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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
PITTSBURGH, July 5 (UPI) -- Jeff Karstens hurled seven innings of one-run ball and the Pittsburgh Pirates stayed hot Tuesday with a 5-1 victory over Houston.
Karstens (7-4) yielded seven hits, didn't issue a walk and struck out three for the Pirates, who won for the eighth time in 11 games.
The converted reliever notched a victory for the fourth time in five starts and gave the Bucs a 45-41 record -- the latest they've been four games over .500 this deep into a season since 1992, when Pittsburgh had its last winning year.
Brandon Wood smacked a three-run homer as the Pirates clinched their three-game series with the last-place Astros.
Houston's Wandy Rodriguez (6-5) lost for the seventh time in eight starts against the Pirates, surrendering five runs on eight hits over six innings.
Clint Barmes had two hits, including a solo homer, for the Astros, who lost their fifth straight and 10th in 11 games.
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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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