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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24

Jim Thorpe Award winners
(top defensive back)
2001 -- Roy Williams, Oklahoma
2000 -- Jamar Fletcher, Wisconsin
1999 -- Tyrone Carter, Minnesota
1998 -- Antoine Winfield, Ohio St.
1997 -- Charles Woodson, Michigan
1996 -- Lawrence Wright, Florida
1995 -- Greg Myers, Colorado St.
1994 -- Chris Hudson, Colorado
1993 -- Antonio Langham, Alabama
1992 -- Deon Figures, Colorado
1991 -- Terrell Buckley, Florida St.
1990 -- Darryl Lewis, Arizona
1989 -- Mark Carrier, USC
1988 -- Deion Sanders, Florida St.
1987 -- Bennie Blades, Miami; Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma
1986 -- Thomas Everett, Baylor
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DETROIT, May 31 (UPI) --
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom announced his retirement Thursday, ending a 20-year career.
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LONDON, May 31 (UPI) --
The London house where singer Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning last summer is being sold for $4.2 million, the New York Post reported.
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DALLAS, May 31 (UPI) --
NASA says millions of dollars of science equipment missing for four days during shipment from Minneapolis to Texas has been located in Dallas.
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., May 31 (UPI) --
A Massachusetts woman said she investigated bird sounds in her yard and discovered a baby cardinal with two heads and three beaks.
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