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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
CLEVELAND, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Luis Valbuena's two-out home run in the bottom of the 11th Saturday handed the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Travis Hafner also had a home run for the Indians, who had not homered in their last 10 home games. Matt LaPorta was 2-for-4 with a run scored in the win.
Aaron Laffey gave up three runs on eight hits in seven innings. Rafael Perez (2-2) got the win for recording the final out of the 11th.
Ichiro Suzuki (0-for-5) went hitless for just the 12th time in 115 games.
Russell Branyan hit a two-run homer, and Mike Sweeney and Josh WIlson each had three hits for the Mariners, who have lost six of their last nine games.
Doug Fister, in his first career road start, gave up three runs on six hits and a walk in 6 1/3 innings. Randy Messenger (0-1) gave up the 11th-inning homer.
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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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