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Vaccination goes beyond personal choice
Feb. 2, 2015Chris Christie has done it again.
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New medical marijuana bill revives hope for sick Floridians
Jan. 27, 2015Disappointed by the failure of last year’s medical marijuana amendment?
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Key West mosquito test backlash really bites
Jan. 26, 2015Key West may become host to an experiment that involves male mosquitoes, the herpes virus and cabbage DNA.
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Let sororities party: for the equality, for the beer
Jan. 21, 2015If there’s one thing Greek life cherishes more than parties, philanthropy events and Vespas, it’s tradition.
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New Connecticut Taser law a step in the right direction
Jan. 20, 2015Little known fact: “Taser” is actually an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle,” which is high in the running for snazziest name of anything, ever. Thomas Swift, by the way, is the main character of a young adult science fiction series from the 1910s.
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Minority mugshot target practice more than just a race issue, it's a human issue
Jan. 19, 2015A story broke Friday shocking enough to obliterate any feelings of goodwill you may have developed recently.
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Vinyl made heroic comeback last year
Jan. 13, 2015Vinyl was the laughingstock of the music industry ever since sales of compact discs — CDs — took off in the late 1990s. The digital music format seemed to sound as good, if not better, than its analog counterparts. Tapes sounded terrible, and vinyl records just took up too much damn space. There was no way you were going to fit those things in your car or your Walkman.
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The state of the union and security breaches
Jan. 12, 2015It’s the week leading up to President Barack Obama’s next-to-last State of the Union Address, so he’ll be revealing his policies for the coming year. It also means there will be a lot of rather sassy reactions to his stated plans, so get ready for a week full of some salty political news. See, for example, the president’s announcement this weekend of the plan to make community college tuition free, and the gleeful takedowns that followed.
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Community college plan step in right direction
Jan. 11, 2015Good morning, Gators, and welcome back from what we hope was a good weekend. Between the first days of a new semester and the awful things that happened around the world this week, we all needed a break. Now that we’re all back in the groove, let’s start the new week with a controversial yet much less dismal piece of national news: President Barack Obama’s proposal regarding tuition in community colleges.
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Attack on French magazine an attack on free speech
Jan. 7, 2015It’s safe to guess that by now you’ve heard the news of the mass shooting yesterday in France. To say the attack was horrific, reprehensible, abhorrent and brutal is true, but those words still fail to capture how this feels for us — not to mention what it means to the people of France. In any case, it feels like a rehearsal in the litany of words we use when trying to describe events like this that leave us utterly dejected.
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Making sense of the universe with new planets
Jan. 6, 2015One of the few universal human experiences is the awe and bewilderment you feel when looking deeply into the night sky.
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New year, new opportunities at the Alligator
Jan. 5, 2015Man, does it feel good to leave 2014 behind.
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Harkin’s student loan plan
Dec. 7, 2014Democrats are generally known for favoring education spending by the federal government, whereas Republicans tend to oppose such expenditures. Many prominent Republicans, including Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and former Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas), have expressed support for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education altogether.
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Yoho ‘disapproval’ bill impedes real immigration strides
Dec. 3, 2014Republicans around the country were livid when President Barack Obama announced a plan to greatly reduce the likelihood of deportation for about 4.4 million undocumented immigrants late last month.
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Florida court case reveals out of control gun policy
Dec. 2, 2014In 2011, Jared Bretherick was riding in a car with his family near Orlando when another vehicle, driven by Derek Dunning, nearly sideswiped their vehicle.
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McCollum, Bondi relationship corrupt ‘revolving door
Dec. 1, 2014The Miami Herald published a story Saturday about the close political relationship between former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and current AG Pam Bondi.
