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BARCELONA, Spain, June 9 (UPI) -- Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier and Czech Klara Zakopalova were among Monday's opening-round tennis winners at the Barcelona KIA.
The fifth-seeded Parmentier defeated Croat Sanda Mamic 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, and the seventh-seeded Zakopalova defeated Croat Karolina Sprem 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.
Top-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel was tied with Spaniard Nuria Llagostera Vives 5-5 when their match was suspended due to darkness.
American Meghann Shaughnessy, who is injured and not playing this week, beat Romanian Edina Gallovits in last year's finale.
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Allen (Texas) Wranglers co-owner and wide receiver Terrell Owens has been released by the Indoor Football League Team, the team announced.
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U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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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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