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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 27 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai and seventh-seeded Belarusian Olga Govortsova were first-round winners Monday at the Istanbul Cup.
Rezai defeated Ukrainian Viktoriya Kutuzova 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. Govortsova beat Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Wild card Turk Pemra Ozgen beat Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2.
Also, Swiss Timea Bacsinszky beat Slovenian Polona Hercog 6-2, 6-2; Italian Maria Elena Camerin beat Turk Ipek Senoglu 6-0, 6-2; and Poland's Marta Domachowska beat Austrian Patricia Mayr 1-6, 6-2, 6-0.
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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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