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NBA playoff schedule and scores
ACAPULCO, Mexico, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- David Ferrer began his defense of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel championship Tuesday with a straight-set win in the first round over Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez.
The Spaniard saved five break points and broke Gonzalez four times while breezing to a 6-1, 6-2 win.
The second seed in the tournament, Nicolas Almagro, needed three sets to oust Pere Piba 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Fourth seed Kei Nishikori advanced when Albert Montanes retired while trailing 6-2, 4-1. Third seed Gilles Simon fell to Carlos Berlocq 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.
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ST. LOUIS, May 19 (UPI) --
Rookie John Gast tossed 5 1/3 innings in his second major league start Sunday and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee 4-2.
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WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) --
Television actress Christine White has died in Washington, her representatives announced. She was 86.
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MOSCOW, May 19 (UPI) --
A biological research satellite capsule returned to Earth Sunday with its mice, gerbils, geckos and plants after a 30-day flight, Russian space officials said.
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