Study shows that cellphones carry bacteria found in feces
By Javier Peña | Nov. 13, 2011History junior Liz McNeill uses her MacBook and BlackBerry to check emails and to send about 30 text messages every day.
History junior Liz McNeill uses her MacBook and BlackBerry to check emails and to send about 30 text messages every day.
Police arrested 23 Occupy Gainesville protesters early Saturday morning for trespassing at Bo Diddley Community Plaza after the park had closed, sending three of them to the Alachua County Jail and giving the others notices to appear in court.
More than 250 people got up early Saturday morning and went for a run in an effort to be more healthy.
Nathan Skop knows how hard it is to park in Gainesville - especially downtown.
About half of all seventh through 12th grade students reported that they were sexually harassed during the last school year.
Austin Cooley and Niko Ralf Cunningham are redefining the word "quilt."
This past summer, when many students were gone studying abroad, doing internships and relaxing at home, the Unite Party was busy pushing through corrupt, tyrannical legislation. One of the most corrupt changes it made was adding the ability to kill any bill based on its "implication," a virtually meaningless term that the minority argued gave Unite the ability to kill bills it didn't like before the Student Senate got to vote on them.
A 10-year-old boy was taken to Shands at UF Wednesday afternoon after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
A man with Alzheimer's disease who went missing Monday evening from Gainesville was found Tuesday morning hundreds of miles from town in Fayetteville, N.C.
Grooveshark will hire about 15 people before New Year's.
On Nov. 27, Catholic churches in Gainesville and around the world will adopt a new translation of the Roman Missal, which provides instructions for Mass. The translation will be the biggest change to Mass in recent years.
In a move that Gov. Rick Scott called "disappointing" for the state of Florida, Solantic, Scott's former chain of urgent care clinics, announced it will be moving its corporate headquarters to Tennessee.
Next fall, veterans receiving medical treatment in Gainesville will have a free place to stay.
Days after local law enforcement agencies teamed up to investigate three robberies, an anonymous tip and a probation bracelet led to the arrest of two men who now face extradition from Georgia.
Melissa Julien's pre-kindergarten classroom in Gainesville's Myra Terwilliger Elementary School has five wooden tables, three dry-erase white boards and nine paper goldfish taped to the floor. Her special-needs students paint at the tables, write on the boards and sit on the fish when they line up for lunch.
Marisol Diaz is hungry to succeed.
For some, running a half marathon seems nothing short of impossible.
This weekend the Gators will face off against Vanderbilt for the annual homecoming football game and a chance for a homefield victory. One of the most exciting aspects of Homecoming weekend is the return of alumni who eagerly roam University Avenue reliving the unique thrill of a Gator football gameday.
It's the last chapter. The climax has come and gone. The characters have filled their roles, and the book is nearly finished.
In the 1960s, women at UF had to wear dresses and skirts in public. They also had to be back in their dorms by 10 p.m. and could not be seen kissing men in public.