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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
SPARTA, Ky., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Ryan Briscoe nipped Ed Carpenter in one of the closest finishes in IndyCar Series history Saturday to win the Meijer Indy 300 at Sparta, Ky.
Briscoe and Carpenter were side-by-side while competing for the lead during the final 20 laps. Briscoe beat Carpenter to the finish line by 0.0162 seconds to claim his second victory of the season and the fourth of his IndyCar career.
He had finished second in five of the last seven races.
Tony Kanaan was third, followed by Helio Castroneves and Graham Rahal.
By winning, Briscoe took an eight-point lead in the series over Scott Dixon, who finished seventh, and an 11-point lead over sixth-place finisher Dario Franchitti.
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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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