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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Victor Hanescu and Igor Andreev, the second and fourth seeds in the Kremlin Cup, became upset victims Tuesday.
Wayne Odesnik, ranked 91st in the world, rallied to defeat Hanescu 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. Robby Ginepri won a marathon match against Andreev, the 2005 winner of this event, 6-3, 6-7 (9-11), 7-6 (7-1). Ginepri needed 2 hours, 32 minutes to oust Andreev.
Hanescu has lost his opening match in his last five tournaments.
In other opening-round action Tuesday, sixth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic defeated Daniel Koellerer 6-4, 6-3 and No. 7 Fabrice Santoro survived against Andrey Kuznetsov 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
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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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