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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
CLEVELAND, March 25 (UPI) -- Daniel Gibson started a game-closing run of five straight points Friday that boosted the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 97-91 victory over Detroit.
The Cavaliers ended their most recent losing streak at four games and won for just the 14th time in 71 contests this season.
Detroit closed within a point with 1:40 to go on a Chris Wilcox layup but the Pistons could not score again.
Gibson's jumper gave the Cavaliers a 94-91 lead with 1:27 to go and Baron Davis clinched the win by hitting a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining.
Detroit missed its last three shots, two of them from 3-point range.
J.J. Hickson scored 24 points and seized 15 rebounds for Cleveland. Davis added 16 points.
Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun had 15 points each for Detroit, which has lost three in a row.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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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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