A Sampling of Clips for 
August 03, 2004

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Coenzyme Q-10: Good for What Ails You?
Newsday, Aug. 3-Coenzyme Q-10 has been the focus of scientific study for years and has become one of the most popular dietary supplements. This vitamin-like compound, it has been proposed, may help treat, or possibly even prevent, many disorders, including heart disease, hypertension, AIDS, asthma, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, certain cancers, lung disease, gum disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, migraines and allergies. Though in recent years scientists have learned a lot about CoQ-10, the clinical research is still in its infancy - and thus the marketing claims remain overblown. (Refers to research conducted at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-dssupp3915377aug03,0,7015754.story

With the Election Season Running Hot, Activists Find Creative, Wacky Ways to Grease Wheels of Democracy
USA Today, Aug. 3-The expected closeness of this presidential election has the nation crawling with a wacky array of Joe Citizen-led groups who share the same message: If you have enough time to help crown an American Idol, you probably can spare a few minutes on Nov. 2. Among those stalking the disinterested are twentysomethings canoeing the Mississippi, mothers mailing personal letters out to unregistered women, techies organizing road trips to swing states and a group targeting single women by distributing free emery boards that read, "Don't let this election be a nailbiter." (Quote by Sam Popkin, a political science professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2004-08-02-vote-main_x.htm

Varicose Veins Be Gone
WebMD, Aug. 2-New treatments are helping the millions of people with varicose or spider veins on their legs to shed their cover-ups this summer, say UCSD experts speaking at the annual summer meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in New York City last week. The good news is that new, effective, and minimally invasive procedures exist that can vanish these unsightly veins quickly and painlessly. (Quote by Mitchel P. Goldman M.D., an associate clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/91/101353.htm?lastselectedguid
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The Darkening Earth
Scientific American, Aug. 2-Much to their surprise, scientists have found that less sunlight has been reaching the earth's surface in recent decades. The sun isn't going dark; rather clouds, air pollution and aerosols are getting in the way. Researchers are learning that the phenomenon can interact with global warming in ways that had not been appreciated. (Quote by Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a climatologist at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa004&articleID=000C3AAE-D82A-10F9-975883414B7F0000

Calif. Budget Deal Ends Enrollment Cuts
Chronicle Of Higher Education, Aug. 6-Thousands of applicants to California's public universities who were directed to community colleges because of expected budget restrictions would now be admitted to a four-year campus under the state-budget deal reached last week by California lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Under the new budget plan, which the Legislature was expected to approve by the end of last week and Mr. Schwarzenegger was expected to sign, the University of California would receive $12-million to enroll additional students in the fall. California State University would receive a total of $33-million in the 2004-5 budget year to enroll more students, who would be offered admission for the spring.
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i48/48a02405.htm

$20 Million Set Aside to Study Ocean Fishing
Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug. 3-Spurred by two recent reports warning that the oceans are in a crisis state, the Conshohocken-based Lenfest Foundation plans to announce today a six-year, $20 million program to study the impact of saltwater fishing. The program will not have its own labs, and the money is not as much as the budgets of some other prominent marine research programs. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Southern California, for example, spends about $120 million a year on research. But scientists familiar with the Lenfest donation said the program would instantly play a crucial role, especially given the focus on fisheries management - an area in dire need of further study, they said. (Refers to study conducted by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/9308691.htm

For the Record
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 1-In a July 29 story about two men charged with abusing a pet rabbit, The Associated Press erroneously reported where Nick Sigmon will start college this fall. He will be attending the University of California Santa Barbara, not UC San Diego. The San Diego Union-Tribune regrets the error.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040801/news_1n1correct.html