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WIMBLEDON, England – Roger Federer sweetly made delicate volleys drop as if it was no trouble at all. He ferociously aimed his one-handed backhand deep into the corners of Centre Court, making the ball land on lines and kick up chalk. He relentlessly kept attacking with his forehand, taking it crosscourt and up the lines.

LAS VEGAS – Buried in a ballroom amid the opulence of a high-rise casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, the 12 members of the U.S. Olympic basketball team were unveiled Saturday.

SACRAMENTO – The state Senate authorized initial funding for California's high-speed rail project, handing a victory to Gov. Jerry Brown and the Obama administration, which have been pushing hard for the first-in-the-nation bullet train.

The Badwater Ultramarathon for those of you who don't know is one of the world's toughest races. It starts at Furnace Creek (elevation -280') in Death Valley and finishes 135 miles away at the Mt Whitney Portal at an elevation of 8300 feet.

Why No American Flags on the golf course? With the Fourth of July having passed by this week, many golfers asked why golf courses do not use American flags on each hole to celebrate the holiday. Although the course would like to use American flags on all patriotic holidays, we can’t. Golfers lay the flag pole - with the flag – on the ground while putting.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The problem with the All-Star Game isn't that the rosters are too big, to the point that dugouts have the feel of a crowded supermarket. And the problem with the All-Star Game isn't that a player from every team has to be selected, so that middle relievers from bad teams stand next to millionaire sluggers from good ones.

Lamar Odom, traded last week from Dallas to the Los Angeles Clippers, informed USA Basketball on Tuesday that he won't be available to play for the national team in the London Olympics.

Sandra Arias admitted to police that she accidentally hit Joshua Valdez with her car near a Morgan Hill intersection last month, and that she drank alcohol before driving that night, according to court records.

In an effort to encourage more people to help search for missing 15-year-old Sierra LaMar, Morgan Hill filmmaker Brian Garcia recently produced a two-part documentary highlighting the volunteer search efforts.