EL. Originally an appellative that simply means "god" in common Semitic, El ('il) is the proper name of the grey-bearded patriarch of the Syro-Palestinian, or "Canaanite," pantheon. Although references to El are found...

See *NAMES OF...

Ēl (Hebrew: אל) is a Northwest Semitic word and name translated into English as either 'god' or 'God' or left untranslated as El, depending on the context. In the Levant as a whole, El or Il was the supreme god, the father of humankind and all...

The Big Easy is making it look, well, easy again. Ernie Els showed the form that won him three major titles _ and had gone missing for most of the past two seasons _ on Friday in the Verizon Heritage, shooting his second straight 6-under...

President Evo Morales on Wednesday officially declared months of deadly flooding a national disaster, committing some $50 million to the crisis that killed 35 people and affected some 72,000 families."The situation is very dramatic," Morales said at a news conference in La Paz after a...

Just about the only person who thought Orlando Hernandez was throwing at the opposing pitcher was plate umpire Mike Winters. He's the only one who matters, though.Hernandez gave up three home runs before he was ejected for a beanball, and the Washington Nationals got an...