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

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