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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
LONDON, June 11 (UPI) -- Seeded players Jonas Bjorkman and Paul-Henri Mathieu each needed a third set Monday to take first-round wins at the Artois Championships in London.
Bjorkman, seeded 11th, was a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 winner over Justin Gimelstob while Mathieu defeated Feliciano Lopez, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, to move into the second round of the grass-court tournament.
Alejandro Falla upset 10th-seeded Julien Benneteau 7-5, 6-4; Alex Bogdanovic beat No. 13 Lee Hyung-taik 7-5, 6-3; and Max Mirnyi stopped No. 16 Fernando Verdasco on Monday.
In other first-round matches, No. 14 Arnaud Clement topped Ivan Navarro Pastor 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 and 15th-seeded Robby Ginepri beat Richard Bloomfield 6-4, 6-2.
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal, fresh off his French Open victory, is the tournament's top seed. Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt is seeded sixth.
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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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