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Vikings fullback Felton charged with DWI
VALENCIA, Spain, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Nikolay Davydenko polished off fifth-seeded Gilles Simon in three sets Monday in the first round of the Valencia Open in Spain.
The former Top 5 player took 2 hours, 14 minutes to dispatch Simon 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the hard-courts competition.
In other Monday action, Canadian Vasek Pospisil beat American John Isner 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9); Italian Fabio Fognini defeated Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-4, 6-3; and Frenchman Nicolas Mahut topped Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.
This week's top seeds are two-time champion David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who won last week's Vienna tournament.
Spaniards have won six of the last eight titles in Valencia.
The 2011 Valencia titlist will collect $455,000 of the event's $1.9 million.
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DETROIT, June 3 (UPI) --
Phil Hughes logged his second career complete game Sunday, holding Detroit to one run in the New York Yankees' 5-1 victory.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
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The Internet could someday look very different and be less open and free if a proposal for the International Telecommunications Union, an arm of the United Nations, to take over management of the Internet comes to pass, critics of the proposal say.
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UPI Almanac for Monday, June 4, 2012.
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