CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Rodney Carney watched Minnesota Timberwolves teammate Corey Brewer crash to the floor Saturday against Denver, but thought nothing of it.
The troubled 8-year-old boy moved from a mother unable to love and care for him to a grandmother who did exactly that.
A 17-year-old from The Villages recently found a potential cure for cancer while doing a science project for school. Seriously.
If there is any lesson to be learned from our parents and grandparents, it's that we shouldn't trample Wal-Mart greeters to death the day after Thanksgiving.
Although Kyle Jones of The Villages Charter High School may look like your average teenager, this soft-spoken 17-year-old might have found a cure for colon cancer.
TALLAHASSEE - If you're a fourth-year senior and a UF sports fan, you better thank your parents for conceiving you at the right time.
In a last-ditch effort to support local food pantries this Thanksgiving, the Make a Play Foundation developed a sure-fire plan to get people involved: exploiting a heated college rivalry.
Weather conditions forced crews to stop fighting a 300-acre fire in eastern Alachua County after noon Sunday, but the rain probably won't stop the blaze.
It seemed like everything was working against the UF women's basketball team during the weekend, but the Gators didn't care.
The Sunday afternoon drizzle did not damage the spirits of the Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee members as they saw their dedication pay off.
With the conference title all wrapped up, UF headed west to play its final match of the regular season on Saturday.
TALLAHASSEE - It seemed appropriate that the final step to Atlanta would resemble a swamp.
During his Thanksgiving break, Viraj Mehta, vice president of the Indian Student Association, spent hours watching the terrorist attacks in Mumbai unfold on CNN.
As many job hunters face a wobbly economy, military recruitment is creeping upward.
An article posted Wednesday to Alligator.org incorrectly stated that the Sheet Metal Air Conditioning Contractors National Association protested at the Malcom Randall VA Hospital. The four people protesting were from the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union, not the contractors association.
TALLAHASSEE - That depleted defensive line wasn't such a big problem after all.
An article in Wednesday's Alligator included a quotation from UF spokesman Steve Orlando saying arrested UF student Ryan Reed could be expelled from UF. Orlando did not comment on the individual student, and the quotation was not his exact words.
ORLANDO - After an early season full of glass and iron, Chandler Parsons finally found some nylon.
Regardless of whether you were elated, irritated, or apathetic, you can agree that this election was epic.
TALLAHASSEE - Lost amid the Gators' 30-point victory against the Seminoles on Saturday might be the most important play of UF's season.
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