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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
PALERMO, Italy, July 7 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta and fourth-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro were opening-round winners Monday at the Palermo International.
Pennetta, the 2004 Palermo runner-up, defeated German Sandra Kloesel 6-2, 6-2. French Open quarterfinalist Suarez Navarro beat Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-5, 7-6 (7-2).
In other first-day play, fifth-seeded Italian Sara Errani beat Taiwan's Su-Wei Hsieh 6-1, 6-0 and Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko defeated Italian Mara Santangelo 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
Hungarian Agnes Szavay, who is not defending her title this week, beat German Martina Muller in last year's Palermo final.
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BOSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
A team effort led by Kevin Garnett overcame a one-man show by LeBron James Friday and the Boston Celtics held on to defeat Miami 101-91.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
Rielle Hunter, former mistress of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, has written a memoir about their affair and the child it produced.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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UPI horoscopes for Saturday, June 2, 2012.
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