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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
GRAPEVINE, Texas, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Peng Shuai, the top seed at the Texas Tennis Open, withdrew from the tournament with a hip injury but other top seeds advanced in Monday's opening round.
After Peng withdrew, her opening round opponent, Melanie Oudin, was rescheduled to face Akgul Amanmuradova, who was trailing Oudin 7-6 (8-6), 1-0 when she retired.
Second-seed Dominika Cibulkova advanced with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Mirjana Lucic and fifth seed Sabine Lisicki dropped Sania Mirza 6-3, 6-0. Sixth seed Shahar Peer dispatched Anastasiya Yakimova 6-1, 6-3.
Sofia Arvidsson, Elena Baltacha, Angelique Kerber and Kateryna Bondarenko also won first-round matches Monday.
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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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