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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
HOUSTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Shawn Marcum shut the Astros out on one hit over seven innings Sunday and the Milwaukee Brewers completed a three-game sweep with a 4-0 win over Houston.
Marcum (12-5) carried a no-hitter into the sixth, allowing only a one-out single to Jordan Schafer. The right-hander broke a personal two-game losing streak, issuing only one walk while striking out eight.
Francisco Rodriguez and Takashi Saito completed the whitewash with one scoreless frame each as National League Central-leading Milwaukee improved to 84-57 on the season.
Ryan Braun went 3-for-3 with a solo homer and two-run single and Jonathan Lucroy added a bases-empty shot for the Brewers.
Houston's Wandy Rodriguez (10-10) was touched for three runs on six hits in a six-inning start.
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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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