I took two-and-a-half hours to do my hair that morning. It had to be perfect. When my father walked into the room every half hour he'd just shake his head and laugh.

With a half-cent transportation sales tax on the June ballot, the campaign to win over Napa County's more than 65,000 voters is about to begin.

A sea of students dressed in red, white and blue greeted Staff Sgt. Edward Clunies-Ross earlier this month, when he picked up goods for fellow deployed soldiers from students at St. Apollinaris Elementary School.

When Sgt. Jeremy Profitt arrived in Iraq for his first tour of duty, he told his mom he felt like he wasn't supported by his nation. Sindy Biederman responded to her son by starting American Canyon Troop Support, working out of her home to send care packages to American troops deployed around the world.

A federal court has ordered Oscar Braun, who owns a trailer at Lake Berryessa's Pleasure Cove resort, to vacate the premises.

PINEROLO, Italy -- American curler Scott Baird isn't just old enough to be his teammates' father: He's old enough to have curled with two generations of Pete Fenson's family and win national championships with both.

By DAVID GERMAIN

WASHINGTON -- The honor of hunting with the vice president of the United States turned into a medical emergency for a Texas attorney.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A record-breaking storm buried sections of the Northeast under more than 2 feet of snow on Sunday, marooning thousands of air travelers and making even a walk to the corner store treacherous.

NEW YORK -- Peter Benchley, whose novel "Jaws" terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow said Sunday.

WASHINGTON -- Unheeded warnings, poor planning and apathy in recognizing the scope of Hurricane Katrina's destruction led to the slow emergency response from the White House down to local parishes, a House investigation concludes.

Another church fire in Alabama ruled arson, bringing total to 10

BEIJING -- The gateway to marital bliss has a frosted glass door emblazoned with two candy-apple red hearts and lots of computers.

TEHRAN, Iran -- The Iranian government on Sunday rejected an accusation by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that it has fanned violent protests over caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad and demanded an apology, saying that could reduce growing tension.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A member of Haiti's electoral council said results of the presidential elections were being manipulated, echoing complaints by throngs of supporters of Rene Preval, who poured into the streets on Sunday with angry allegations of fraud.