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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ACAPULCO, Mexico, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- American Venus Williams moved on to the second round of the Mexican Open Tuesday by knocking off Mathilde Johansson of France 6-2, 6-3.
Williams, the defending champion and top seed in the Acapulco clay-court tournament, will take on Kaia Kanepi of Estonia.
Third-seeded Gisela Dulko of Argentina also advanced Tuesday by holding off Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka 6-1, 2-6, 61. No. 5 seed Carla Suarez Navarro topped Greta Arn of Hungary, and No. 7 seed Roberta Vinci of Italy rallied to beat Arantxa Para Santonja of Spain.
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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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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HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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