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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Forty-three-year-old Matt Stairs has been released by the Washington Nationals after batting just .154 with no home runs in 56 games this season.
The outfielder-first baseman was put on waivers last week. He became expendable after the Nationals obtained outfielder Jonny Gomes from Cincinnati.
Stairs, a Canadian native, began his career with the Washington organization when it was based in Montreal in 1992. He also played for Boston, Oakland, the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Texas, Detroit, Toronto, Philadelphia and San Diego.
He helped the Phillies win the 2008 World Series.
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BOSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
A team effort led by Kevin Garnett overcame a one-man show by LeBron James Friday and the Boston Celtics held on to defeat Miami 101-91.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
Rielle Hunter, former mistress of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, has written a memoir about their affair and the child it produced.
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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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