A brutal attack against an Albany woman landed her boyfriend in jail Thursday evening.

During opening statements Friday in the murder trial of Onesimo Garcia, prosecutor Jose Rossi told the jury Garcia was angry with his on-again, off-again girlfriend, accusing her of being unfaithful and shot her in face, killing her.

Federal prosecutors announced Friday they indicted two local businessmen on charges of bank fraud.

To those who try to park near the county government complex in downtown Napa, the spring of 2007 will be remembered as a short-lived easing of parking woes.

A developer may need to complete a long-promised traffic signal on Highway 29 in American Canyon before the city will issue more building permits.

In a separate domestic violence call, police arrested Jose Manuel Hurtado, 24, on suspicion of domestic violence, battery and possession of methamphetamine.

Anyone traveling on Highway 37 near Infineon Raceway over the weekend will want to take an alternate route if they can, as thousands of motorists are scheduled to travel that stretch of roadway for NASCAR’s Toyota/Savemart 350 event.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more thrill rides around North America, including one at Great America in Santa Clara, on Friday after a teenage girl’s feet were sliced off during a ride in Kentucky.

UNIONTOWN, Ohio — A baby girl found on an Ohio doorstep does not belong to a missing pregnant woman, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department said Friday.

NEW YORK — It’s a question that often prompts a boastful answer or a bashful one: How many sex partners have you had?

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday defended Vice President Dick Cheney’s decision not to cooperate with a government office charged with safeguarding national security information — and denied that Cheney ever suggested the agency be shut down.

HANOI, Vietnam — Bird flu has resurfaced with a vengeance in Vietnam — with five people falling ill in as many weeks — after no human cases had been reported for a year and a half.

WASHINGTON­ — The U.S. may be able to reduce combat forces in Iraq by next spring if Iraq’s own security forces continue to grow and improve, a senior American commander said Friday.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is helping expand a prison in Afghanistan to take some detainees from Guantanamo Bay, while administration officials argue about whether to bring the most dangerous to the U.S. when the Cuban facility shuts down.

WASHINGTON — President Bush’s pick to be No. 3 in the Justice Department asked to have his nomination withdrawn Friday, four days before he was to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An Army officer who played a key role in the “enemy combatant” hearings at Guantanamo Bay says tribunal members relied on vague and incomplete intelligence while being pressured to rule against detainees, often without any specific evidence.