Tragedy struck suburban Orlando on Monday with news of a murder-suicide claiming the lives of a Heathrow family.
While wondering what midtown bar you should visit on Friday evening remains a bigger Gainesville no-brainer than taking an online course, pondering where to move post-college could be deemed almost unanswerable.
It seems like every year, when the graduation fanfare has subsided and the confetti has reached the floor, graduates turn their eyes to the piece of paper standing in for four years of trial and tuition and ask the rather pressing question, "What did I just put myself through?"
Abdul-Azim Mohammed was providing a play-by-play of the Iran Election early Sunday morning. Azim first reported that local police stations had been forced to burn ballot boxes filled with votes for Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidential challenger. A few minutes later, Azim declared that Internet access and phone lines had been cut off. Later, Azim's reports of people filling the streets of Tehran were verified with BBC footage showing legions of angry young Iranians chanting "Death to the Dictator" in the streets.
I sure hope that Minnesota can get used to being a congressional amputee.
Just two weeks after playing for a national championship as a member of the UF men's golf team, Billy Horschel found himself facing a new challenge: the PGA Tour.
Permafrost is melting, and the number of new plants emerging from the ice isn't enough to offset the carbon, according to a recent UF study.
Gov. Charlie Crist put the kibosh on Santa Fe College students' hopes for prepaid and reduced fair for bus rides.
For the next three weeks, assassins will lurk outside classes and stake out homes in hopes of picking off another agent in the Gainesville Street Wars.
It's all about perspective.
Starting Friday, UF students will no longer be able to pay for classes and other university expenses with cash or debit cards or make over-the-counter payments to the University Cashier at Criser Hall.
A new screening system developed and tested at UF will give the green light for cleanliness.
A 62-year-old Gainesville resident was taken to the hospital early Wednesday after jumping from a window to escape a fire in a two-story townhouse. It was the second Gainesville complex to catch fire in a month.
As of Wednesday night, the evicted residents of Tent City still have not been provided with an alternative place to stay.
Gray Horn made UF history yet again Wednesday at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.
UF coaches Kevin O'Sullivan (baseball) and Tim Walton (softball) might as well have slapped hands this past week.
With the first reading of two bills that passed Tuesday night, student Senators allocated a combined $360,000 for new student computers and a CSI-themed museum exhibit.
A recent undergraduate survey successfully captured enough input from students for UF officials to consider giving it again.
After a four-month delay, TV stations will no longer broadcast in analog starting Friday. Gainesville residents should be ready for the switch to digital broadcasting, said City of Gainesville spokesman Bob Woods.
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