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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Charlie Morton pitched eight shutout innings Monday and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat San Francisco 5-0 to end a season-long 10-game losing streak.
Morton (9-6) allowed six hits, walked three, struck out four and ran his scoreless streak to 17 innings for the Pirates, who got two hits and two RBI from Ryan Ludwick. Neil Walker, Pedro Alvarez and Brandon Wood each drove in a run, and Garrett Jones finished with four hits and two runs scored for Pittsburgh.
Nate Schierholtz had three of San Francisco's six hits.
Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong (9-2) went five innings, allowing five runs on nine hits, while walking two and striking out eight.
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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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UPI horoscopes for Saturday, June 2, 2012.
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