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Office of Naval Research passes verdict on controversial researcher Rusi Taleyarkhan.

A city-sponsored training academy for gang intervention workers will open at least a year later than Los Angeles officials had hoped after a collision of philosophies and egos -- a hitch in the city's effort to modernize its campaign against street violence.

AFP/Getty Images/File University of California Los Angeles student Kendall Brown and other UCLA students and supporters 2 hrs 7 mins ago SANTA CRUZ, Calif.

Facebook refuses to embed report abuse button Reports indicate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have refused to embed a report button that would allow users to report abuse.

Alcatraz Island was a chilly, unwelcoming place once reserved for infamous criminals.

W hen Gaetano Vaccaro meets with depressed patients at a California psychological treatment center, he sometimes moves part of the session outside, taking a walk while talking.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said his goal to speed up construction of 12 transit projects and ease congestion in the second-biggest U.S. city requires a oecreativea funding help from Washington.

Hundreds of protesters chanted, marched and took over a building Thursday on the UCLA campus, where University of California regents were scheduled to vote on a 32 percent student fee increase.

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A regents committee has approved a 32 percent boost in student fees at University of California campuses, sending the proposal to the full board for review.

Washington - Why can humans talk and chimps cannot? Researchers said on Wednesday they have another clue and it lies not simply in the genetic code, but in how the genes function.

University of California police have arrested eight noisy protesters at a UCLA campus meeting room after they repeatedly interrupted regent board members considering a student fee increase.

NASA plans next month to launch a space telescope that will scan the heavens for the infrared glow of celestial objects never seen because they are too dim, dusty or distant, scientists said Tuesday.

A group of two on China's terms U.S. President Barack Obama crossed the dais to shake hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao after a joint press conference at the Great Hall of People on Tuesday.

Thousands of fans from as far away as New York filled the streets near the University of California-Los Angeles on Monday, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite "Twilight" stars attending the evening premiere of the latest film in the vampire series - "New Moon." Some "twi-hards" - as they call themselves - arrived as early as Thursday ...

While overall care of heart attack patients in the United States is good, gaps remain in the treatment of patients 80 and older, a new study suggests.

Abstract Prior research suggests that abrupt initiation of abstinence from cigarette smoking reduces neural cognitive efficiency.

Why can humans talk and chimps cannot? Researchers said on Wednesday they have another clue and it lies not simply in the genetic code, but in how the genes function.

Washington, Nov 14 : Just thinking of your loved one can provide relief if you are in pain, say University of California Los Angeles psychologists.

Kidnapped as a young girl, shut away from the world and raped by a sexual predator by whom she bore two children, Jaycee Dugard could take years to overcome her hellish ordeal, experts said.