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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Kyle Blanks drove in five runs Saturday, hitting a grand slam to help the San Diego Padres hand Pittsburgh its ninth straight loss in a 13-2 rout.
Blanks staked the Padres to 1-0 lead with an RBI triple in the second and then, after Juan Guzman, Orlando Hudson and Will Venable had reached base with two outs, capped a six-run seventh with a bases-loader homer.
Rob Johnson drove in three runs with a two-run double and a sacrifice fly, and Hudson finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored for San Diego, which clinched its three-game series in Pittsburgh.
Cory Luebke (4-6) tossed seven innings of one-run ball, yielding no walks and striking out nine to earn the victory.
Paul Maholm (6-12) was pounded for seven runs on 10 hits over 6 2/3 innings for the Pirates, who dropped to nine games out of first in the National League Central after leading the division less than two weeks ago.
The Pirates have been outscored 28-7 over the first two games of the San Diego series.
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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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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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