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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 14 (UPI) -- James Shields hurled a five-hit shutout and Justin Ruggiano homered Tuesday, helping Tampa Bay break Boston's nine-game winning streak with a 4-0 victory.
Shields (6-4) tossed his fifth career shutout and third of this season, yielding three walks and striking out five while lowering his earned run average to 2.60.
The Tampa Bay right-hander broke a personal three-game winless streak, allowing only one runner as far as third base as the Rays turned three double plays behind him.
Ruggiano's fifth-inning solo homer broke up a scoreless pitcher's duel and Casey Kotchman added a run-scoring single among his two hits for the Rays, who took the first of a three-game set at Tropicana Field.
Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (3-2) absorbed Boston's first loss since June 1, allowing only one earned run on four hits but issuing five walks.
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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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