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California Governor Jerry Brown speaks after vetoing the budget passed the day before by state legislators in Los Angeles, California June 16, 2011.

California moves presidential primary to June

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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Construction begins on Sentinel natgas plant in California

Competitive Power Ventures Inc (CPV), GE Energy Financial Services and Diamond Generating Corp (DGC) began construction at their co-owned, 800-megawatt gas-fired CPV Sentinel Energy Center in Riverside County, California, the companies said in a release on Thursday.
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Hustler Offers Casey Anthony $500K to Pose Nude

The publishing magnate said that he had not seriously considered making Casey an offer in the immediate aftermath of her trial, reasoning that no one wanted to see her, with or without her clothes. But he reconsidered while on a book tour recently, when numerous people across the country approached him and asked why he had not featured the much-reviled Anthony in his magazine.
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."

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