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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
MILWAUKEE, July 12 (UPI) -- Mike Burns gave up three runs and six hits in five innings Saturday, helping the Milwaukee Brewers record a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Burns (2-2) did not walk a batter, fanned seven and added a fourth-inning RBI single.
J.J. Hardy had two hits and two RBI, Frank Catalanotto hit a solo homer in the fourth, Prince Fielder had two hits and one RBI and Craig Counsell added a run and two hits for the Brewers, who had lost four of five.
Closer Trevor Hoffman earned his 20th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Rafael Furcal hit a two-run homer and Andre Ethier had a solo shot for the Dodgers, who had won four of five.
The losing pitcher was starter Jeff Weaver (5-3). He surrendered four runs and six hits in 3 1/3 innings.
LA closer Jonathan Broxton will miss the All-Star game with a toe injury, the team announced Saturday.
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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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LOS ANGELES, June 1 (UPI) --
Dick Beals, known as the voice of Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer, died at Vista Gardens Memory Care in Vista, Calif., his friend told the Los Angeles Times.
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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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