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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced his running mate today.
“As we move forward in this campaign and on to help lead the nation to better days, it is an honor to announce my running mate and the next Vice President of the United States: Paul Ryan,” Romney said, standing in front of Nauticus, a naval museum in Norfolk, VA.
Congressman Paul Ryan (R”“Wisconsin), Romney’s new running mate, is currently the chairman of the House Budget Committee.
One person is reported dead in a small plane crash that occurred in Westwood, about two miles from UCLA, on Friday evening, fire officials said.
The small, fixed-wing plane crashed around 6 p.m.
Patients coming to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center can again use health insurance provider Blue Shield of California to pay for their medical expenses, now that a contract dispute between the insurance company and the University of California health system has been resolved, the Los Angeles Times reported today.
Since last fall, UCLA and Blue Shield have disagreed over reimbursement rates ““ or the amount of money an insurance company pays for a member to get treatment at a hospital.
UCLA football coach Jim Mora initially intended to have a starting quarterback chosen at the end of spring practice.
UCLA athletics and health care professionals were among the highest paid employees in the University of California system last year, according to an annual report on employee compensation released today.
But compensation for many UC employees is still significantly below market levels, which could prevent the university from attracting and retaining “high-performing” faculty and staff, the report stated.
In addition to low salary levels, the report found that salary increases were for the most part eliminated or drastically lowered last year.
Tennis, made up of husband and wife duo, Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, became a band after they wrote a series of songs to commemorate a sailing voyage they went on together.
A local film executive has pledged $1 million for the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery’s brain cancer research.
The donation comes from Ted Gagliano, an executive at 20th Century Fox Studios who helped create films like “Titanic” and “Avatar.”
Dr. Linda Liau, a neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine, and her team aim to use the money to develop a vaccine that trains the brain how to kill brain cancer cells, according to a UCLA statement.
Gagliano’s experience as a guest last year at UCLA Neurosurgery’s Visionary Ball, an annual fundraiser that supports patients with neurological disorders, and his friend’s battle with a lethal brain tumor prompted him to make the pledge, he said in the statement.
“The survivors’ personal stories of hope and courage really inspired me,” Gagliano said.
