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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
NEWPORT, R.I., July 9 (UPI) -- Vincent Spadea defeated fellow American Justin Gimelstob 6-4, 6-3 Monday in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
The second-seeded Spadea reached the final here in 2005, while Gimelstob was last year's runner-up to Australian Mark Philippoussis, who is not defending his title this week.
In an upset, Croat Roko Karanusic beat sixth-seeded Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4, 6-3. Eighth-seeded German Michael Berrer defeated Australian Chris Guccione 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
In other first-day play, Canadian Frank Dancevic beat American Kevin Kim 6-3, 6-3 and South African Wesley Moodie beat Brazilian Thiago Alves 6-3, 6-4.
The Hall of Fame will induct four new members at the tourney Saturday, including recent players Pete Sampras and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.
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ALLEN, Texas, May 31 (UPI) --
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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