The Boy Scouts of Troop 4 in Napa have been bitten by the spirit of giving.

With four shopping days until Christmas, the new $7 million First Street bridge was scheduled to open this morning as a gift to holiday shoppers.

Special needs children get early Christmas

A Napa man was carted off to the county jail after he allegedly helped himself to about $400 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart on Lincoln Avenue and left without paying for it, according to police.

The sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a Yountville man Sunday has been identified as Jerry Bohlander, sheriff's Capt. John Robertson said.

Michelle Hawkins had resigned herself to the fact she probably would never again see two expensive pieces of furniture that were taken while being delivered to her business on First Street in downtown Napa.

"What a difference a year and a half makes," Napa County's transportation guru Mike Zdon told supervisors Tuesday.

Democrats say they never OK'd wiretapping

CHICAGO (AP) -- About a third of U.S. teens would flunk a treadmill fitness test, a new study shows, meaning that more than 7 million youngsters could face higher risks for heart disease later in life.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- In one of the biggest courtroom clashes between faith and evolution since the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, a federal judge barred a Pennsylvania public school district Tuesday from teaching "intelligent design" in biology class, saying the concept is creationism in disguise.

NEW YORK -- Commuters trudged through the freezing cold, rode bicycles and shared cabs Tuesday as New York's bus and subway workers went on strike for the first time in more than 25 years and stranded millions of riders at the height of the Christmas rush. A judge slapped the union with a $1 million-a-day fine.

CHICAGO -- About a third of U.S. teens would flunk a treadmill fitness test, a new study shows, meaning that more than 7 million youngsters could face higher risks for heart disease later in life.

LOS ANGELES -- Celebrities from hip-hop star Snoop Dogg to motivational speaker Tony Robbins lamented the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams at a funeral Tuesday that drew hundreds to the violence-wracked area where Williams founded the murderous Crips gang three decades ago.

CHAKLALA AIR BASE, Pakistan -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he doubts that Osama bin Laden is in position to assert full command over the al-Qaida terrorist network.