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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 28 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Swiss favorite Stanislas Wawrinka and reigning champion Victor Hanescu of Romania advanced Tuesday at the Swiss Open
Wawrinka, the 2005 Gstaad runner-up, beat Argentine Federico Del Bonis 6-4, 7-5, and the fourth-seeded Hanescu beat Czech Ivo Minar 6-2, 6-2. Hanescu won over Russian Igor Andreev in last year's finale.
Two other seeds advanced on Day 3. No. 5 Frenchman Jeremy Chardy defeated countryman Thierry Ascione 6-3, 6-3, and No. 6 German Nicolas Kiefer beat Argentine Jose Acasuso 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
In an upset, Brazilian Marcos Daniel nipped eighth-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (8-6). Mathieu was last week's runner-up in Hamburg and won this event two years ago.
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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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