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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Robin Soderling and second-seeded Tommy Haas won their opening round matches Wednesday at the Stockholm Open.
Soderling, of Sweden -- a home crowd favorite and the French Open runner-up -- easily handled Giovanni Lapentti of Ecuador 6-3, 6-0. Haas, of Germany, dispatched Frenchman Florent Serra 6-3, 6-4.
In second-round action Wednesday, Joachim Johansson of Sweden fired 11 aces and surprised fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-4, 6-4.
Former Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus eliminated third-seeded former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 6-4, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez of Spain, the eighth seed, dropped Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 6-4.
Soderling, ranked No. 10 in the world, will meet Andres Seppi of Italy, and Haas will take on Jarkko Nieminen of Finland when the second round resumes Thursday.
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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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