At Palo Alto media conference, Georgia men stand by story despite lack of clear evidence. Are we in the midst of a media three-ring circus or on the breaking edge of science

Luther Burbank Savings foreclosed on the longtime home of Traversos deli, a key downtown parcel where the late real estate investor Raj Gulati had hoped to build a modern high-rise.

Online DVD rental leader Netflix resumed normal shipments Friday after its distribution centers were crippled by three days of severe technical problems, a spokesman said.

Hershey said Friday it plans to raises prices on its products by an average of 11 percent as it tries to stem the impact of soaring commodities costs, and trimmed its projections for 2008 and 2009.

SAN DIEGO - Phil Mickelson had dueling emotions as he finished the first U.S. Open played in his hometown.
Leftys self-proclaimed once-in-lifetime opportunity to hoist his first U.S. Open trophy had long since ended before he finally played his first sub-par round at Torrey Pines South Course, a 3-under 68 on Sunday.

The resignation of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospitals top executive comes during a precarious period for health care in Sonoma County. In particular, hospitals and doctors are being squeezed both by Kaiser and low reimbursements.

While number of jobs still increasing, number of people seeking work rising faster

Oil fell to its lowest price in three months Friday, briefly touching $111 after the dollar muscled higher and OPEC predicted the worlds thirst for fuel next year will fall to its lowest point since 2002.

Wachovia on Friday agreed to buy back up to $8.8 billion in auction-rate securities and pay a $50 million fine, the latest bank caught in a regulatory crackdown of the bonds.

He did it - barely, barely, barely. Michael Phelps tied Mark Spitzs record for the most gold medals at a single Olympics on Saturday, getting his seventh in Beijing by winning the 100-meter butterfly by the slimmest of margins - 0.01 seconds

BARTs Civic Center station was closed and evacuated near noon today after a person was struck by a train, BART officials said. Only one line was passing through the station - the Pittsburg/Bay Point to San Francisco International Airport line. Others were...

Authorities held out hope Saturday that they could find a clerk who was abducted at gunpoint in a crime captured by the security cameras in a rural grocery store, a sheriff said. Officials were questioning a suspect. Archer County Sheriff Ed Daniels said law...

Democrats stance against offshore drilling has shifted more, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaling on Saturday her willingness to consider opening up more coastal areas to oil and gas exploration. In her partys weekly radio address, Pelosi said opening...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger missed co-hosting an environmental summit in Tahoe today to have a torn meniscus examined by a doctor in Los Angeles. The governor suffered the knee injury while exercising several days ago but hasnt had time to get it looked at,...

President Bush warned Russia on Saturday against trying to pry loose two separatist regions in Georgia and said Moscow must end military operations in the West-leaning democracy that once was part of the Soviet empire. Bush told reporters at his Texas ranch...

Five children, a teenager and a mother died Saturday in a fire that engulfed a Memphis home, witnesses and fire officials said. Memphis Fire Department Lt. Keith Staples said two teenagers and an 11-year-old boy escaped and were hospitalized in stable...