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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
CHICAGO, June 1 (UPI) -- Jeff Francoeur was 2-for-5 with three RBI Friday afternoon as the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs, 8-5.
He plated two runs with a double in the fifth, when Atlanta scored five times to forge a 7-1 advantage.
Kelly Johnson had one run, three hits and one RBI. Brian McCann had one run, two hits and one RBI; Pete Orr was 2-for-3 with two runs scored; Edgar Renteria had two runs and three hits; and winning pitcher Kyle Davies had three hits, including an RBI double for the Braves -- who banged out a season-high 20 hits their third win in four games.
Davies (3-3) yielded one earned run and six hits in seven innings.
Chicago's Derek Lee and Jacque Jones hit solo homers.
Lee had three hits; while Aramis Ramirez had one run, two hits and two RBI for the Cubs -- who have dropped five straight.
Losing pitcher Carlos Zambrano (5-5) nearly fought catcher Michael Barrett after the fifth inning.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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UPI Almanac for Sunday, June 3, 2012.
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