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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
GREEN BAY, Wis., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Aaron Rodgers passed for three touchdowns Monday, piloting the Green Bay Packers to a 27-14 win over Baltimore in a game loaded with penalties.
The win left Green Bay (8-4) tied with Philadelphia for the lead in the NFC wild card standings, one game ahead of the New York Giants.
Baltimore was assessed 12 penalties and Green Bay had 11 for a total of 310 yards, the second-highest total for a single game in NFL history.
Rodgers completed 26-of-40 passes, including touchdowns of 2 and 19 yards to Jermichael Finley and 8 yards to Donald Driver.
Mason Crosby kicked field goals of 28 and 32 yards for the Packers, who have won four straight games.
Joe Flacco was 15-of-36 passing for 137 yards and a touchdown for Baltimore (6-6), but was picked off three times. Flacco's scoring toss was a 12-yarder to Kelley Washington.
Baltimore also scored on a 1-yard run by Willis McGahee.
Baltimore remained in the playoff picture with the same record as Pittsburgh, the New York Jets and Miami, all behind Denver (8-4) and Jacksonville (7-5) in the AFC wild card standings.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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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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