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By TIMES STAFF
Published June 24, 2007

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Meet the Lightning picks

The Lightning made nine picks in the NHL's 2007 entry draft - the first six of them forwards. Start getting to know them with Lightning beat writer Damian Cristodero and the Times sports staff in the Lightning Strikes blog at blogs.tampabay.com/lightning.

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Weekend poll

Voting continues today in this weekend's poll. As of late Saturday evening, 82 percent of respondents were calling the Rays' decision to drop Elijah Dukes from the roster "way overdue." Fifteen percent were saying his personal life should have no bearing on his professional life, and just 2 percent - six votes in all - said the team should be more patient.

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