Alachua County was awarded nearly $1 million Friday to help treat children and adults with mental illnesses or substance-abuse problems.
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Dressed in Elizabethan outfits, Master Octavio de Flores and Mistress Mairi Ceilidh sat at a table playing Byzantine chess, a popular game during the 10th century.
UF's last Southeastern Conference dual meet of the season ended the same way the previous one did.
UF gymnast Corey Hartung continued her dominance on the vault against Arkansas on Friday night.
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After sweeping a Friday afternoon doubleheader against Brevard Community College, the Santa Fe Community College Saints did not receive a pat on the back and scurry off to begin their weekends.
I'm surprised that so few realize that there is already a easy way to get your WebMail account integrated with Google's Gmail. If you set up a Gmail account and then go into the settings, you can set Gmail to check many other mail services, including UF's WebMail. Gmail will check these other accounts, download their messages into your Gmail inbox and also allow you to send mail from any account that you have linked to Gmail. So instead of waiting for UF to make the switch to Gmail, you can make it happen for yourself in a matter of five minutes.
UF gymnast Corey Hartung continued her dominance on the vault against Arkansas on Friday night.
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The UF women's basketball team continues to feel the growing pains of a team that finished 9-22 last season.
A Tony Award-winning actress attracted a crowd of nearly 100 observers and aspiring actors to UF's Constans Theatre on Thursday afternoon.
A new Web site allows both students and Gainesville residents to choose coupons from about 35 local restaurants and businesses and immediately receive them as text messages. Users redeem the coupon by showing the message on their phone as they would with a paper coupon.
What a week. One new amendment and a few new city commissioners later, and we're still reeling from all the political madness. As we inch closer and closer to Super Tuesday, presidential candidates have been dropping like flies, and the remaining few are fighting for their lives.
Gainesville residents are sharpening their pencils and their minds in preparation for the second annual North Florida Crossword Puzzle Tournament, which will take place Saturday.
I am writing about the proposed increase for motorcycle and scooter parking decals. Guess what? If they raise the price of a scooter decal to the same price as a car decal, I'm going to drive my car to campus!
Free hearing screenings attracted dozens of people to UF's Speech and Hearing Clinic on Thursday in honor of the American Academy of Audiology's 20th anniversary.
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The United States presidency, an office run by white men for more than 200 years, may soon be run by anyone but.
Two architectural firms are closing in on a final design for the UF College of Veterinarian Medicine's new hospital for small animals.
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