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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 16 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Dinara Safina was an easy opening-round winner Tuesday at the Ordina Open in the Netherlands.
Safina defeated German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-0, 6-3. Safina, a French Open and Australian Open runner-up, was upset in last year's final by Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn.
Three seeded players lost Tuesday. France's Nathalie Dechy beat second-seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Belgian Yanina Wickmayer beat fourth-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3; and defending Ordina champion Tanasugarn beat seventh-seeded Czech Iveta Benesova 6-3, 6-1.
Third-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta, who swept past Russian Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-1, plays Tanasugarn in the quarterfinals.
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CHICAGO, June 2 (UPI) --
Chicago White Sox television broadcaster Ken "Hawk" Harrelson Saturday apologized to an umpire for an on-air tirade, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
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NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Valerie Bertinelli said she wants to lose five pounds so she can again fit into the green bikini she once donned on the cover of People magazine.
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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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