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CNN suspends Martin for Super Bowl tweets
PARIS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Eighth-seeded Elena Vesnina of Russia scored a straight-set victory Monday to move on to the second round of the Open GDF Suez tennis tournament in Paris.
Vesnina cruised past Romanian Alexandra Duygheru 6-1, 6-4.
In another match, Hungarian Agnes Szavay, who is unseeded, led Olga Govortsova 6-3, 1-0 when the Belarusian player withdrew from the match.
Russian Elena Dementieva is the event's top seed and Italy's Flavia Pennetta is No. 2. Both received byes to the second round.
Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo of France has retired from the women's tour.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
This week in college basketball for USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll ranked teams:
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MESA, Calif., Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Jesse Farrelly, the 20-year-old son of filmmaker Bobby Farrelly, has died in Costa Mesa, Calif., after a long battle with drug addiction, his family said.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
A water sample from Lake Vostok, hidden under Antarctic ice for millions of years, has been presented to Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, scientists say.
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UPI horoscopes for Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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