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  • Investors urge companies to disclose political spending

    As regulators wrestle with whether to force companies to disclose more about their political spending, an increasing number of shareholders are taking matters into their own hands, thrusting the issue before boards of directors across the country.The number of shareholder proposals demanding more transparency in political spending has more than doubled since 2010, jumping from 61 to 128 this ...

  • Rams hand Bulldogs first loss in 27 games

    The Rams (18-12), three-time defending Sac-Joaquin Section Division I champs, play at 7 p.m. Monday in the winners' bracket final at Pacific's Klein Family Field. They'll face the winner of Saturday's late game between Turlock-Pitman (17-12) and Atwater-Buhach Colony ...

  • Cardinals waste a rally fall to Brewers in 10th

    A week ago Saturday, the Cardinals were reveling in their rotation. Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright had just pitched masterfully in ...

  • European discomfort with U.S. farming could derail trade talks

    Many Europeans see American farming and its reliance on genetically modified crops as more Frankenstein than Farmer in the Dell.Now, the opposition here to U.S. agricultural practices is threatening to become a major battle in discussions starting next month that could sweep away trade barriers between the United States and Europe.Many here worry that a trade pact would ease regulations that ...

  • Oxbow gives Lukas a record

    BALTIMORE o Thanks to Oxbow's wire-to-wire win Saturday over Kentucky Derby winner Orb, trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens have themselves another classic to add to their stellar resumes."I get paid to spoil dreams," the 77-year-old Lukas said after his record 14th win in a Triple Crown race. "Unfortunately we go over here and you can't mail 'em in. ...


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Movie Review

The New Eve (La Nouvelle Eve)

Midway through "The New Eve" ("La Nouvelle Eve"), the film's protagonist, a willful, rebellious young Parisian named Camille (Karin Viard) tells a friend that she has fallen in love with a married man. When she asks him what he thinks, he replies, "Well, falling in love with a married man is like fighting for your own unhappiness. It's the best way of going nowhere." ...

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  • Cards to put Garcia on DL braced for long absence

    Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia will go on the disabled list Sunday with intensifying pain in his left shoulder that could soon lead to the surgery he sought to avoid last fall.Garcia felt enough discomfort in his pitching shoulder Friday night during his 5 1/3-inning start that he considered asking out of the game while pitching it, he said. The Cardinals announced Saturday that a scan of the ...

  • Lynn is late _ and Brewers strike early

    Amid the several twists and turns of Saturday night's 6-4 Milwaukee win over the Cardinals in 10 innings, one rather freakish play in the Milwaukee third inning well could have been the most significant moment of the game.The Cardinals just had staked starter Lance Lynn to a 2-0 lead and Lynn had two outs and a runner at second with Norichika Aoki up. Aoki hit a hard grounder which glanced ...

  • Napravnik settles for third aboard Mylute

    Napravnik settles for third aboard MyluteRosie Napravnik had to settle for a third-place finish in her first Preakness ride.Napravnik won her first career race at Pimlico Race Course and was hoping to become the first female in history to win the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. A poor start aboard Mylute spoiled the plan."He was very sluggish out of the gate for the first quarter of a ...

  • Santana strong but Royals cant score against As

    OAKLAND, Calif. — The Kansas City Royals got another stellar effort from a starting pitcher and had nothing to show for it. That's to be expected when the offense is struggling the way Kansas City's is. One day after James Shields pitched eight strong innings in a series-opening one-run loss to Oakland, Ervin Santana nearly matched him but got very little support in a 2-1 loss ...

  • Gast makes second start in rubber match vs. Crew

    On Tuesday, John Gast became the first Cardinals left-handed pitcher to start and win his Major League debut since Allen Watson in 1993. He'll once again be asked to pitch in Jake Westbrook's place on Sunday while the right-hander recovers from right elbow inflammation on the 15-day disabled list. Gast will throw the deciding game of the Cardinals' weekend series against the ...

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