Wikinews Shorts: May 15, 2009

California governor proposes more cuts
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed budget cuts and layoffs for California yesterday.

Californian education budgets would be cut by $3 billion USD for the next five years if California voters gave a yes votes to the budget-related measures for May 19's special election.

Schwarzenegger is also ready to sell state properties including the and the  to raise money for the state.

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Nintendo DS sales hit one million
sales hit one million units last April. However, even with Nintendo's moderate success with their DS gaming system, all video game sales have declined 17%.

' writer Tor Thorsen claims that, the current release of the Nintendo DS, is an acronym for "Dominating Sales i'''n America."

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Phelps ready for next race
Eight-time gold medalist, in a recent conference Thursday, told reporters he will enter a swimming competition today.

This is Phelps' first swim meet since he was photographed with a marijuana pipe in his mouth.

Phelps will swim the 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly races.

After the marijuana pipe photo was released, Phelps was unsure of whether he would swim again.

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