LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The University of California is under fire for planning to kill monkeys and study teen smokers for a project funded by tobacco giant Philip Morris.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The FBI has joined other law enforcement agencies investigating a fire at the home of a Los Angeles professor who conducts animal research.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have identified the specific areas of the human brain that are responsible for feelings of hunger and fullness.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A radical animal rights group said it flooded the home of a Los Angeles college professor because she is involved in research that uses of lab monkeys.

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