Former UCLA Willed Body Program employee Ernest Nelson announced Monday the release of a book detailing his experiences while working for the university. The book, titled “Willing Bodies: Inside the UCLA Willed Body Program,” would accuse the UCLA program of participating in the sale of body parts, a practice that the university has said it had no knowledge of at the time, according to Nelson’s Web site. Read more...

A labor dispute between the Coalition of Union Employees and the University of California could end as soon as today. The UC submitted a final offer to the union on March 3, though as of late Monday it had yet to accept or decline the offer. Read more...

In a city known for its apathy toward city politics, the tepid public response to the Los Angeles mayoral election has come as little surprise to many. Read more...

Two doctors resign from King/Drew Medical Center Two doctors mentioned in a series of newspaper articles detailing problems at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center have left the hospital. Read more...

After being freed from her Iraqi captors, Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was shot by U.S. troops in an incident that highlights the horrible repercussions of the war in Iraq and raises questions about the training and accountability of U.S. Read more...

Lebanon is poised to become one of the few functioning democracies in the Middle East ““ but it will only be successful if Syria removes both its troops and secret agents who have dominated Lebanon for decades. Read more...

Wireless Internet access has revolutionized the way people compute. Just a few years ago, most laptops were tethered to an ethernet cable. Now, it’s easy to be mobile and stay connected. Read more...