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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
STANFORD, Calif., July 28 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Elena Dementieva and fifth seed Nadia Petrova won their opening round matches Monday at the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, Calif.
Dementieva eliminated Anne Keothavong, 6-1, 6-4 and Petrova dropped Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska beat Sorana Cirstea, 6-0, 6-1.
In matches involving unseeded players, Melinda Czink beat Alisa Kleybanova, 6-0, 7-5; Monica Niculescu topped Meghann Shaughnessy, 6-1, 6-0; and Maria Sharapova beat of Ai Sugiyama, 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1.
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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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