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• Calif. wine patriarch Robert Mondavi dies at 94
  Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the world, died in the valley Friday. He was 94.

• Texas minister charged in Internet sex sting
  A minister from a Dallas-area Baptist megachurch was caught in an Internet sex sting and charged with online solicitation of a minor, police said Friday.

• Real estate Q&A
  Q. I am hoping you can give me an answer regarding the following questions I have regarding a proposed cell tower.

• Some REOs are no deal for anxious homebuyers
  Renters Julie Herning and her husband Oliver have been trying to buy a home near San Jose's Japantown since February. With a slow housing market, and with enough money for a healthy down payment, they figured they finally had a shot at owning a piece of property.

• FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug
  Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women.

• More cancer patients having whole breast removed
  A growing number of women with early stage breast cancer seem to be choosing to have the whole breast removed instead of just the cancerous lump, doctors are reporting.

• Drug combo helps women with advanced breast cancer
  A combination of two new-generation cancer drugs modestly delayed the time it took for cancer to worsen in a study of 300 women with very advanced disease who had stopped responding to other treatments.

• Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
  Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found - adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing.

• Fannie Mae scraps higher downpayment requirements
  Fannie Mae is doing away with higher minimum down-payment requirements for borrowers in parts of the country where home prices are dropping.

• Housing posts surprising rebound in April
  Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April, a rare bit of good news in what has been the worst downturn in housing in more than two decades.

• Dairy farmers pamper cows to boost milk output
  When it comes to comfort, Kirk Christie's cows have it all - a new barn, a flat-screen television and waterbeds.

• Pope Benedict pens prayer for Chinese Catholics
  Pope Benedict XVI has written a special prayer for Chinese Catholics who face "daily trials" in the officially atheistic country, the Vatican said Friday.

• Sarah Jessica Parker: She's not a slave to fashion
  Sarah Jessica Parker says she's not a slave to fashion like her "Sex and the City" character Carrie Bradshaw.

• Calif. measure will test public opinion on gay marriage
  The California Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage will not be the last word.

• Religion in the news
  When residents of this poor, Cambodian village need something built, they call on the Lightmans.

• The less-visited side of the North Shore of Oahu is site to many locations of the TV show ‘Lost'
  When Oceanic Air Flight 815 crashes on a mysterious South Pacific island somewhere between Sydney and Los Angeles, the four dozen survivors who are "Lost" encounter a strange world that might be a fever dream, purgatory or just a highly addictive television series.

• Polygamist sect's finances are murky
  In just five years, the West Texas polygamist sect transformed 1,700 acres of scrubland purchased for $700,000 into a bustling ranch with a blazing-white limestone temple, sprawling three-story log cabins, woodworking shops and a dairy.

• Democrats drop first-responder bill
  Senate Democrats on Thursday dropped a bill allowing all police, firefighters and other first responders to unionize after Republicans complained they didn't get enough time to offer amendments.

• Order that sat out LA abuse settlement makes deal
  A Catholic order of priests that refused to join a record sex-abuse settlement between accusers and the Los Angeles Archdiocese has reached a deal, an attorney for the plaintiffs said.

• Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane
  A flight attendant angry about his work route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said.

• Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling
  Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state.

• Housing rescue deal stalls in Senate
  A key senator postponed action Thursday on a homeowner rescue package that could help half a million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages, as negotiators inched toward a bipartisan deal.

• Analysis: Gay marriage back as campaign issue
  A California Supreme Court decision clearing the way for gay marriages in the state injects an element of uncertainty into a presidential race in which the Iraq war and the sputtering economy have largely overshadowed social issues.

• Fur flies at 'Kung Fu Panda' premiere at Cannes
  Fur might be a politically incorrect fashion statement on the red carpet at the world's most-prestigious film festival. Not when you're the star of a movie called "Kung Fu Panda," though.

• Saving at a wicked clip
  Michelle Harrison recently paid 10 cents for $40 worth of groceries.