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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, April 16 (UPI) -- Anna Nordqvist defeated Amanda Blumenherst in the six-hole, match-play final Friday to win the LPGA Tour's Mojo 6.
The unique event featured a 16-player field with each contestant playing a series of six-hole matches over two days.
Points were awarded for winning holes within a match and the top eight points earners after the first day advanced to the quarterfinals.
Nordqvist and Blumenherst both won two matches Friday before meeting for the championship and the top prize of $350,000.
Cristie Kerr defeated Na Yeon Choi on the sixth playoff hole to win the consolation match.
Nordqvist defeated Christina Kim in the quarterfinals and downed Kerr in a playoff to advance past the semifinals.
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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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