After losing his bid for lieutenant governor on the Alex Sink ticket, Rod Smith wants to be the head of the state’s Democratic Party.
A UF journalism student will be getting some face time with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie at the end of this month.
A couple in their 60s were arrested after booze and the phrase “bring it on” sparked a fight with a machete and a metal pipe.
To the protest of state leaders, the federal government has given Florida 15 months to create a plan for cleaning its waterways.
Stuck in the tough economy, struggling restaurants in Gainesville are forced with two options: close or change to survive.
Despite a modest decline among students nationwide, interest in studying abroad has not waned at UF.
The holiday season is a time to give to those in need, and this year, some of Gainesville’s local businesses are offering rewards to those who donate.
When Jocelyn Nerey enrolled at UF in 2008, she didn’t pack up a U-Haul, slap a SunPass on her windshield and hit the northbound lanes on the turnpike. Instead, she continued working as a prekindergarten special education teacher at Coral Park Elementary School in Miami.
Mice, hamsters and other small woodland creatures, rejoice! The lame-duck House of Representatives thinks you’re the most important demographic.
Listen closely. Do you hear that? It’s the sound of five hundred million groans as Facebook tweaks itself again, changing the functionality of its inbox to become even more social and even less private.
No longer will dateless debutantes have to rely on their lying friends for an honest opinion on how hot their dates are.
The recent winner of the Best Actor Oscar is coming out with two highly anticpated films in December that are only five days apart.
Saves the Day is on a national tour with Say Anything and Motion City Soundtrack.
What would you do if you lived in poverty? How would you provide for your family? Where would you sleep? What would you eat?
Students who are social-networking savvy may be ahead of the academic curve.
Monday morning was the opening of the weeklong World Humanities Expo at Santa Fe College, where exhibits, speakers, food and performances give visitors a glimpse of cultures from around the world.
The plan to build a 100-megawatt biomass power plant in Gainesville has been recommended for approval to Gov. Charlie Crist and his Cabinet by a state administrative law judge.
The mayor said he was eager to give it a try and described the transition from paper agendas to digital as smooth.
The initiative is a collaborative effort — along with business and government — to aid Florida’s economy and create high-technology and high-wage jobs.
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