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Hundreds of new houses, a sports complex, a new fire station, and a new school are among the elements proposed for American Canyon's Oat Hill area, one of the city's largest swaths of undeveloped land.

The Napa Town and Country Fair opens Wednesday with the usual mix of carnival rides, giant zucchinis and free concerts, with a 25-ton sand sculpture, "Beach Blanket Baa-Baa-Lon," taking shape daily by the Third Street entrance.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pat Shelton has had the AIDS virus for at least 15 years, and also struggles with hepatitis C and high blood pressure. But what is bothering her most on this sultry summer day are hot flashes.

The fate of Napa Valley's creeks and streams is a subject of constant political debate. Earlier this month, state water officials descended on Yountville with a complex study and long-term plan to make the Napa River watershed healthier.

In the absence of a stampede to file nomination papers for local office, one former Calistoga mayor is worried no one is going to challenge the status quo in her city.

Found along the lush banks of the Napa River, deep twinkling pools beckon to anyone with a weakness for cool water on a hot summer's day.

Napa Police Officer Ed Glos is gone, but his .38-caliber revolver is still in the hands of law enforcement, in the Napa Police Historical Society collection.

How powerful should American Canyon's mayor be? Should the mayor be able to speak for the city?

When it comes to seasoning food, there's no shortage of salt options.

Napa Police officers arrested Daniel Lozano, 20, on suspicion of battery, robbery and violation of probation, following a Saturday-morning brawl.

WASHINGTON -- Not-for-profit nursing homes generally provide better care than those operated for profit, an analysis of state inspections for some 16,000 homes nationwide found.

Todd Shulman has gone back in time.

Casey Peck and his chum Jeffrey Hammond had worms on their minds Saturday morning as they ran through Copia's Kids Garden.

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VERGAS, Minn. -- It's one of the rituals of the summer camp experience: young campers starting each morning with a group song. But here at Al-Waha, it's not the standard "Camptown Ladies" fare.

CRAWFORD, Texas -- With 6,000 National Guard troops deployed to Southwestern states, President Bush said Saturday he has fulfilled his pledge to help beef up border security and challenged Congress to give him legislation that will welcome more foreigners into the country.

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- The injuries that Staff Sgt. Todd Shaw suffered in Iraq make it difficult for him to play with his three children.

ALVARADO, Texas ( -- Football coach Jimmy Isclaw stopped at a gas station to refuel his car and noticed the familiar face of a skinny kid who played for him a few years back.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The curtain is about to rise on one of the most competitive national seasons for governors races in years, and the money to finance it is already pouring into campaign coffers.

WASHINGTON -- Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in the theft of a laptop and hard drive containing sensitive data on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel, authorities said.

CHICAGO -- With more than 24,000 U.S. children treated for shopping cart-related injuries last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics says better designs and stricter government regulation are needed.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK -- With its soaring granite walls and spouting waterfalls, Yosemite's Hetch Hetchy Valley was described by conservationist John Muir as "a grand landscape garden, one of Nature's rarest and most precious mountain temples."

SACRAMENTO -- California has the nation's largest state prison system, and its most troubled.

CRAWFORD, Texas -- A year after her first protest against the war in Iraq attracted thousands of people, Cindy Sheehan resumed her vigil in President Bush's adopted hometown Sunday -- this time on land she helped buy for the peace movement.

CAIRO, Egypt -- Anger toward America is high, extremists are on the upswing and hopes for democracy in the Middle East lie dashed. The Lebanon war is creating dangerous ripples in the war on terrorism, the future of Iraq -- even the effort to keep nuclear weapons from dangerous hands.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. soldiers sent to beef up security in Baghdad were seen for the first time on the streets of the capital Saturday as Iraqi police used loudspeakers to reassure people that the Americans were there to protect them.

HAVANA -- Cuban officials said Saturday that Fidel Castro was steadily recovering from surgery and the government was still preparing for its worst-case scenario: an attack by government opponents taking advantage of the leader's health crisis.

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- The mayor of Hiroshima on Sunday called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons as he marked the 61st anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack, which killed more than 140,000 people in the Japanese city.