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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
PARIS, June 4 (UPI) -- The women's quarterfinals Tuesday at the French Open will feature a showdown between top-ranked Justine Henin" class="tpstyle">Belgian Justine Henin and Serena Williams" class="tpstyle">American Serena Williams.
The eighth-seeded Williams is 6-3 lifetime against the top-seeded Henin, including wins in their last two meetings. The American beat her Belgian opponent in a marquee final in Miami earlier this season.
Henin won their lone meeting at the French Open, back in the 2003 in a semifinal.
Henin is a five-time Grand Slam champion, including three French Open titles in the last four years. She's won the last two French Opens, including a victory over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in last year's finale.
Williams owns eight major titles, including one at the Australian Open in January and her lone French Open crown in 2002.
The semifinals will be held Thursday with those winners to meeting in the final Saturday.
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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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