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After swiftly grabbing the top spot in the "top two" primary on Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is favored to win reelection in November over Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle.

Thomas McMahon's novel isn't long, but writer Sue Miller says it manages to accomplish frequent hilarity, tender sexiness and sheer erudition. With intelligence and humor, McKay's Bees wonders about all that is funny, sad and amazing in the world.

Whirl is the new album by jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch. The prolific musician spent two months of 2008 in a coma brought about by his struggle with AIDS. In spite of his poor health, Hersch has returned to the jazz scene as sharp as ever with his first studio recording since his coma.

Tell Me More parenting contributor Leslie Morgan Steiner has a happy marriage, healthy kids and a rewarding career. But many would be surprised to know that she is also a survivor of domestic violence. Steiner's first husband beat her regularly and nearly killed her.

"Axios" is Greek for "worthy" — and now we know how much the company is worth, less than six years after its news site debuted.

In Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami spins whimsical and daring short stories about a talking monkey, man-eating cats on a Greek island and the girl from Ipanema. The writer himself appears in a few of them.

Scott Simon remembers the life and work of Anne Garrels, the formrer NPR foreign correspondent who died this week at the age of 71.

Growing up on bar stools and putting on concerts in cowgirl outfits as a child, Cook decided to make music her full-time gig later on in her life. The country singer-songwriter takes time to write multidimensional lyrics about complex characters who deserve them.

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, Morning Edition commentator Miles Hoffman takes the measure of Schumann, the man and his music.

A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Portland, Ore., protests was shot and killed by law enforcement officers. Officers confronted him Thursday outside an Olympia, Wash., apartment.