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CARSON, Calif., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Sybille Bammer" class="tpstyle">Austrian Sybille Bammer, a 27-year-old mother, was among Monday's first-round winners at the $600,000 East West Bank Classic.
Bammer defeated American Laura Granville 6-4, 6-2.
France's Tatiana Golovin was forced out of her first-round match with Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn, retiring in the second set with a right hamstring strain. Tanasugarn won the first set 7-5 before Golovin had to quit.
Alona Bondarenko was beaten by fellow Ukrainian Yuliana Fedak 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. However, Bondarenko's sister, Kateryna, posted a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Germany's Angelique Kerber.
Czech Lucie Safarova beat Russian Olga Poutchkova 7-5, 6-2.
This week's top seeds are last week's San Diego titlist Maria Sharapova of Russia, Serbian Jelena Jankovic and French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic, also of Serbia. Jankovic was last year's runner-up here to Russian Elena Dementieva.
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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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OSLO, Norway, May 31 (UPI) --
Dozens of teenage girls suffered minor injuries during a stampede at a Justin Bieber concert in Oslo, Norway, officials said Thursday.
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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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