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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
DENVER, July 21 (UPI) -- Brooks Conrad homered off Matt Reynolds in a four-run seventh inning Thursday as the Atlanta Braves rallied to down Colorado 9-6.
Reynolds (0-2) entered the game with the Rockies leading 6-5 and gave up a solo home run to Conrad, a double to Alex Gonzalez and an RBI triple to Nate McLouth.
The rally made a winner of Tommy Hanson (11-5), even though he gave up a season-high six runs in six innings. Craig Kimbrel worked the ninth for his 30th save.
Jason Heyward was 2-for-5 with a double and a two-run homer and Freddie Freeman had a solo shot for Braves, who split a four-game series with Colorado.
Carlos Gonzales had a home run and Dexter Fowler had a two-run triple for the Rockies.
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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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