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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Vancouver's Daniel and Henrik Sedin each logged a goal and an assist Sunday and the Canucks handled Edmonton 5-2 for their fourth straight win.
Henrik Sedin scored off an assist from his twin brother 53 seconds into the game and Vancouver never looked back, using the win to widen its lead atop the Northwest Division to 17 points.
Sami Salo, Kevin Bieksa and Chris Higgins also found the net and Cory Schneider turned aside 26 shots to earn the victory.
Shawn Horcoff and Magnus Paajarvi scored for the last-place Oilers, who fell to Vancouver for the fourth time in five meetings this season.
Nikolai Khabibulin started in the Oilers' net and was removed after the first period with a sore groin. He allowed a pair of goals on 17 shots.
Devan Dubnyk finished out the contest, stopping 11-of-14 shots.
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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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UMEA, Sweden, June 1 (UPI) --
Residents in a northern Sweden county said they marked the first day of June by shoveling thick, wet snow.
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