The two American journalists who were recently sentenced to 12 years in a hard labor camp in North Korea are facing a stiff penalty for their actions.
Well, I thought I had it in me, but I don't.
President Barack Obama fulfilled another campaign promise last week after visiting Cairo, Egypt, and beginning a public dialogue with the Arabic world about the peace process. The president's speech in front of the Cairo University audience ran nearly an hour and evoked applause, shouts of adoration and a few awkward silences.
There's a lot of coaches not named Meyer or Donovan making headlines at UF.
For two American journalists jailed in North Korea, the simple act of illegally entering the country may cost them more than a decade of their freedom.
From Bob Hope to Drew Carey, comedians have long graced America's troops with their presence to provide a brief respite from the banality of war.
As you may have noticed, coaches, players and media outlets alike are hopping on the Twitter bandwagon.
Kevin O'Sullivan's words seemed to hit Brandon McArthur like a eulogy.
As President Barack Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, millions of people tuned in to watch him give his highly anticipated speech to the Muslim world.
OKLAHOMA CITY - "Hindsight is 50/50."
Politicians and the business press are looking for signs that the economic crisis is over, and we'll soon be back on track. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks of "green shoots" of recovery. President Barack Obama sees "glimmers of hope."
With King James left watching from his medical bed and Superman laughing all the way to the STAPLES Center, the Department of Darts & Laurels offers Gainesville's faux Orlando Magic fans a hearty congratulations on reaching the NBA Finals.
Recently, I read a letter to the editor of my hometown newspaper. The author had worked himself into a tizzy over President Barack Obama and the entire democratic leadership in Washington and their push for universal health care. He declared that any attempt at a universal health care system was an attempt at socialism and should be protested with equal zeal as one would protest Stalin's Red Army coming down the road.
Perhaps you've been too immersed in one more summer of undergraduate bliss before facing that life-defining LSAT or MCAT this fall. Or perhaps you've been debating the merits of Kobe Bryant's legacy if he fails to win a title without Shaq, or why all Hollywood seems to do now is remake old films instead of write new ones, to notice. If so, you are missing a show far more embarrassing than Kris Allen winning American Idol. This show is the hapless efforts of conservative activists to paint President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a liberal ideologue unfit for service. With figures such as Rush Limbaugh admitting the chances of stopping her nomination are minimal, the question must be asked: Why the rabid opposition in the first place?
Chalk it up to jealousy or downright lunacy, but much fuss has been made over President Barack Obama's weekend jaunt to the Big Apple with his wife.
For Dr. George Tiller, even the sanctity of his house of worship could not protect him from those who vehemently opposed his life's work.
OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Washington didn't just punch UF in the stomach; the Huskies reached into the Gators' collective chest and pulled out their still-beating heart like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber.
In these heady times of global awareness and eco-knowledge, it seems the bad eco-news comes at you from every angle. Nobody is safe from the onslaught of negative press if even Google is under eco-scrutiny. A researcher this year claimed that a single Google search is worse for the environment than driving a car, mostly because of the way Google's "cloud computing" uses clusters of servers together at once to achieve superfast results for every single search.
In Thursday's guest column, Matthew Meltzer's use of trite warnings and sweeping generalizations served to demonstrate his estimation that if he is not ready for marriage in his 20s, no one else can be.
Lately, and between reading entries on the Rotten Library, I have turned my attention to the criminal justice system.
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