US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2013, announcing a stimulus package worth 20.2 trillion yen. Abe's Cabinet endorsed a stimulus package earlier in the day entailing the biggest government spending since fiscal 2009 in an attempt to add around 2 percentage points to Japan's gross domestic product growth in real terms and create at least 600,000 jobs.

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) attends a meeting of a government panel on reviving the Japanese economy, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2013. Abe's Cabinet endorsed a stimulus package the same day entailing the biggest government spending since fiscal 2009 in an attempt to add around 2 percentage points to Japan's gross domestic product growth in real terms and create at least 600,000 jobs.

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) after a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2013, to announce a stimulus package worth 20.2 trillion yen. Abe's Cabinet endorsed a stimulus package earlier in the day entailing the biggest government spending since fiscal 2009 in an attempt to add around 2 percentage points to Japan's gross domestic product growth in real terms and create at least 600,000 jobs. To the right is economic revival minister Akira Amari.

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2013, announcing a stimulus package worth 20.2 trillion yen. Abe's Cabinet endorsed a stimulus package earlier in the day entailing the biggest government spending since fiscal 2009 in an attempt to add around 2 percentage points to Japan's gross domestic product growth in real terms and create at least 600,000 jobs.

Maximum no. of advisers to prime minister to be doubled

Maximum no. of advisers to prime minister to be doubled

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R) and Finance Minister Naoto Kan (R), attend a regular meeting of senior government officials and leaders of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan to discuss government policies on Jan. 11, 2009, at the prime minister's office. They decided to double the maximum number of advisers to the prime minister from the current five to 10 as part of efforts to enhance politicians' initiative in the decision-making process.

Maximum no. of advisers to prime minister to be doubled

Maximum no. of advisers to prime minister to be doubled

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from R) and Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from L), secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, attend a regular meeting to discuss government policies on Jan. 11, 2009, at the prime minister's office. Senior government officials and ruling DPJ leaders decided to double the maximum number of advisers to the prime minister from the current five to 10 as part of efforts to enhance politicians' initiative in the decision-making process.