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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 1 (UPI) -- Jeremy Guthrie opened the season with eight scoreless innings Friday, carrying Baltimore to a 4-1 decision over Tampa Bay.
Guthrie walked one, struck out six and retired 13 straight batters in one stretch. The only Tampa Bay run came on a ninth-inning homer by Ben Zobrist off Jim Johnson.
Nick Markakis singled in the first Baltimore run in the third and the Orioles expanded their lead to 4-0 in the fifth, during which Brian Roberts had a two-run triple and Markakis had a sacrifice fly.
The loss went to David Price, the runner-up in last year's American League Cy Young Award balloting. Price gave up four runs on five hits and struck out seven over seven innings.
The Orioles are attempting to end a streak of 13 straight losing season. The dropped 96 games in 2010.
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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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UPI horoscopes for Saturday, June 2, 2012.
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