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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
BROOKLYN, Mich., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Brian Vickers sped past Jimmie Johnson with two laps to go Sunday and went on to win the CARFAX 400 NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway.
Vickers, who had started on the pole for Toyota, held off Jeff Gordon by 1.4 seconds and earned his second career Sprint Cup Series victory.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third, moving up from sixth place in the final 20 laps. Carl Edwards and Sam Hornish Jr. rounded out the top five.
Johnson had led for 134 laps but wound up in 33rd place after running out of gas on the fourth turn.
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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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