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Tommie Harris' wife dies
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Helio Castroneves won his fifth pole of the season Friday, capturing the top starting position for the Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Castroneves traveled the 1.5-mile circuit in 24.2504 seconds -- a speed of 215.996 mph. Sunday's race will be the final IRL event of the season.
Tomas Scheckter turned in the second best time of 24.2690, followed by Sam Hornish, Jr. and Vitor Meira.
Tony Kanaan, who has already wrapped up the season championship, will start 10th.
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DALLAS, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Remaining members of the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA will merge to form a new superconference, college sports officials said Monday.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Actor Matt Bomer, star of the U.S. television series "White Collar," confirmed during the weekend he is gay and has a longtime partner.
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PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
A European space mission has seen previously undiscovered islands of star formation and mysterious microwave emissions in our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers say.
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UPI horoscopes for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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