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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
BASTAD, Sweden, July 14 (UPI) -- Gritty Argentine Juan Monaco defeated eighth-seeded countryman Maximo Gonzalez Tuesday in first-round action at the Swedish Open.
Monaco beat Gonzalez in three sets 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-1.
Meanwhile, Argentine qualifier Guillermo Canas defeated Bulgarian wild card Grigor Dmitrov 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); Italian qualifier Potito Starace beat Frenchman Julien Benneteau 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; and Belgian Kristof Vliegen eliminated Spaniard Marcel Granollers 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.
This week's top seeds are Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, Sweden's Robin Soderling and reigning champion Tommy Robredo of Spain. Robredo defeated Czech Tomas Berdych in last year's finals and also won this event in 2006.
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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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