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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
BEIJING, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Tommy Robredo and Fernando Gonzalez will meet in Sunday's final at the $500,000 China Open.
Spain's Robredo defeated German Nicolas Kiefer in a first-set tiebreak, and then obtained a key break in the second set to post a 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, victory.
Gonzalez dropped the first set in his semifinals to fourth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic before rallying for a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, victory.
Both Gonzalez and Ljubicic were coming off three-set victories in the quarterfinals -- with Gonzalez beating sixth-seeded Korean Hyung-Taik Lee, 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4), and Ljubicic beating fifth-seeded and defending champion Marcos Baghdatis, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5).
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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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ROME, June 2 (UPI) --
Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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