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ALAMO - Douglas Wood, who was a captive in Baghdad for six weeks before a military raid converged June 15 on the place he was being held, came home to his family's Alamo home late Thursday night, making a few brief statements before going into the house. Earlier, upon his early evening arrival at San Francisco International Airport, Wood had told reporters from NBC's San Jose affiliate, KNTV, "You never know what's going to happen next ... When they come in the night and shoot guys ... knowing ... tonight might be your turn. You don't get used to that."...

CONCORD - Amid growing concern across the nation about the war in Iraq, Concord on Sunday celebrated the homecoming of one of its sons, the sixth such event in a tradition that began earlier this year. Marine Sgt. Kevin Tillman, 25, a 1998 graduate of Concord High School, served in Kuwait and Iraq from March 2003 to September 2003. Tillman, a Contra Costa County Sheriff's deputy, is in the Individual Ready Reserve and could get called up again."God bless America. We are blessed with these people who are still willing to stand up and serve," said Dave McDonald, immediate past...