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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
CHICAGO, July 24 (UPI) -- Aramis Ramirez had four hits and three RBI Friday, boosting the Chicago Cubs to an 8-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
One of Ramirez's hits, a leadoff homer in the bottom of the sixth, snapped a 3-3 tie.
One of two hits by Derek Lee was a two-run eighth-inning homer. Jeff Baker and Mike Fontenot hit solo homers, while Kosuke Fukudome added two hits for the Cubs, who have split their last four games.
Winner Randy Wells (6-4) surrendered three runs and seven hits in six innings with a walk and five strikeouts.
Losing pitcher Aaron Harang hit a three-run, second-inning homer and Willy Taveras had two hits and two RBI for the Reds, who have lost four in a row.
Harang (5-11) gave up four runs and nine hits in six innings with a walk and six strikeouts.
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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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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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