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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova fought off an upset bid Wednesday, but No. 2 seed Daniela Hantuchova was ousted from the Pilot Pen.
After losing the first set, Kuznetsova came back to defeat Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 to earn a quarterfinal berth.
Hantuchova fell to Agnes Szavay 7-5, 6-3. The 18-year-old Szavay won over a Top-10 player for the first time in her career.
Third-seed Marion Bartoli got past Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-0, 6-4, and No. 4 seed Dinara Safina was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Vania King.
Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport returned to the circuit as doubles partner to Lisa Raymond, but they lost to Cara Black and Liezel Huber in three sets.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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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 horoscopes for Saturday, June 2, 2012.
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