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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ATLANTA, May 14 (UPI) -- Alfonso Soriano hit his 12th home run Sunday as Washington trounced the Atlanta Braves, 8-1.
The Nationals averted a three-game sweep by Atlanta.
Soriano had two runs, three hits and three RBI; Ryan Church had one run, one hit and drove in two runs; Wiki Gonzalez had one run and three hits; and Ryan Zimmerman had two hits and one RBI for the Nationals (13-25), who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Winner Tony Armas Jr. scattered three hits over seven scoreless innings with two walks and six strikeouts.
Wilson Betemit homered but no other player had more than one hit for the Braves (17-20), who had a three-game winning streak broken.
Loser John Thomson (1-3) gave up eight hits and five runs in five innings.
Braves' third baseman Chipper Jones had his 12-game hitting streak snapped.
With one hit, Atlanta's Jeff Francoeur extended his hitting streak to 12 games.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 31 (UPI) --
Jacksonville, Fla., officials say a letter to the Jacksonville Jaguars owner accusing him of defaulting on his contract was the result of a "misunderstanding."
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NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) --
Actor Michael McKean, who was hit by a car last week while walking in New York, says he has been discharged from St. Luke's Hospital.
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BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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CLEVELAND, May 31 (UPI) --
Cleveland prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who was ticketed for littering when he dropped a dollar he was attempting to give a disabled person.
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