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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Dirk Nowitzki passed Larry Bird on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 17 points Tuesday and the Dallas Mavericks handed the Orlando Magic a 105-99 loss.
Nowitzki overtook the Boston Celtics great for 25th on the scoring list with 21,798 points and is 15 points away from tying the next player ahead of him -- Gary Payton.
Caron Butler scored a team-high 20 points, Tyson Chandler added 16 and Jason Kidd donated 13 points and 12 assists in the Mavericks' fourth straight victory.
Dwight Howard put in 26 points and collected 23 rebounds for the Magic, who went down to their fourth straight loss and second since adding Gilbert Arenas, Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Richardson and Earl Clark in trades Saturday.
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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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