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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
MINNEAPOLIS, July 12 (UPI) -- Carlos Gomez, Brendan Harris and Denard Span combined to drive in 11 runs for Minnesota Sunday, carrying the Twins past the Chicago White Sox 13-7.
Gomez whacked a three-run home run and totaled five RBI, Harris had a two-run shot and three RBI, and Span ripped a solo homer and drove in three runs.
Scott Baker (7-7) was the winner, working 6 1/3 innings. Baker allowed five runs and six hits.
Loser Mark Buehrle (9-3) was battered for eight runs and 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Jim Thome hit a three-run homer for Chicago, which remains in second place in the American League Central Division, a half-game ahead of the Twins and 3 1/2 games behind front-running Detroit. The White Sox are 45-43, and Minnesota is 45-44 going into the All-Star break, while the Tigers are 48-39.
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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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