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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
HOUSTON, June 6 (UPI) -- Carlos Lee homered and Pedro Feliz drove in a pair of runs Sunday to power the Houston Astros' 6-3 decision over the Chicago Cubs.
Lee's two-run blast following Lance Berkman's RBI single highlighted a first-inning outburst that saw the Astros post a quick 3-0 lead on Cubs starter Randy Wells (3-4).
Houston chased him in the sixth with another three-run surge capped by Feliz' two-run single, enabling the Astros to take the rubber contest of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.
Brett Myers (4-3) pitched well to notch the victory, holding Chicago to two runs despite allowing eight hits over 6 2/3 innings.
Matt Lindstrom got his 13th save this year even though he yielded two hits in the ninth Hunter Pence contributed an RBI.
Koyie Hill led the Cubs' offense with an RBI double.
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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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