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Calistoga High School 2006 Scholarship Recipients and Donors

Editor's note: Calistoga High administrators asked the Register not to publish scholarship information in our June 9 Graduation edition because some students were not notified of the scholarships they received until their graduation. Lists for other Napa Valley schools were published June 9.

Bacteria found in AmCan water

American Canyon has been cited for violating the state's drinking water quality standards.

Sanitation District seeks 45 percent rate hike

After 10 years without a rate increase, Napa Sanitation District wants to raise rates by 15 percent a year for the next three years to fund system improvements.

Upvalley briefs

Public employees win

Future takes shape for St. Helena graduates

St. Helena High School's 109 graduates of 2006 will be remembered by their teachers as the class that cared about each other.

Goodbye to the green and white

Calistoga Junior-Senior High School's graduating class of 2006 marked the end of one chapter and the beginning of another with Friday night's graduation ceremony held at Napa County Fairgrounds.

Oklahoma governor approves death penalty law for repeat child molesters

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma on Friday became the fifth state to allow the death penalty for certain sex crimes, although legal scholars questioned the constitutionality of the new state law.

Police raid 'Animal House' fraternity

Associated Press Writer

Many in 'next generation' of global terrorists are dead, rest in hiding

MADRID, Spain -- They rose up quickly to take up Osama bin Laden's call for jihad, ruthless men in their 20s and 30s heralded as the next generation of global terrorism.

Military says al-Zarqawi tried to get away from U.S. forces in his dying moments

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi could barely speak, but he struggled and tried to get away from American soldiers as he lay dying on a stretcher in the ruins of his hideout.

U.S. launches dozens of raids to find al-Zarqawi followers in Iraq

Associated Press Writers

Hamas militants call off truce after Israeli attack kills seven Palestinians

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip -- Hamas militants called off a truce with Israel on Friday after a barrage of Israeli artillery shells tore into Palestinians at a beachside picnic in the Gaza Strip, killing seven civilians.

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