The years of acrimony between the Jewish Agency and the private aliya group Nefesh B'Nefesh reached a climax this week with the leak of an e-mail in which Jewish Agency director-general Moshe Vigdor suggested ways to improve the agency's image at... Full Article at Jerusalem Post
In looking ahead at what to expect, the recent UCLA Anderson economic forecast also looked back. What economists saw was state government's "great budget head fake." Full Article at The Orange County Register
This April 9, 2009 photo, televangelist Oral Roberts has his photo made in his Newport Beach, Calif. , home. Roberts, 91, died on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, according to his spokesman, A. Larry Ross. Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune
The Mayon volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava Wednesday as Philippine authorities moved more than 30,000 people to shelters in case of a larger eruption. Full Article at eTaiwan News
In this Feb. 8, 2007 file photo, singer Courtney Love and her daughter Frances Bean Cobain pose as they arrive at the City of Beverly Hills and the Rodeo Drive Committee event honouring Gianni Versace and his sister Donatella Versace with the Rodeo... Full Article at Canoe
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WASHINGTON—It wasn't a state dinner, and they didn't crash it on purpose. Full Article at Boston Globe
Sacramento Kings' Ime Udoka (3) shoots against Portland Trail Blazers' Juwan Howard (6), Brandon Roy (7) and LaMarcus Aldridge (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball gam... Full Article at Boston Globe
Sacramento Kings' Ime Udoka (3) shoots against Portland Trail Blazers' Juwan Howard (6), Brandon Roy (7) and LaMarcus Aldridge (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore. , Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune
Los Angeles Kings' Jonathan Quick makes a glove save against the Edmonton Oilers during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune