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Napa student attends National Young Leaders Conference

Last week I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal written by Jonathan Clements. I like most of the columns written by Clements, but occasionally I disagree with him. This article entitled, "Keeping Your Financial Footing at 22 -- So You Can Buy That House at 32" was timely.

John Tuteur

Napa

The Wine Merchant of the San Francisco Ferry Building signed to create a wine bar at the Oxbow Public Market to be built next to Copia. It will be called the Oxbow Market Wine Merchant and Wine Bar.

Motorola is the latest supporter to join the growing list of nationally recognized sponsors of the Tug McGraw Foundation's annual event, "An Evening with Tim McGraw & Friends: Honoring Those Who Make a Difference," on Nov. 3, at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia, Penn.

MILWAUKEE -- Antoinette Lucero figured she'd never find a job. Unemployed and on welfare for five years, she wondered who would hire a deaf woman with little training.

LOS ANGELES -- Mickey Mouse, SpongeBob and the Tasmanian Devil are coming to a produce aisle near you.

NEW YORK -- Six years ago, Bruce Wilbur did what most Americans wouldn't dream of: he got rid of his car. And his minivan, too.

WASHINGTON -- A trio of oil companies led by Chevron Corp. has tapped a petroleum pool deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico that could boost the nation's reserves by more than 50 percent.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved Delta Air Lines Inc.'s request to terminate its pilots' pension plan.