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Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened the door to his successful candidacy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has placed his movie comeback on hold "until further notice" while the former California governor focuses "on personal matters," his lawyer said Thursday.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child with a member of their household staff.

After seven years in the California governor's mansion, Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to his old day job: acting.

The action involving Esteban Nuñez, who had pleaded guilty to participating in the killing of a college student, comes amid a flurry of final-day pardons and appointments by Schwarzenegger.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a state of emergency declaration that gives San Diego County additional legal authority to seize and destroy a Escondido-area home that authorities described as a bomb-making factory.

California will enter the fourth month of its fiscal year on Friday without a state budget in place after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers failed to agree on Thursday on a spending plan.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers ended talks Thursday night without reaching a deal on how to close California's $19 billion deficit, breaking a state record for the longest budget impasse.

A judge on Friday declined to force the state controller to comply with an order by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pay state workers minimum wage while the state remains without a budget.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday signed a $20-million settlement for Jaycee Dugard, a woman who was held captive for 18 years by a convicted rapist who had been under the supervision of the state.