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France's Bartoli returns the ball against Japan's Morita during their Stanford Classic tennis match in Stanford

Little voice of doubt no longer troubling Bartoli

STANFORD, California - Marion Bartoli is no longer needled by the "little voice" that told her she did not belong in the winner's circle at grand slams and finally regards herself a true contender ahead of next month's U.S. Open.

California moves presidential primary to June

California Governor Jerry Brown speaks after vetoing the budget passed the day before by state legislators in Los Angeles, California June 16, 2011.
California has moved its presidential primary to June, consolidating trips to the poll to save money in an election that most voters in the Democratic leaning state see as a foregone conclusion.
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New York Yankees starting pitcher Hideki Irabu throws against the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning of their game at New York's Yankee Stadium

Former Yankees pitcher Irabu dead in apparent suicide

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu, who started for the New York Yankees for three seasons in the late 1990s, was found dead at his Los Angeles-area home in an apparent suicide, the coroner's office said on Thursday.
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SpaceX Plans a Launch to the International Space Station

Space Exploration Technologies, a privately owned firm developing a space taxi with U.S.-government backing, plans to launch its second test capsule on November 30 and send it all the way to the International Space Station, a company manager said on Thursday.
Hideku Irabu

Ex-Yankee Hideki Irabu Dead in Los Angeles Home

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu, who started for the New York Yankees for three seasons in the late 1990s, was found dead at his Los Angeles-area home of an apparent suicide, the coroner's office said on Thursday.
Musician Linda Ronstadt accepts award during taping of the 2008 "NCLR Alma" awards at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena

Singer Linda Ronstadt to release memoir

Grammy Award-winning singer Linda Ronstadt will release a memoir in 2013 called "Heart Like a Wheel," borrowing the title of one of her albums, her publisher said on Thursday.
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Linda Ronstadt to release memoir

Grammy Award-winning singer Linda Ronstadt will release a memoir in 2013 called "Heart Like a Wheel," borrowing the title of one of her albums, her publisher said on Thursday.
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Eat More Fiber = Less Breast Cancer

Researchers found those who ate the most of the healthy plant components were 11 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than women who ate the least. Their findings don't prove fiber itself lowers cancer risk, however, because women who consume a lot of it might be healthier overall than those who don't.
At Issue: Circumcision

San Francisco Circumcision Ban Struck from Ballot

A judge blocked a controversial ballot measure that would have banned the circumcisions of minors in San Francisco, citing religious freedom and laws regulating medical procedures in deciding it had "no legitimate purpose."
Jeffrey Gundlach co-founder and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine

TCW vs Jeffrey Gundlach trial begins in Los Angeles

Jeffrey Gundlach tried to steal a business worth hundreds of millions of dollars after he failed to become the head of his former employer, Trust Company of the West, an attorney for TCW said in court on Thursday.
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California Overwhelmed by 71 GW of Renewable Project Applications

Since putting itself on the market for renewables with its 33 percent renewable energy requirement, California has become like a wildly popular debutante, with a superfluity of suitors offering what Energy Prospects is calling a "glut" of renewable projects to meet the need.
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report: Goldman's new money machine: warehouses

In a rundown patch of Detroit, enclosed by a cyclone fence and barbed wire, stands an unremarkable warehouse that investment bank Goldman Sachs has transformed into a money-making machine.

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