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Just 40 days after winning the women's single title at Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli of France announced on Wednesday that she is retiring from tennis at age 28. Bartoli joins a relatively short list of top athletes who decided to call it quits in their prime. Audie Cornish talks to Stefan Fatsis for more.

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Also: The status of the trade talks between the U.S. and the E.U. are unclear; there are primary elections in Arizona and Florida today; and somebody mysteriously stole 500 cows in New Zealand.

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Also: Ohio Gov. John Kasich is expected to run for President; there's violence in Burundi's contested presidential election; and the Houston Ship Channel reopens after an accident.

John Green's new book Everything Is Tuberculosis shares the same goal as his other work: to make the world "suck less." In this week's Wild Card, he shares how he battles despair.

This week, we've finally received an infusion of fresh blood in the form of a brand-new album and a brand-new song — by two different artists, no less! — debuting at No. 1.

Rumors have been circulating for some time that -- just like in the world of sports -- classical musicians are using performance-enhancing drugs. NPR's Tom Goldman talks to NPR's Lisa Simeone about the speculations.