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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
METZ, France, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo needed three sets Monday to defeat German Florian Mayer at the $500,000 Open de Moselle.
Robredo lost the first set and was forced to win a second-set tiebreak on his way to a 4-6, 7-6 (11-9), 6-2 victory over Mayer on Day 1 of the tournament. The match lasted 2 hours, 9 minutes.
Seventh-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber advanced by beating Argentine Agustin Calleri 6-3, 6-1 in 58 minutes, while Marc Gicquel defeated fellow Frenchman Florent Serra 6-4, 7-6 (7-0).
U.S. Open runner-up Novak Djokovic, who is not defending his title this week, beat Jurgen Melzer" class="tpstyle">Austrian Jurgen Melzer in last year's Metz finale.
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DETROIT, May 31 (UPI) --
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom announced his retirement Thursday, ending a 20-year career.
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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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DALLAS, May 31 (UPI) --
NASA says millions of dollars of science equipment missing for four days during shipment from Minneapolis to Texas has been located in Dallas.
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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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