Thursday, November 5

AA flight crashes in New York borough

  The Associated Press A large section of the tailpiece of American Airlines Flight 587 is lifted off a boat by a crane after the Airbus A300 crashed in the Rockaway Beach section of the Queens borough of New York Monday. Read more...



Stress drives many to comfort food

By Natalie Digate Daily Bruin Contributor To cope with heightened anxiety and vulnerability since Sept. 11, many Americans have turned to comfort foods. Like going to the bathroom and sleeping, eating is a physiological necessity. Read more...


Conrad draws crowd at UCLA

  MANDY WHITING Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Paul Conrad speaks at the UCLA School of Public Policy on Thursday. By Emily Taylor-Mortorff Daily Bruin Contributor Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and Los Angeles Times editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad brought laughter to the UCLA School of Public Policy on Thursday. Read more...


Briefs

Security officer passes away Ed Poe, senior security officer for the UCLA Store and Ackerman Student Union, died Nov. 6 in Los Angeles while sleeping. He was 56. Read more...


ONLINE EXTRA: DeShaun Foster Update

By Scott Bair and Vytas Mazeika Daily Bruin Senior Staff UCLA’s report to the NCAA on senior tailback DeShaun Foster’s “extra benefits” violation has not been completed and will not go out until next week, according to UCLA sports information director Marc Dellins. Read more...


Bush urges nation to act

  The Associated Press President Bush delivers remarks on his tour of the Centers for Disease Control By Sonya Ross The Associated Press ATLANTA “”mdash; President Bush assured an uneasy nation Thursday night that the United States will prevail against terrorists and said Americans should not “give in to exaggerated fears or passing rumors.” In a prime-time address, he told Americans to turn their fears into action: Volunteer in hospitals, schools, homeless shelters and at military facilities or train for emergency service work and join a new civil defense force he hopes to build. Read more...