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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 12 (UPI) -- Unseeded Romanian Victor Hanescu upset top-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Saturday in the semifinals of the Swiss Open.
Hanescu, 26, fired 12 aces in the clay-court match at Roy Emerson Arena.
Wawrinka, of Switzerland, is ranked No. 10 in the world, Hanescu No. 80.
Rain forced suspension of the other semifinal, between Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Russian Igor Andreev, after each player won a set.
Andreev won the opening set 7-6 (7-2) and Garcia-Lopez took the second 7-5 before play was halted.
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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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