In response to these depressing days of fiscal failure and the realization of the tenuous grip most people have on their homes and their jobs, Americans of every stripe seem to be clinging to their guns and blogs.
Students who saw the new Axe commercials, which aired on MTV Sunday, may have recognized a few of the actors.
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
Matthew Christ's column on Monday over-glorified Jon Stewart as our nation's court jester who leads a mob in finding the fallacies in claims made by financial news networks in today's economic crisis and in ordinary news networks heading into the Iraq War. I think a criticism of Stewart is warranted today.
Today marks another sad day in journalism history - the closing of Seattle's oldest newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Those who plan to march in the Florida March for Peace describe themselves as militant. Their Web site displays the silhouettes of soldiers, weapons cocked and helmets fastened.
The latest addition to the Gators' 2010 recruiting class is a big one.
Mix one part city commissioner, half an Italian, a smidge of Georgia Bulldog, a Beastie Boy lover and a full serving of normalcy, and you get Jeanna Mastrodicasa.
Kudos to President Barack Obama for standing up to AIG's outlandish intentions of paying out over $100 million worth of bonuses to top executives.
Every year, there's one week I look forward to above everything else &mdash the selection and first two rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.From Selection Sunday to the finalizing of the Sweet 16, I'm in heaven.
A Gainesville restaurant was robbed by an armed man Monday morning.
There's nothing like a rivalry game to wake up a reeling team.
A Gainesville convenience store employee stopped a man from stealing Sunday night by electronically locking the store doors.
At Monday's Board of Trustees meetings, plans to request over $100 million in federal earmarks for research in 2009-2010 as well as plans to hike dorm rental rates and parking decal prices were approved by various committees of the board.
There have been a ton of hard-hitting items in the news lately: President Barack Obama has pushed forward stem-cell research, the chairman of the Republican National Committee announced that he's pro-choice and Jon Stewart nearly made Jim Cramer wet his pants. That's all well and good, but I want to talk about something that's really been on my mind. Sunday, Comedy Central roasted Daniel Lawrence Whitney - better known as Larry the Cable Guy - and I shed a tear for comedy.
Sophomore diver Monica Dodson knew this weekend was going to be a challenge. With the pressure to qualify for the NCAA Championship on her shoulders, she succeeded in achieving a goal she and her teammates trained for all season.
With first and second place out of reach, the Gators men's golf team went into the final round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate with third as its objective.
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