Eager to use their recently granted financial freedom, many incoming students eventually learn the harsh realities of personal finance during their college careers. With an abundance of credit card offers and instant approval often available, it has become more likely for students to be tempted by credit and eventually get into debt. Read more...

Federal government finds improvements in LAPD The federal monitor overseeing police department reform said improvements have been made in internal auditing procedures and investigation techniques of officers accused of using deadly force. Read more...

Some people get excited when researching in certain sections of the UCLA libraries ““ more excited than is usually expected in a place filled with books. Read more...

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About a dozen people were infected with the anthrax virus in 2001, but 30,000 people were placed on antibiotics and 200,000 laboratory tests were performed as a result. Read more...

Britain, not America, should leave its cave I am not a fan of opera, art films or “War and Peace.” Instead, I wallow in the banality of pop music, “Star Wars” and “Newlyweds.” But I do think I am intelligent enough to respond to Matthew Kennard’s column about America (“America must abandon cave of delusion,” 11/16). Read more...

As students scramble to finish mid-terms and turn in papers, their eyes are on one goal: Thanksgiving break. But students would be more focused, and less stressed, if Thanksgiving break were an entire week. Read more...