As a kid growing up in Virginia, Mike Salay always thought if you wanted to be a good skateboarder, you had to have lots of tattoos.
At Bluefield Estate Winery, it's all right if you don't know tannins from tea leaves or a Riesling from a pinot gris. It doesn't matter if you throw your wine back or prefer the see, swirl, sniff, sip and savor method.
Jonathan Palmer-Gilley's dream job is to one day be a dishwasher at Balls Bar.
Tebowing: "To get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different."
Don't tell Kelsey Tainsh there's something she can't do.
Seth and Eva Matlins want you to know the truth.
He once had a dream. Today, he stands 30-feet-tall, peering over the hurdles he tried to overcome before he died 43 years ago.
September 22, 1964: Gator Growl director Tom Kirby pleads with students to audition for Gator Growl, stating he only has half the talent needed to act in "the world's largest completely student-produced show."
September 14, 1962 - UF traffic officials say parking on campus is not a problem. One official notes two lots behind Hume and Rawlings halls, which, he says, are filled to 25 percent of capacity on most days. For any parking inconveniences, he points to students who prefer to park in already overflowing lots.
Kyle Mitchell was in fourth grade when the planes hit.
One was training a new patrol officer at the corner of 13th Street and University Avenue. Another was on her breakfast break.
Joe Durando watched as people mingled around his vegetable stand - a girl cradling a white kitten while singing "Hound Dog" and a young couple holding hands nearby - on his first day back to the Union Street Farmers Market.
As fans poured into Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday night for the UF versus Florida Atlantic University match-up, UF alumnus Don Crews celebrated a milestone few Gators only dream of achieving.
If you drive 20 minutes south from Gainesville on U.S. 441 and hang a left just before the "Welcome to Marion County" sign, you'll end up on a narrow, two-lane road that seems to take you back in time.
Hot off a remark she made Sunday in Sarasota about drilling in the Everglades, Michele Bachmann said she was "aghast" at the notion that she was taken out of context.
A middle-aged father, covered in faded tattoos and muscles softened by time, watches toddlers play in a stairwell shaded by a government-subsidized apartment.
Amanda Orozco used to do pull-ups every day in front of a window that looked directly out on her dream.
For those who believe all dogs go to heaven, there is a place that sends family pets into the afterlife in the most dignified way possible.
Twelve years after moving to Florida, UF senior Bertrhude Albert crossed country lines once again to return to her home - Haiti.
Money earned from selling an unwanted textbook can sometimes equal the cost of a few Ramen noodle dinners.
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