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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
DETROIT, June 16 (UPI) -- Justin Verlander struck out a season-best 11 Wednesday and Brennan Boesch had four RBI in carrying the Detroit Tigers to an 8-3 victory over Washington.
Verlander (8-4) went eight innings, giving up seven hits without a walk. He won his second straight start after losing the previous two and the Tigers extended their winning streak to five games.
Boesch scored on a two-run single by Gerald Laird during Detroit's four-run second and had an RBI base hit in the third.
With two out in the seventh, Boesch delivered a three-run homer, his ninth blast of the season.
Livan Hernandez (5-4) gave up all eight runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings to take the loss. He also walked six batters and four of them came around to score.
Washington has lost four of its last five.
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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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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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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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