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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
HAMPTON, Ga., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Carl Edwards held off Kyle Busch down the stretch and nosed out an 0.7-second win Saturday in the Nationwide Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Edwards, the pole sitter, had to overcome an early pit-road penalty. The driver was cited for an air gun and hose that got away from his stall after he had pulled in for pit stop.
But he passed Kevin Harvick for the lead after the final restart with 19 laps remaining and went on to edge Busch for his sixth win of the season and the 35th of his Nationwide career.
Current points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. came in third, while Harvick and Kasey Kahne -- won the pole for Sunday's 500-mile Sprint Cup race at Atlanta -- rounded out the Top 5.
Stenhouse's lead over 10th-place finisher Elliott Sadler now stands at 13 points.
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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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