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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
MARBELLA, Spain, April 6 (UPI) -- Seventh-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania was among the opening-round winners Monday at the inaugural Andalucia Tennis Experience in Spain.
Cirstea defeated fellow Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-4, 6-2.
Italian Roberta Vinci upset eighth-seeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-4, and Czech Nicole Vaidisova beat German Angelique Kerber 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
This week's top seeds are top-ranked Australian Open and U.S. Open champion Serena Williams and U.S. Open runner-up Jelena Jankovic. Williams was last week's Miami runner-up to Belarusian Victoria Azarenka.
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EPSOM, England, June 2 (UPI) --
Camelot dominated Saturday's Epsom Derby, drawing off to win by 5 lengths and giving the O'Brien family a first-ever father-son Derby win.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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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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ROME, June 2 (UPI) --
Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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