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Many residents in Altadena, Calif., evacuated not knowing it would be the last time they would see their homes standing. Their decisions about what possessions to take were rushed — or not made at all.

Commentator David Harris says that President Bush is taking the high moral ground by keeping Secretary of State Colin Powell at home during the United Nations Conference Against Racism. Harris says that Palestinians are unfairly singling out Israel as racist. For a summary of our racism conference commentaries, visit NPR News coverage of the UN World Conference Against Racism.

Tamara Keith reports that potential California home-buyers have some new options to choose from. Increasing home prices in the Bay area have forced money-conscious shoppers to look elsewhere. Now, the once-rundown area of West Oakland is gaining the attention of some outside realtors.

Many people mark the end-of-year holidays by heading home to reflect on the past year with close friends and family. But what do you do when the home you knew is no longer there to return to? All Things Considered looks at how victims of Hurricane Katrina are redefining the concept of home.

In the new season of The White Lotus, Rothwell reprises her role of spa manager Belinda, a woman "on the precipice of change" as she straddles the line between guest and staffer.

The people of Smith Center, Kansas, have made a point of saving one old, weathered house in particular — the property where Brewster Higley wrote "Home on the Range."

Bad Bunny's 30-concert residency in Puerto Rico this summer has become an immense source of local pride unlike any cultural event in the island's modern history.

Cookbook author Julia Turshen says cooking should be flexible: "[Recipes] are kind of sold to people as prescriptions, these really precise things, ... but I think there's very rarely a wrong answer.

Abandoned imaginary friends now have a place to call home. Craig McCracken, whose Powerpuff Girls took the nation by storm in the 1990s, has a new Cartoon Network series: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Hear McCracken and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that Home Depot and Wal-Mart announced their earnings yesterday. Both companies said their profits were hurt by the slowing economy.