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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
NEWTON, Iowa, June 20 (UPI) -- Tony Kanaan outdueled Helio Castroneves late in the race Sunday to claim the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway.
Kanaan snapped a 34-race, two-year IZOD IndyCar Series winless streak. He passed Castroneves with 10 laps remaining and then held him off down the stretch, finishing 4.2 seconds in front.
Kanaan registered his 14th career IndyCar win and first since June 2008 at Richmond, Va.
Finishing third was E.J. Viso with Ryan Briscoe and pole sitter Will Power trailing behind in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
With his Sunday finish, Power improved his points lead over sixth-place finisher Scott Dixon to 11.
Meanwhile, 2007 and 2009 Iowa winner Dario Franchitti encountered a gear-box issue late in the race and ended up finishing 18th.
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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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