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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva and third-seeded Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko were first-round winners Monday at the Bell Challenge in Canada.
Zvonareva defeated Colombia's Catalina Castano 6-2, 6-4, while Vakulenko beat Paraguay's Rossana de los Rios 6-2, 6-0. Zvonareva missed nearly five months of action this year due to a wrist injury. Vakulenko reached the fourth round at the U.S. Open this year.
Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak beat American Ashley Harkleroad 6-4, 6-2, and fifth seed Olga Govortsova of Belarus beat Argentine Jorgelina Cravero 6-4, 6-3.
American Lindsay Davenport meets seventh-seeded German Angelique Kerber Tuesday.
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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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