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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
CHICAGO, July 1 (UPI) -- Aramis Ramirez hit a two-run double in the first inning Sunday and the Chicago Cubs went on to beat Milwaukee, 5-1.
Derek Lee and Mark DeRosa hit RBI singles in the fourth, Lee had two runs and three hits, and Ryan Theriot had three hits and scored three times for the Cubs -- who closed within 6 1/2 games of Milwaukee in the NL Central with the fourth win in their last five games.
Winner Jason Marquis (6-4) gave up one earned run and only four hits in seven innings, with one walk and five strikeouts.
Chicago reliever Carlos Marmol fanned four batters in two innings.
Milwaukee's Corey Hart hit his 11th homer of the season, a solo shot in the sixth.
J.J. Hardy had two of the five hits for the Brewers, who lost for only the third time in their last 10 games.
Loser Dave Bush (6-7) surrendered four earned runs and six hits in six innings.
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Allen (Texas) Wranglers co-owner and wide receiver Terrell Owens has been released by the Indoor Football League Team, the team announced.
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LONDON, May 31 (UPI) --
The London house where singer Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning last summer is being sold for $4.2 million, the New York Post reported.
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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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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., May 31 (UPI) --
A Massachusetts woman said she investigated bird sounds in her yard and discovered a baby cardinal with two heads and three beaks.
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