Teen arrested after hitting boy with stick, stealing bike
Oct. 20, 2008A 14-year-old was arrested Saturday after reports that he hit a younger boy with a stick in an attempt to steal his bicycle.
A 14-year-old was arrested Saturday after reports that he hit a younger boy with a stick in an attempt to steal his bicycle.
Standing at an imposing 6-foot-10, 240 pounds, Georgetown transfer Vernon Macklin appears to be the perfect replacement for the NBA-departed Marreese Speights.
High volumes of interest in the 2008 presidential election brought out excitement in voters on the first day of early voting Monday.
In the past five years of the Internet's existence, has their been a more welcome addition than good ol' YouTube?
At the end of the first day of early voting, about 50 UF students met up to learn about common misconceptions at the polls during a discussion Monday night.
The college degree you're working so hard to get doesn't mean jack. Last week, I mentioned a professor at New Mexico University, Marcus Ross, a paleontologist who believes dinosaurs walked the earth more than 65 million years ago but is also a Young Earth creationist. Yeah, doctorates don't mean a damn thing anymore.
There must be something in the water on the Atlantic side of the U.S. because people over here are making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
A downed live wire that ignited the top of a telephone pole caused heavy traffic and left residents around Southwest 20th Avenue without power Monday, Gainesville Regional Utilities officials said.
Eleven Gainesville Police officers reported to the Wal-Mart on Archer Road on Friday after they received a false report from a pay phone of a gun-wielding man in the sporting-goods section, a GPD report stated.
The UF club handball team tested its strength at the 4th-annual Swampland Handball Championships this weekend in Gainesville.
It could pay to ride a bicycle to work.
Gainesville Police arrested a teenager Sunday in connection with a car chase that ended when the car hit a tree, a Gainesville Police report stated.
When UF associate head coach Nick Cheronis addressed the media on Monday, he attributed the Gators' recent success largely to timing.
The Bowl Championship Series poll is as biased as the sky is blue.
After they had lunch together for the last time, Walter Weyrauch gave UF law professor Sharon Rush a book about a subject that had come up during their discussion.
College students pride themselves on being the most optimistic, innovative and take-action demographic in this country. Our generation in particular is said to be more committed to solving social injustices than any generation before us, but it seems as if college students have lost their giddy enthusiasm and unrelenting optimism.
As Carl Johnson approached the tunnel - just minutes away from storming onto the field for his first career start against defending champion LSU - he received some simple but choice words to give him inspiration from the man he is attempting to replace, Jim Tartt.
The Gators' suddenly lethal rushing attack looks to be getting a key weapon back this week.
Because of high costs, UF no longer plans to install two LCD screens that would have displayed a GPS map of bus locations.