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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
HOUSTON, April 15 (UPI) -- American Mardy Fish won his first-round match and Germany's Tommy Haas lost Tuesday at the $436,000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston.
Fish, the third-seeded 2006 champion, beat Germany's Rainer Schuettler 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.
Haas, the 2004 champ, lost to Russia's Igor Kunitsyn 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
In other action, fifth-seeded Argentine Agustin Calleri beat American Vincent Spadea 6-4, 6-3; seventh-seeded Spaniard Marcel Granollers-Pujol beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 6-0; and Argentine Sergio Roitman beat 6-foot-9 American John Isner 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3.
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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HOUSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
The silhouette created as Venus transits the face of the sun Tuesday will be widely visible across seven continents, U.S. space officials said.
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HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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