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Web hosting companies are complaining that large numbers of genuine e-mails sent to thousands of small firms are being deleted without trace by an overzealous YahooXtra spam filter.

Simon McBeth, a spokesman for Domainz, one of the country's largest web hosters, says about 2000 of its customers may have been affected. But he says that because e-mail is being wiped completely, rather than sent to junk mail boxes or bounced back to senders, many businesses may not even know their mail is not being delivered.

In Calif., starting over after losing everything

RAMONA, Calif. - Nicole Booth's hands were stained with ash from picking through the blackened and twisted pieces left of her life after an inferno engulfed everything she owned.

She tried not to cry in front of her four children. But in the few moments she can steal away, the tears spill down her cheeks.

Like so many others, Booth took the first steps toward rebuilding her life yesterday, a week after a firestorm destroyed her San Diego County home and business.

"I feel ashamed," Booth said, her voice dropping to a whisper. "I've never had to ask for help. I don't know what to say to people."

The wildfires, which destroyed more than 2,000 homes, continued to burn yesterday. With more than a dozen blazes fully surrounded, firefighters were trying to gain control of six others that were at least half contained.

Bucks Fidelity leader reflects on long career

�I'm only a little piece in Fidelity Savings' history,� he said. �My 18 years is a relatively small time in a 123-year period.�