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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
CONCORD, N.C., May 15 (UPI) -- Three-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson won the pole Friday for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Johnson turned in a qualifying effort of two minutes, 1.416 seconds. All-Star race qualifying consists of three laps, plus a pit stop for four tires. It was his first pole in eight appearances at the race.
Kurt Busch will start on the outside of the first row thanks to a time of 2:01.187.
The top five qualifiers included Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and 50-year-old Mark Martin, winner of two of the last four Sprint Cup races.
Sunday's race will involve a field of 21 drivers and will not count in the yearlong points competition. The normal NASCAR event consists of 43 cars.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (UPI) --
Javier Lopez snuffed out a Chicago comeback bid in the ninth inning Friday to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Cubs.
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HOLLYWOOD, June 2 (UPI) --
Rising U.S. television personality Dan Savage has signed on with the top-tier talent agency CAA, The Hollywood Reporter said.
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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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