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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 13 (UPI) -- Jorge Cantu and Wes Helms each blasted sixth-inning home runs Sunday in the Florida Marlins' 6-1 victory over Tampa Bay.
Cantu's solo shot off Jeff Niemann (6-1) put the Marlins up 2-1 and Helms capped the four-run rally with homer with a two-run clout, giving Florida the rubber match of a three-game inter-league series.
Mike Stanton was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs and Dan Uggla chipped in with an RBI for the victors.
Chris Volstad (4-6) hurled a solid six innings, yielding only one run on four hits, walking four and striking out three in winning for the first time in seven starts.
Niemann was touched for five runs on nine hits over six innings.
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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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