Now that Sen. John Kerry has selected Sen. John Edwards to be his running mate, the campaign for the White House has shifted into high gear. Read more...

When Urban Outfitters opened a new store in Westwood Village less than two weeks ago, the occasion was marked by enthusiasm in the community. “We are just overjoyed to be in the Village” said Urban Outfitters Department Manager Kate Woodruff, calling the initial reaction from customers to be “wonderful, absolutely wonderful.” “The sales have exceeded what the company expected,” said Manager Jim Goldsworthy. Read more...

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry’s selection of John Edwards as his vice presidential running mate last week has stirred strong reaction from student groups on campus. Read more...

Scientists at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute have made the unexpected discovery that lean people may have higher levels of a hunger-stimulating hormone than obese people do. According to their research, which was published online last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, people with normal body weight experience had an unexpectedly intense burst of ghrelin ““ a hormone that makes people feel hungry ““ in the middle of the night, while obese people do not. Read more...

Correction appended The undergraduate student government extended its deadline for funding applications in an effort to grant independent groups adequate time to be notified and complete their requests for finances. Read more...

Edward Hoffman, a UCLA professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine and co-inventor of the positron-emission tomography scanner, died on July 1. He was 62. Read more...

FedEx Kinko’s opens in Ackerman An empty store was filled in Ackerman Union as FedEx Kinko’s opened in place of Pulse Copy Center, which left at the end of spring quarter. Read more...