The four-lane Highway 29 through American Canyon will have to be widened to six lanes to meet the ever-growing number of cars and commercial trucks, according to a city study.

Although he sustained a traumatic brain injury 16 years ago, Roger Bartley's disability is invisible. He is remarkably fit, more than six feet tall and has a well-developed tan. If you were still in high school, Bartley, possessing an easy calm and no pretensions, is the person you'd pick first to be on your gym class team.

Even as several North Bay communities, including St. Helena, have created measures to conserve their water, most cities in the county are in good shape for now.

Residents in southeast Napa looked on late Monday morning as 10 fire hydrants drained approximately 160,000 gallons of water onto residential streets due to a chlorine spill into the city's water supply.

Napa County's progressive land use policies and preservation efforts would be strengthened even further if the recipient of this year's Earl Thollander Environmental Award has his way.

Proponents of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in American Canyon pleaded their case for what they hope is the final time Monday, but Judge Ray Guadagni indicated he wants to hear more before deciding whether to approve the controversial retail center that stands nearly complete -- but empty -- at Napa Junction.

Napa police investigators are trying to sort out what happened early Monday morning that ended with the arrests of five people accused of kidnapping.

MIAMI -- The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened Monday with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants provided money, recruits and military equipment for nearly a decade to Islamic extremists involved in violence worldwide.

LAKE CITY, Fla. -- Firefighters managed to keep a sprawling wildfire along the Georgia-Florida line in check Monday, though officials warned that more residents might have to evacuate.

BESSEMER, Ala. -- At least one gunman killed two bank tellers and wounded two others during a robbery Monday morning, and deputies wounded a suspect who was walking out with a hostage, authorities said.

ATLANTA -- The Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to offer replacements to people who purchased two soft drinks to settle lawsuits over ingredients that can form cancer-causing benzene, the plaintiffs said Monday.

JUNEAU, Alaska -- A riverboat-style cruise ship ran aground off the Alaska coast early Monday, forcing an evacuation of more than 200 passengers before it could move again with a Coast Guard escort.

Nurses at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville call 88-year-old resident Marie Lumos "a pistol," and it's easy to see why.

When it comes to games based on movies, the rule generally is that the game isn't going to be very good. In fact, the game is usually going to be bad -- a poorly created rush job with nothing but money in mind.

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KEENE -- United Farm Workers endorsed changing the method for establishing unions from confidential ballots to membership card campaigns, saying a one-week waiting period in organizing elections allows companies to intimidate laborers before they vote.

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday released a revised state budget that calls for spending slightly more than he proposed in January, even as the state's soft housing market is expected to depress tax revenue in the coming year.

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BELEM, Brazil -- A rancher pleaded not guilty Monday to ordering the killing of American nun who died while trying to save the Amazon rain forest in a case that human rights activists see as a test of Brazil's commitment to halting violence over land.

BAGHDAD -- An al-Qaida front group warned the United States on Monday to halt its expanding search for three missing American soldiers "if you want their safety." The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time it believes the servicemen are in terrorist hands.