Napa’s double murder hits TV, book stores
More than two years after two young Napa women were stabbed to death in their southwest Napa home, on Tuesday night CBS television is broadcasting a recap of the killings.
Napans asked what they’d like at new Trancas park
The public is being asked to plan a large riverfront park where residents can enjoy nature — and maybe a round of golf.
Taxpayers Alliance grilling local officials
Michael Haley is convinced that local governments are set on a course of financial disaster.
Wine Train battle back to high court
The city of St. Helena’s legal battle against the Napa Valley Wine Train is marching yet again to the California Supreme Court.
Accident closes Highway 29 Upvalley
A vehicle accident along Highway 29 in Calistoga forced the California Highway Patrol to close a stretch of the highway for most of the day Sunday while PG&E officials labored to repair a power pole that was involved in the collision.
Copple on 48 Hours delayed to Saturday
The national television broadcast of “48 Hours” about the 2004 murders of two Napa women due to air on Tuesday at 10 p.m., has been postponed until Saturday.
Yountville man seriously injured in crash on Trail
A Yountville man was seriously injured late Sunday night in a two-car crash on Silverado Trail.
Layoffs, cutbacks for Napa
Napa City Manager Mike Parness is recommending employee layoffs, service cutbacks and higher city fees to balance the city’s general fund budget next year.
Helping the poor and boosting the U.S. image
NORTENO, Panama — Dressed in sweaty surgical scrubs and grappling with a screaming 6-year-old girl as he pulled her abscessed tooth, dentist Jason Vogt didn’t look the part of a diplomat.
Top ex-military leaders call global warming a major security risk
WASHINGTON — Global warming poses a “serious threat to America’s national security” with terrorism worsening and the U.S. will likely be dragged into fights over water and other shortages, top retired military leaders warn in a new report.
Volunteer rates at historic high since 9/11 dip slightly in 2006
WASHINGTON — People in this country have been volunteering at record levels in the years following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but that voluntary service dipped slightly in 2006, a study found.
Nor'easter soaks East Coast
NEW YORK — Airlines canceled 300 flights Sunday as a hard-blowing nor’easter gathered strength along the East Coast and threatened to deliver some of the worst shore flooding in 14 years.
Democrats slowed in effort to cut Medicare’s managed care programs
WASHINGTON — Deep cuts in Medicare’s managed care programs seemed a sure bet last winter when Democrats, not exactly fans of health maintenance organizations, began to seek money to expand health coverage for poor children.
A life off the streets
MEXICO CITY — Carmen Munoz ticks off the basic facts of her life in a quiet, neutral voice that belies the horrors she has known:
Cities fight homelessness with apartments instead of shelters
NORFOLK, Va. — Andrew Adams hated one soup kitchen because he believed the workers deprived him of food. He stopped staying at a homeless shelter because he was convinced the people who ran it were plotting to evict him.
Gunman kills 32 at Virginia Tech before committing suicide
5:30 p.m. BLACKSBURG, Va. -- A gunman massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history Monday, cutting down his victims in two attacks two hours and a half-mile apart before the university could figure out what was going on and get the warning out to students.
Children’s summer camp stats
The Register is collecting information about summer camps for children. If your organization operates a local summer camp or your family has a favorite camp, please send information about the camps — including schedule, location, types of activities, cost and contact info — to Jillian Jones, c/o Napa Valley Register, 1615 Second St., Napa, CA 94559 or e-mail
jjones@napanews.com. Information must be received by April 30./Register
Foreclosure stories wanted
Have you faced foreclosure or the sale of a home to avoid foreclosure? Register business writer
Jennifer Huffman would like to hear your story. Please e-mail her at
jhuffman@napanews.com or call 256-2218./Register
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10 years later, Grand Forks, N.D., touts recovery from flood
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Heavy rain and snow still make people nervous along the Red River of the North, which devastated North Dakota’s third-largest city 10 years ago and forced thousands to flee in one of the costliest and largest U.S. flood evacuations before Hurricane Katrina.
State phone regulators failed to collect at least $33M
From The Associated Press
Gonzales says firings weren’t improper, claims little direct role
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, fighting to save his job, said in prepared Senate testimony Sunday he has “nothing to hide” in the firings of eight federal prosecutors but claimed a hazy memory about his involvement in them.
World Bank chief vows to keep leading anti-poverty efforts
WASHINGTON — Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Sunday he will continue to lead bank efforts to reduce global poverty, resisting calls to step down over his involvement in securing a huge pay increase for a close female friend. “The bank has important work to do and I will continue to do it,” he said at a news conference winding up a meeting of the steering committee for the bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Bombs rock Shiite areas in Baghdad, killing at least 45
BAGHDAD — Cars, minibuses and roadside bombs exploded in Shiite Muslim enclaves across the city Sunday, killing at least 45 people in sectarian violence that defied the Baghdad security crackdown, while a radical anti-U.S. cleric raised a new threat to Iraq’s government.
Russian police clash with opposition supporters
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Riot police beat and detained dozens of anti-Kremlin demonstrators Sunday on a second day of protests that tested the weak opposition’s ability to challenge widely popular President Vladimir Putin.
Man charged with murder and arson in fire that killed 5 kids
QUINCY, Ill. — A man was charged with setting a house on fire in western Illinois early Sunday and killing five children, police said.