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'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 16 (UPI) -- French Open runner-up Dinara Safina was one of Monday's first-round winners at the Ordina Open.
The third-seeded Safina beat France's Pauline Parmentier 6-4, 6-1. Safina has now won 13 of her last 14 matches, with her lone loss at the hands of Ana Ivanovic in the final at the French Open.
In Day 2 upsets, American Ashley Harkleroad defeated fourth-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-4 and Indian Sania Mirza beat fifth-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-3. Mirza is in her second week back after missing three months with a wrist injury.
Also, seventh-seeded Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik beat Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; eighth-seeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko beat Czech Iveta Benesova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; and
Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek won 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (9-7) over Ai Sugiyama of Japan.
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ALLEN, Texas, May 31 (UPI) --
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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OSLO, Norway, May 31 (UPI) --
Dozens of teenage girls suffered minor injuries during a stampede at a Justin Bieber concert in Oslo, Norway, officials said Thursday.
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BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
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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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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