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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Tony Stewart captured the first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship Monday, edging Kevin Harvick at Chicagoland Speedway.
Stewart picked a good time to log his initial win of the season, jumping seven spots in the Sprint Cup rankings to second. He now trails Monday's second-place finisher Kevin Harvick by just seven points.
The two-time series champion conserved fuel down the stretch and held off Harvick to win by 0.9 seconds in a race rescheduled from Sunday due to persistent rain.
A poor second half of the season meant Stewart had to squeak into the 12-driver Chase. His last Sprint Cup win came last October in Fontana, Calif.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. staged a late charge through the field to grab third place in the initial Chase event.
Carl Edwards settled for a fourth-place finish while Brad Keselowski and Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch rounded out the Top 5.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online 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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UPI horoscopes for Sunday, June 3, 2012.
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