 3. Arnie quits Arnold Schwarzenegger steps down* as California governator on Monday, defending his record to the last and keeping fans and others guessing about his next move. After seven years at the helm* of the Golden State, the former champion body builder turned “Terminator” movie star and businessman is leaving California in huge financial woes*. A budget crisis* in 2010 pushed California — which would have been the world’s eighth-largest economy if it were a country — to the brink* of bankruptcy. |