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SFJAZZ, the largest non-profit jazz presenter on the West Coast, brings another expansive and explosive line-up of artists to the Bay Area for the 25th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival. Finishing an eclectic, almost three-week series of concerts spotlighting a wide range of jazz legends, groundbreaking young groups and intriguing world-music acts, the Festival has once again shown why it is hailed as one of the greatest celebrations of jazz in the world.

Artists and drugs

Jackson is alleged to have received shipments of steroids at his mansion in Farmington, Conn. in July 2006 an order was mailed to his residence under the name "Michael Jordan" and also at a residence on Oakmont Drive in Los Angeles. Steroids in his name also were mailed to the office of a Long Island chiropractor.

Jackson's representative did not respond to a request for comment.

Timothy Z. Mosley, Timbaland, 35
Mosley was born in Norfolk, Va., and began his musical career in the mid-1990s emerging as a top rap artist. Mosley has become a major record producer and two years ago founded his own label, Mosley's Musical Group. The label's debut, Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" featuring Timbaland, reached the top of the song charts.

Mosley allegedly received shipments of human growth hormone and anabolic steroids between October 2005 and September 2006 at his Miami residence and at the office of a Long Island chiropractor.

Robertson and Giuliani: A Not-So-Odd Couple

In a two-week span that saw several conservative Christian evangelical leaders finally climb down off the fence and begin spreading their endorsements across the field of Republican Party presidential candidates, it was the unexpected endorsement by one of Christian conservatism's longtime leaders that garnered the most media attention.

When Pat Robertson, the founder and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the man who created and helped make the Christian Coalition a political powerhouse in the Republican Party of the 1990s, recently endorsed former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, he accomplished at least two things: He enhanced Giuliani's standing amongst those evangelicals still paying attention to Robertson -- his CBN "700 Club" draws millions of nightly viewers -- and he injected himself back into the political spotlight.

Rock Band Flying Off Store Shelves

MTV Networks said that its new video game Rock Game is flying off the shelves of retail outlets in its first week of sales. A spokesperson of MTV said that they are seeing a lot of action with the downloads at rockband.com as well. Rock Band is the newest entry in the market of the music/rhythm-based video games on the market, a market that seems to be one of the strongest genres in the in the industry. Activision said that Guitar Hero 3 generated $115 million in sales in its first week of sales alone. The difference is that Rock Band retails for about $170 where Guitar Hero 3 retails for $90 to $100. The other difference between the games is that the Guitar Hero series is a single player game using only a guitar while Rock Band allows for a multiplayer full band experience including a lead/bass guitar, drum set, and microphone.

Spirits, sacred stones - and how to dowse your aura

In the bright docks of Ilfracombe, the sturdy MS Oldenburg rocked in the harbour as beefy men packed rucksacks and provisions into large plastic containers and dragged them aboard. After collecting my ticket in the harbour master's office, I felt a tap on my shoulder. The striking appearance of my guide, Lawrence Main, should not perhaps have come as a surprise, considering the nature of his interests, but he was monolithically tall and tanned with sea-blue eyes glinting from the depths of a wild grey mane of dreadlocks and the white horses of his long beard. He looked like Neptune or an Indian sadhu, albeit one in tiny shorts, a red fleece, sandals and bum bag.

As chairman of the mysterious Society of Ley Hunters, he had invited The Observer along on one of their annual holidays, to celebrate May Day on the island of Lundy off the north coast of Devon, in the hope this coverage would attract new members who share their passion for dowsing and stone circles.

Congress: Incremental Reform, Trafficking

A USA Today/Gallup Poll conducted July 6-8, 2007 reported that over 60 percent of respondents considered illegal immigration very or extremely important (www.pollingreport.com/immigration.htm). An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll done June 8-11, 2007 found respondents evenly divided over whether immigration helps the US more than it hurts the US. However, large majorities favor new fines on employers who hire illegal immigrants and more fences and agents on the Mexico-US border. A majority of respondents opposed giving unauthorized foreigners who paid fines and satisfied other requirements legal immigrant status. At the same time, a majority also agreed that it is not realistic to deport most of the unauthorized foreigners in the US. Los Angeles police confronted a group of Spanish-speaking demonstrators in MacArthur Park calling for legalization in May 2007, resulting in casualties.