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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
DALLAS, April 18 (UPI) -- Dirk Nowitzki scored 36 points Sunday and the Dallas Mavericks beat San Antonio 100-94 in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series.
Nowitzki was 12-of-14 from the field and 12-of-12 from the foul line. Jason Kidd finished with 13 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, while Caron Butler scored 22 points and Brendan Haywood added 12 for Dallas, which is appearing in a franchise-record 10th straight playoffs.
The Spurs -- who are appearing in an NBA-record 13th straight post-season -- got 27 points from Tim Duncan and 26 from Manu Ginobili. Tony Parker scored 18 and Antonio McDyess had 10 points and eight boards.
Dallas scored 20 points off of 17 San Antonio turnovers.
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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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