
• In 1859, the Big Ben clock tower in London went into operation, chiming for the first time.
• In 1889, more than 2,000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pa.
• In 1910, the Union of South Africa was founded.
• In 1911, the hull of the British liner RMS Titanic was launched from its building (Continued on page 39)
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