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Column: UF loss brings familiar misery

By GREG LUCA | Mar. 25, 2012

Kenny Boynton carried the painful memories for a year, all the while waiting for this shot.

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Obamacare may be unconstitutional

By Travis Hornsby | Mar. 25, 2012

Today, the Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments for the most significant case since the likes of Gideon v. Wainwright, Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona in the battle over Obama’s health care reform.

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Alternative energy costly, inefficient

By Thomas Ryan | Mar. 25, 2012

Despite the pleas coming from both the left and right calling for further government intervention in the energy industry, green and alternative energy sources are still unable to compete with coal and natural gas.

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Column: After impressive tourney run, Beal should be one and done

By GREG LUCA | Mar. 22, 2012

Florida fans need to cherish every moment of this NCAA Tournament run, because it’s the last time they’ll see Brad Beal in a Gators uniform.

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Mandated drug tests unconstitutional per Supreme Court precedent

By Dan Pressnell | Mar. 21, 2012

When the Florida legislature passed a bill requiring general drug testing for all state workers, our representatives and senators conveniently excluded themselves from this requirement.

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Iranian government should not be trusted with power of having nuclear weapons

By Richard Vieira | Mar. 20, 2012

Since 1953, when the U.S. covertly overthrew democratically elected Iranian President Mohammad Mossadegh, relations between the U.S. and Iran can be described as troubling, to say the least.

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Kony 2012 movement garners empty support

By Dyllan Furness | Mar. 19, 2012

I often hear conversations between two people seemingly so consumed by their own lives that they fail to be concerned with anything beyond themselves. And, all too often, I’m one of them.

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Revival of holidays a sign we’re not ready to give up on fun

By Colleen Wright | Mar. 19, 2012

As a college freshman and the oldest sibling in my family, everything in college life is new to me like a toddler who just arrived at Disney World for the first time. I see everything, the good and the bad, through rose-colored glasses.

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Florida can't take dangerous Norfolk State lightly

By GREG LUCA | Mar. 16, 2012

OMAHA, Neb. — After Florida finished its demolition of Virginia, the identity of the Gators next opponent seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

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Annual Florida-Florida State rivalry should be weekend series

By TOM GREEN | Mar. 13, 2012

Kevin O’Sullivan knows what Gators fans are interested in.

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The Rally: Should expectations be tempered for this year’s Big Dance?

By GREG LUCA | Mar. 12, 2012

GREG: Despite what the recent win-loss record suggests, Florida is entering the NCAA Tournament on a high note.

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Letters to Congress can raise awareness

By Colleen Wright | Mar. 12, 2012

Unless you are still completely faded from your trip to Cancun, you’ve probably figured out by now that the guy who is mentioned in everyone’s Facebook statuses, Joseph Kony, is not a front-runner in the presidential election.

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America should support Israel’s right to self-defense

By Dan DiMatteo | Mar. 12, 2012

Last week in the White House, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed their mutual commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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Meditation helps when getting over someone

By Chip Skambis | Mar. 11, 2012

This column has high levels of Buddhism, so I apologize if I start to transcend meaning or pour you all a tad too much hippie Kool-Aid.

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Santorum’s political record indicates socialist tendencies

By Thomas Ryan | Mar. 11, 2012

Despite Rick Santorum posing as a hardcore limited-government conservative, his views on the economy, his voting record and his blatant hostility toward homosexuality portray him as more of a socialist dictator than a small-government guru.

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