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Thai and Cambodian soldiers revived a long-simmering dispute over an 11th century temple near their border, trading fire with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in clashes that left as many as four people dead. The latest flare-up could overshadow a summit of Asian leaders opening next week in the Thai coastal town of Pattaya. The summit was delayed in December after anti-government protesters took over the two main airports in Bangkok, the Thai capital.

Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of a woman in Temple City. The body of a 65-year-old woman was discovered in her home in the 10300 block of Key West Street on Sunday morning, KTLA reported. Authorities would not say Monday whether the woman was a victim of a homicide or a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said there was no sign of forced entry. Neighbors told KTLA the woman's husband died recently and she appeared despondent in recent days.

at No. 5 Penn State 31, Temple 6: Evan Royster ran for 134 yards and a touchdown, and the Nittany Lions (3-0) revived their rushing attack. Royster had 119 yards by halftime, and Daryll Clark threw for 167 yards and two scores as Penn State won its 27th straight game against the Owls (0-2). No. 11 Ohio State 38, Toledo 0: Terrelle Pryor hooked up with Dane Sanzenbacher on two early touchdown passes and the Buckeyes (2-1) defused the high-scoring spread attack of the Rockets (1-2)

Sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of a 65-year-old woman in Temple City. The woman's body was found Sunday morning inside her house on the 10300 block of Key West Street by her daughter, who did not live there, said Sgt. Rich Peña of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Peña said the death was a homicide, not a suicide, but could not give further details. Investigators have not identified a suspect. The victim's name has not been released.

"Jews Shouldn't Adulate Temple Mount" (Commentary, Jan. 21) proposes some shocking changes for Judaism. Without some kind of sovereignty, Jews all through the centuries have been prevented from even worshiping at the Western Wall. How do Jews get away from the fact that over 600 times in the Old Testament the name of Jerusalem appears. "Let my right arm wither, if I forget thee, O Jerusalem." What would David Myers and Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller have Jews do, throw out the Torah and the rest of the Old Testament?

Bill Cosby, comedian, actor and former Temple football player, can sum up in one word what he remembers about his days as an Owls running back. "Fumbling," Cosby said. That may have been the case for his two-year career at Temple. But Cosby is not dropping the ball for Temple these days. In fact, he has been carrying it. Cosby has given the Owls a clear advantage over UCLA in the area of former-player-turned-Hollywood-personality with the EagleBank Bowl looming Dec. 29 in Washington.

The Jewish holiday Tu B'Shevat is a celebration of the bounty of nature, usually commemorated by eating fruit and planting trees. But members of Valley Beth Israel, a Sun Valley Conservative synagogue, added a new tradition Sunday, distributing fruit trees to dozens of families from the surrounding community in a symbol of sharing that they hope will bear fruit for years to come. About 80 families -- enrolled in the Roscoe Canyon Child Care Resource Center, which operates a Head Start program in facilities it leases from the temple -- signed up to receive apple, orange, apricot, peach and nectarine trees, which were donated by Tree- People, a nonprofit environmental group.

Cambodia and Thailand agreed to pull back about 1,200 troops stationed near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, a symbolic gesture that fell short of ending a border dispute there. Foreign ministers from the two Southeast Asian nations agreed to further talks, but no date was set. Officials agreed to pull back about 800 Cambodian and 400 Thai troops stationed in and around a pagoda about 980 feet west of the temple complex. It is unclear, however, where the troops will be sent or when the move will take place.

The only act of violence Jesus Christ ever commited was, when angered, he scourged and drove the money-changers from the temple. It is no mere coincidence that he now is driving the TV money-changers, hiding under the guise of evangelism, from the temple they have defiled with greed, rapacity and covetousness. They fight each other for the spoils of technological Bible-banging with more avaricious fervor than they fight Satan. Lolling beside swimming pools in their luxurious estates, bought with the crumpled, sweat-stained dollar bills of their credulous congregations, they blandly admit fornication and marital infidelity while they plan the next act of cupidity against their fellow charlatans.

City Council members have tentatively agreed to pay themselves a salary for the first time. The $300 per month each member would receive is recommended by state guidelines for cities with a population comparable to Temple City's 32,000. The ordinance also would allow council members to receive reimbursement for work-related expenses. A final vote is scheduled for June 6. Council members in the city incorporated in 1960 have never been paid. Keith Durham, assistant to the city manager, said he knows of no other cities other than La Canada-Flintridge and San Marino where council members receive no pay. Councilman Kenneth Gillanders said he introduced the ordinance after realizing that members are ineligible for benefits, such as low-cost health insurance plans and pension plans, that are available to paid city employees.

In the latest version of Temple Run, following the yellow brick road is crucial to getting a high score. Disney Mobile Games and Imangi Studios on Tuesday released "Temple Run: Oz," a special version of the popular mobile game based on the film "Oz the Great and Powerful," which opens Friday. In the Oz-themed game, users play as Oscar Diggs, or the Wizard of Oz. They run through the Land of Oz and its various areas, including the Whimsie Woods and the Dark Forest. There's also a bonus level where users ride on a hot-air balloon collecting coins and gems.

Is Scott Weiland still the frontman of Stone Temple Pilots? Depends on whom you ask. Early Wednesday, the other three members of that grunge-era holdover -- guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz -- released a tersely worded statement declaring that they had  "officially terminated Scott Weiland. " The firing came after what Rolling Stone recently described as "a rocky period" for the band, which following a lengthy break reunited in 2008 and toured heavily in support of a self-titled 2010 album.

Imangi Studios' "Temple Run 2" became the fastest mobile game to reach 50 million downloads Thursday, hitting the mark on the 13th day of its release. The game, which is available for both Apple and Android devices, beat the record set in April 2012 by "Angry Birds Space. " That game reached 50 million downloads in 35 days. “The game has performed beyond our wildest dreams, and we are thrilled that gamers and fans have embraced 'Temple Run 2' in such a short period of time,” said Keith Shepherd, co-founder of Imangi Studios, in a statement . 10 tech companies to watch in 2013 In "Temple Run 2" players control a running character who has to jump, slide, turn, swing down a rope and drive a mine cart for as long as they can so they can get the highest score possible.

"Temple Run 2," the sequel to the wildly popular mobile game, is now available for Android and Kindle devices. The app hit the Google Play store and Amazon.com Appstore early Thursday morning. Just like the original "Temple Run," the new game is also available free -- although users can purchase upgrades within the game. "Temple Run 2" is similar to the original game where users are running through an endless world, trying to survive and achieve the highest score possible.

Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich raised some eyebrows when, during a recent candidates forum, he referred to himself as "an outsider. " That might be a tough description for an incumbent to justify. But Trutanich, facing three challengers in the city's March 5 primary election after a failed run for district attorney, has embraced it. "I'm not a career politician," Trutanich told the audience at Temple Israel in Hollywood last week. "I got into this game at 57, not 27. " The age reference seemed to be a dig at past city councilman and former state Assemblyman Mike Feuer, widely viewed as Trutanich's main competitor as he seeks a second term (although Feuer was 37, not 27, when he won the council seat)

Imangi Studios, the developer behind "Temple Run," has come out with a sequel to the popular game, releasing "Temple Run 2" for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The new game launched late Wednesday night and is already atop Apple's App Store chart for free apps. In "Temple Run 2," it isn't enough to simply run, slide and jump. Imangi has added more moves, including swinging from a rope and riding in a mine cart. The new game also features different environments and more detailed graphics.

Masked men burned down a synagogue in a provincial Romanian town in what is believed to be the first such attack in the country since the anti-Semitic terror under German occupation in World War II, members of the Bucharest Jewish community said. They said at least two assailants stabbed and seriously injured the janitor of the 18th-Century temple in Buhusi, about 160 miles north of Bucharest. The attackers then set fire to the building by pouring gasoline on the walls.

Todd McNair rushed for 127 yards and 2 touchdowns Thursday night, and Temple is off to its best start since its 10-2 season of 1979 as a result of its 23-3 victory over Akron. McNair, a junior tailback, carried the ball 32 times in recording his third game of at least 100 yards this season. Last week, he had 41 carries, three shy of the school record, in Temple's 24-21 upset of Pittsburgh. The win raised Temple's record to 3-1. Akron fell to 1-3.

Sandy Hook. Aurora. Columbine. It's appalling, but one way to achieve fame in America is through acts of infamy. What if that weren't so? Today's media might profit by studying an example from ancient Greece on how to keep evildoers from becoming instant celebrities. The precedent sprang from a heinous crime in 356 BC that occurred in Ephesus, a magnificent city in what is now Turkey. The city's crowning glory was an Ionic temple to the Ephesian version of the Greek goddess Artemis.

The sound of chanting echoed through the makeshift temple, to the slow steady pulse of a drum. Forty-nine days had passed since Jonathan Van's uncle had died in Vietnam, and he and his family gathered at Tinh Xa Giac Ly in Westminster, chanting so that his spirit might find its path. The puffs of incense dancing in the air would serve as the vehicle to carry his spirit to the next life, according to Buddhist tradition. The relatives knelt on the floor of the two-car garage, high heels and sandals scattered outside on the driveway, as other loved ones spilled out to the patio, reciting from yellow songbooks.