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MIAMI (Fla. News Network/by Larry Spilman) --Just in time for the Memorial Holiday Weekend, 'Dr. Beach' is out with h...
TAMPA (Fla. News Network/by Alan McBride) -- The Memorial Day holiday is marked by events that have become latter-day traditi...
TALLAHASSEE (Fla. News Net./byRick Flagg and Alan McBride)--State Education officials say the kids are doing a better job wri...
GROZNY, Russia (AP) -- The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead by U.S. law enforcement agents while being questioned abou...
TAMPA (Fla. News Network, by Alan McBride) -- The price at the pump this week looks much like it did last week, according to ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget.Sco...
DES MOINES, Iowa May 18, 2013 (AP) --It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by match...
TALLAHASSEE (byRick Flagg and Alan McBride/FLA. NEWS NETWORK) --Florida TaxWatch is urging the governor to veto more than ...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Rick Flagg and Alan McBride/FLA. NEWS NET.) --Florida's crime rate dropped by six and a half percent l...
Amazon released it's annual list of the 20 "most well-read" cities in the United States,based on sales of print...
Amazon released it's annual list of the 20 "most well-read" cities in the United States, based on sales of prin...
TALLAHASSEE (by Rick Flagg and Alan McBride/FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) -- A company that specializes in covering homes that are in...
TALLAHASSEE (Florida News Network, Alan McBride) -- The Florida Department of Health says infant mortality rates have reached...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Florida News Network) -- He's not actually using the "V-word," but Governor Rick Scott is dr...
GAINESVILLE (by Larry Spilman and Alan McBride/FLA. NEWS NET.) -- The University of Florida has unveiled the state's most...
TALLAHASSEE (by Alan McBride/FLA. NEWS NET) -- Florida's Commissioner of Agriculture, Adam Putnam, and the Coca-Cola Comp...
NEW YORK (AP) — The only time Tommie Frazier and Danny Wuerffel shared the field during their brilliant college careers...
FORT LAUDERDALE (by Larry Spilman/Fla. News Network) -- It's that time of year for the state's emergency managers to ...
TALLAHASSEE (by Rick Flagg and Alan McBride/Fla. News Network) -- Hundreds of cops and deputies gathered this week in the cap...
MELBOURNE, Fla. (ABC NEWS) --A teenage surfer is recovering in a Florida hospital today after a shark took a bite out of his ...
GAINESVILLE (ABC NEWS/Alexis Shaw and Kevin Dolak) --Brenda Heist, the Pennsylvania mother who disappeared 11 years ago and r...
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida Democratic leaders want Republican Gov. Rick Scott to veto the state budget or call a special ses...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The House amended an elections bill that will expand early voting days and sites and sent it b...
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin told a judge Tue...
TALLAHASSEE (Rick Flaff and Alan McBride, FNN) -- Gov. Rick Scott has spent months arguing for an across the board pay increa...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Wine kegs would be available in Florida for the first time under a bill that won House approval.The...
NEW YORK (AP) — Short on glam, slim on glitter and no sign of Manti Te'o, the NFL draft was still a solid B-plus.As...
DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised his predecessor at the dedication of his library for showing s...
TALLAHASSEE (Alan McBride/FLA NEWS NETWORK) -- The annual back to school sales tax holiday can be expected to make an appeara...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Playing on the offensive line is about as unglamorous as it gets in professional football.Nobod...
TALLAHASSEE (Rick Flagg and Alan McBride/FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) -- It would appear that the governor's plan to give every ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is signing into law a sweeping education bill that rolls back graduati...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Top-ranked Florida opened the NCAA women's gymnastics finals about as poorly as possible, with t...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against oil company BP and cement contractor Hal...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. -- A bill to ban the use of unmanned drones for routine law enforcement was approved by the Florida House o...
The current statewide average is $3.53 per gallon, down 6 cents from last week. Read more...TAMPA, FLA. (Florida News Net...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate proposal to expand background checks for gun buyers gained the backing of one Rep...
By ALYSSA NEWCOMB (@alyssanewcomb) and ANTHONY CASTELLANO (ABC NEWS)April 11, 2013TAMPA -- The Florida parents accused of abd...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida parents charged with kidnapping their boys after losing custody and fleeing to Cuba by s...
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man who killed a 10-year-old girl he snatched off her bike on her way to school has been executed...
TAVARES, FLA. (by Alan McBride/FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) -- The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is accepting applicatio...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida defensive line coach Bryant Young has resigned to "pursue more time with my famil...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Joshua and Sharyn Hakken seemed to have a charmed life, doting on their two young boys, buying a com...
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida couple suspected of kidnapping their two sons from the woman's parents are in Cuba, authori...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Patric Young's first three seasons at Florida ended one victory shy of the Final Four. He&...
President Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday night to apologize for referring to her as the &...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Florida News Network) --The bill to ban Internet Cafes passed easily through the Florida Senate in Tallaha...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Florida News Network) --The bill to ban Internet Cafes hits the Senate floor in Tallahassee Thursday.Gale ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- More than 14,000 Shands patients in Gainesville and Jacksonville may have had their personal information...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A House panel has passed a bill creating a statewide ban on texting while driving.The House Ec...
TALLAHASSEE (Florida News Network) -- Unemployment in the Sunshine State continues to decline, and job creation continues to ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It's a victory for snowbirds heading the Florida from Canada. Gov. Rick Scott has signed a...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California hired Andy Enfield as men's basketball coach on Monday night after he took F...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A proposal aimed at elevating the role of parents in charting a turnaround for failing public schools ma...
ST. AUGUSTINE (Florida News Network) -- The Sunshine State is preparing to celebrate a major milestone.Tuesday willmark the 5...
TAMPA (Florida News Network) -- Gas prices continued their recent declines last week, falling another 4 cents, according to t...
ATLANTA (AP) — After a season of uncertainty, there's a clear favorite heading to the Final Four.The Louisville Car...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Freshman guard Nik Stauskas scored 22 points including six 3-pointers and Michigan is going to ...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — That high-flying act from "Dunk City" busted most everybody's NCAA tournament bra...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Florida News Network)-- The budget committee in the Florida Senate voted this week to reduce your motor ve...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Florida News Network) -- The House Judiciary committee in the state capitol has approved a bill designed t...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — March Madness in the Sunshine State has long meant little to most people in Florida.Sure, the ...
GAINESVILLE, FLA. (Florida News Network) -- A pleasant surprise for Floridians: consumer confidence in the Sunshine State ros...
NEW YORK, NY (Alan McBride/FLA. NEWS NET.) -- A new economic impact study indicates that the beer industry is barreling into ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Sherwood Brown only wanted a bagel.The Florida Gulf Coast star walked into a restaurant on camp...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The moment was vintage Tiger Woods, and so was his reaction.Seconds after Rickie Fowler made a 40-...
TAMPA, FLA. (Florida News Network) -- The price at the pump continues to improve for Florida drivers.According to the latest ...
A bill that would outlaw internet cafes blew through the state House of Representatives in record time.TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Flo...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota fired Tubby Smith on Monday, cutting ties with the veteran coach one day after the Golden ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Not even many basketball fans knew about Florida Gulf Coast just a couple of weeks ago. They do now...
A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerba...
Ocala (AP) -- Police in north Florida cited country music singer David Allan Coe for running a red light before being struck ...
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (Florida News Network) -- No love for the gov in a new poll from Quinnipiac University.Rick Scott trails fo...
The NCAA tournament will not have a repeat champion for the sixth straight season. Kentucky made sure of that by failing to m...
By COLLEEN CURRY (ABC NEWS)/Orlando-- Arabo Babakhani thought his roommate at University of Central Florida was just a quiet ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A University of Central Florida student who pulled a dorm fire alarm in the middle of the night ha...
Drop the pen. Everyone knows no ink makes contact with a bracket sheet until Monday night at the earliest. Until it's dea...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Antron Brown still has some lingering back issues following a fiery crash at last month's NHRA seaso...
LAKE BUENA VISTA (Fla. News Network) -- Walt Disney World Resort has announced a multi-year transformation of Downtown Disney...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — For the second time this week, Carnival Cruise Lines says one of its ships has experienced problems ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he has no knowledge that former Lt. Jennifer Carroll has broken t...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's lieutenant governor has resigned because of her ties to an Internet cafe company...
By JORDAN FABIAN (ABC NEWS) -- Sen. Marco Rubio recently slammed Americans who visit Cuba, including some of his Senate colle...
NEW YORK (AP) — The crazy regular season in college basketball doesn't guarantee an equally wild NCAA tournament.Co...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Senate committee has essentially killed Gov. Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid covera...
byDarrell MoodyTAMPA, FLA. (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) --Gas prices across the Sunshine State fell again last week, according to A...
byAmanda DeCarloORLANDO, FLA. (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) --Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is looking into running for president...
byDarrell MoodyDAYTONA BEACH, FLA. (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK) -- The World's Most Famous Beach is rumbling as thousands of mo...
By JOHN MULLER and MOSHEH GAINS (abc news) -- A huge swarm of sharks that shut down beaches in Florida is migrating up the Ea...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Kenny Boynton cut the final strand, waved the net above his head and then hung it around his neck.No dou...
SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) — As crews entombed a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole near Tampa, the earth opened up again just...
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump last year signed a contract to buy the Doral Golf Resort, and he hired respected archit...
OCALA, Fla. -- An 59-year-old man is charged with attempted 2nd degree murder. Samuel R. Cone II is being held without bond f...
TAMPA, FL (ABC NEWS) -- A rattled Casey Anthony tried to hide her face today as she waded through a mob of photographers and ...
TAMPA, FL (AP) -- Casey Anthony will be coming out of seclusion for a meeting with the creditors in her bankruptcy case in Ta...
By GIO BENITEZ (@GioBenitez) and ALYSSA NEWCOMB (@alyssanewcomb)March 3, 2013Wrecking crews began working to turn the Florida...
From Orlando Sentinel and FloriBlog NewsAs the state unemployment rate inches down, Gov. Rick Scott rarely misses an opportun...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Researchers say they have tagged and released a great white shark off the coast of Jacksonvil...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- No. 8 Florida showed the kind of resiliency that could come in handy in the postseason.Casey Prather had...
The Alabama-Florida matchup on Saturday looks to be the biggest game of the season for not just each team, but for the SEC as...
OCALA (AP) — Hundreds of horses at a major Ocala show jumping event have been quarantined as a precaution after state a...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The top spot in The Associated Press Top 25 is the last place any team wants to be this season.When ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Who's the best athlete? The best quarterback? How about the emergence of the read-option and wh...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shoc...
The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for our area through 3pm today, meaning conditions are favorable for ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A manhunt has widened to southeastern U.S. states for a 26-year-old ex-convict identified as the prime...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Gators dropped 3 spots to No. 8 in the latest AP College Basketball poll, after a week whe...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A horrific multicar crash moments before the end of the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Daytona Int...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - NASCAR fans were injured Saturday when large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grands...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The big boys brought their little girls to see NASCAR's shining star.Jeff Gordon, Carl E...
PALM COAST, Fla. — A customer walked into the Mobil gas station on East State Road 100 in Palm Coast last night and fou...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Busch has won the second of Daytona's twin qualifying races by holding off a late c...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. sales of previously occupied homes rose in January to the second-highest level in three years, a sign...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more ...
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Florida let Missouri hang around just long enough for the Tigers to finally take advantage.The fif...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is downplaying its draft immigration proposal as merely a backup plan if lawmakers do...
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Three more wins and Missouri has a perfect home season.Nothing like a little top-10 competition to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world is safe — at least from one asteroid.A 150-foot cosmic rock hurtled safely ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to extend a pay freeze for federal workers, already in effect for more than tw...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama set up high-stakes clashes with Republicans over guns, immigration, taxes and ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- If there were any questions about Florida's status in the Southeastern Conference after a loss at Ar...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tue...
Reprinted by Samantha Shavell / WUFT NewsGAINESVILLE -- During a press conference Monday morning in UF’s Nanoscale Rese...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marco Rubio is taking center stage as Republicans search for a new leader.In the nearly 100 days sinc...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- No. 2 Florida played without forward Will Yeguete, benched starting point guard Scottie Wilbekin and got...
Gainesville City Commission is eyeing neighborhood parking around the University of Florida as a source for additional revenu...
By Alan McBride (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK)TALLAHASSEE, FLA. -- Attorney General Pam Bondi is urging Floridians to use caution whe...
by Rick Flagg and Alan McBride (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK)TALLAHASSEE, FLA. -- They killed her bill in committee, but state Repres...
Tom Morgan (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK)GAINESVILLE -- No. 2 Florida will be without forward Will Yeguete for at least the rest of t...
byAlan McBride (Florida News Network)WASHINGTON, D.C.--House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnel...
byRick Flagg and Alan McBride (FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK)TALLAHASSEE, FLA.--Florida is one of only five states in the country that...
Today is the first day High School football recruits can send National Letters Of Intent and officially commit to colleges. T...
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Law enforcement officers stormed an underground bunker Monday in southeastern Alabama, freein...
By GIO BENITEZ (@GioBenitez) and CHRISTINA NG (@ChristinaNg27)Feb. 4, 2013A week-long Alabama standoff in which a retired tru...
GAINESVILLE (AP) -- Florida finally faced a little competition in the Southeastern Conference.Just a little, though.Erik Murp...
Six candidates will compete for Gainesville City Mayor, and three will faceoff to win the City Commission District 4 seat. Qu...
The University of Florida is aiming to become one of the top public universities with the help of Gov. Rick Scott’s new...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators hammered former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing Thursday on issu...
Ocala Police are looking for help in the search for Robert Patrick Hagerty. The boy was last seen in Ocala, and investigators...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez's office said that he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's overall consumer confidence level is little changed in January from the previous...
GAINESVILLE (AP) — Florida center Pat Young knows something is coming.It could be a speech. It could be a video session...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public suppo...
MIAMI, Fla. (AP) -- The governor’s office has announced that every member of the Florida College System offering four-y...
MIAMI, Fla. (AP) -- The governor’s office has announced that every member of the Florida College System offering four-y...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles for a sweeping overhau...
MIAMI (AP) — Governor Rick Scott is expected to announce additional state colleges that are accepting his challenge to ...
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Florida has already developed a reputation as one of the nation's premier defensive teams.The Gators...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Danica Patrick tells The Associated Press she's dating fellow NASCAR driver Ricky Stenho...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Casey Anthony filed for bankruptcy in Florida, claiming about $1,100 in assets and $792,000 ...
By CHRISTINA NG/ABC NEWS -- A Florida appeals court has overturned two of Casey Anthony's four lying convictions for misl...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A shelter for pregnant women and single mothers and their children is closing after 30 years i...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott is seeking a pay raise for Florida's teachers after spearheading a success...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Silver Springs, one of Florida's oldest tourist attractions, is going out of business and ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is asking state lawmakers to put aside money in the coming year to giv...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Wilbekin is one of Billy Donovan's best defenders.Florida's junior point guard...
NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o insisted he had no role in the bizarre hoax involving his "de...
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man on probation for sexual activity with a miniature donkey is back in jail on unrelated charges....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- State labor officials said Friday that Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped t...
GAINESVILLE – Florida coach Will Muschamp suspended redshirt freshman offensive lineman Jessamen Dunker, who was arrest...
GAINESVILLE (AP) -- Gators defensive coordinator Dan Quinn is leaving to become the defensive coordinator for the Seattle Sea...
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- The Florida Supreme Court has upheld a law requiring public employees to contribute 3 percent of their pa...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott says more early voting days are needed to alleviate the long lines and...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Seattle defensive coordinator Gus Bradley as head coach Thursd...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Police say a University of Florida offensive lineman has been charged with stealing a scooter....
LAWTEY, Fla. (AP) – A 20-year old soldier and Santa Fe College student died after the Army Humvee he was driving crashe...
MIAMI January 15, 2013 (AP) -- Florida wildlife officials say 11 Burmese pythons were killed during the first three days of a...
GAINESVILLE (AP) — Casey Prather is the latest Florida player on the mend.Prather will be out 10 to 14 days, including ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Westhoff, the Jets' recently retired special teams coordinator, tells a Florida radio station ...
GAINESVILLE -- Ex-Gator player Chris Rainey was in court Friday to face a simple battery charge, stemming from an alleged Thu...
By STEVE OSUNSAMI (ABC NEWS) -- Florida wildlife officials are launching a snake hunting mission to help curb the growing pop...
By MARK LONG AP Sports WriterDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. January 12, 2013 (AP) -- New cars, same results at Daytona International Spe...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Tim Tebow won't be playing for his hometown team.The Jacksonville Jaguars made it clear Thursd...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he wants to know what the real numbers are when it comes to p...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have fired coach Mike Mularkey after one season, the worst in franch...
TACOMA, Wash. January 10, 2013 (AP) -- Louise Bundy, who was a staunch defender of her serial killer son, Ted Bundy, before h...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed to hire Atlanta director of player personnel Dave Caldwell as gene...
Bernie Machen will not retire, and has agreed to remain as UF President. Gov. Rick Scott and UF Board of Trustees Chairman Da...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Alabama is No.1 at being No.1.The Crimson Tide (13-1) was voted national champion by the Associat...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated PressDAYTONA BEACH (AP) -- There is no doubt that Casey Anthony lied to detectives when she told...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olympic champion swimmer Ryan Lochte is diving into the world of reality television with a six-episo...
ZURICH (AP) — United States forward Abby Wambach was named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, adding the game...
By DOUG ESSER/Seattle (AP) -- The search for Kurt Ruppert, 29, of Lake City, a wing suit-wearing skydiver in the Washington C...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both sides are saying it was a productive meeting after Florida Gov. Rick Scott sat down with the Oba...
University of Florida linebacker Jelani Jenkins will forego his final season of eligibility to enter the 2013 NFL Draft, repo...
The ground search for a Florida skydiver who vanished during a jump above Washington's Cascade foothills ended Sunday wit...
OLDSMAR, FL (AP) -- A southwest Florida couple have been charged with animal cruelty and child abuse after authorities respon...
SEATTLE (AP) -- Rescue crews spent their fourth straight day looking for a skydiver who vanished during a jump above Washingt...
By Laura C. Morel,Tampa Bay Times Staff Writer (lmorel@tampabay.com)It was startling news for a state that gains about 3 mill...
NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — Rescue crews narrowed the area they were searching in the rugged Cascade foothills for a missi...
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) — Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Conor Dwyer joined the University of Florida...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A University of Florida police officer has died after losing control of his pickup on rainy East-W...
GAINESVILLE (AP). - Cattle roamed free Saturday on Interstate 75 after a cattle truck's right front tire blew out, causin...
PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say at least three people are dead after a small plane crashed into a house while t...
PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say at least three people are dead after a small plane crashed into a house while t...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Terell Floyd returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown on the first play, dual-threat quarterback...
H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the general credited with leading U.S.-allied forces to a victory in the first Gulf War, has died at a...
New numbers show the state's unemployment numbers are down from 8.5 to 8.1 %. That's the lowest in Florida since the ...
A switch for Gov. Rick Scott. He now wants to look into expanding Florida's early voting period.During the past election,...
Florida drivers have spoken, and they want a new license plate that features an orange forming the "O'' in "...
TAMPA (AP) -- Indiana's recently ousted state school superintendent was hired Wednesday as Florida's new education co...
NEW YORK (AP) — Alabama is No. 1 when it comes to All-Americans. The second-ranked Crimson Tide placed four players on ...
By CANDACE SMITH/ABC NEWS -- George Zimmerman was rebuffed by a Florida judge in his request to remove the GPS tracking devic...
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida education officials are pleased with the first vocabulary test results from the National Ass...
By DANIEL CLARK/ABC NEWSMosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are awaiting approval from the federal government to b...
By GARY FINEOUT/TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state's chief executive as a R...
By ARLETTE SAENZ and MICHAEL FALCONE/ABC NEWSDec. 5, 2012WASHINGTON -- Hardly a month has passed since the end of presidentia...
OCALA, Fla. (AP and Orlando Sentinel) — An Orlando woman was charged with leaving the scene of a fiery early-morning cr...
MIAMI (AP) — The family of a construction worker who was killed after a parking garage collapsed at Miami Dade College ...
NEW ORLEANS -- Florida (No. 3 BCS, No. 4 AP) will meet Louisville (No. 21 BCS, No. 22 AP) in the Sugar Bowl.Despite finishing...
PRISON PRIVATIZATIONJudge hears Fla. prison privatization challengeTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge says he expects to ...
By MICHAEL S. JAMES/ABC NEWSNov. 29, 2012Police have arrested a 42-year-old man and charged him with murder in the case of a ...
MIAMI (AP) — Florida health advocates are urging the federal government to run the state health exchange, saying Florid...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge says he expects to rule quickly on another challenge to plans for privatizing health c...
By ANTHONY CASTELLANONov. 28, 2012The allure of the record $500 million Powerball jackpot has led to long lines across th...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two years before the playoffs start in college football, the Southeastern Conference is staging a semifinal ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida coach Will Muschamp doesn't have any doubt where his team's next stop should be: Mi...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --Mike Gillislee ran for two touchdowns and No. 6 Florida scored 24 straight points in the fourth quarter t...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tea party firebrand Allen West is finally giving up his fight to remain in Congress.West s...
By BIANNA GOLODRYGA/ABC NEWSNov. 19, 2012While bargain-hunting shoppers gear up this week for Black Friday, Walmart, the coun...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Notre Dame is No. 1 and Alabama is No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, moving to the top of...
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has rejected Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West's request for a recount of more than ...
By PHILIP ELLIOTT— Nov. 16 4:23 AM ESTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Louisiana's Bobby Jindal is urging the Republican Part...
By Hannah Sampson/The Miami HeraldSummer brought more tourists to Florida this year than last, according to preliminary numbe...
By SARAH PARNASS/ABC NEWSNov. 14, 2012While the FBI was investigating the director of the CIA, a top U.S. general and a Flori...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama is backing Gen. John Allen, the commander of American forces in Afghanistan and the second top m...
By ANTHONY CASTELLANO and LUIS MARTINEZ/ABC NEWSNov. 13, 2012Gen. John Allen, commander of the International Security Assista...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Labor unions and other liberal groups are urging that Florida expand early voting days and sit...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida players jumped around on the sideline, then rushed the field in celebration.It was more lik...
By The Associated PressNovember 10, 2012 (AP)The next time No. 10 Florida, No. 4 Ohio State, Georgetown and Marquette try to ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No. 10 Florida plays Georgetown in the Navy-Marine Corps Classic, on the flight deck of the U...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN/ABC NEWSNov. 7, 2012The last ballots are being counted here in Florida, but a re-elected President Obama i...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN/ABC NEWSNov. 6, 2012President Obama won a second term tonight as ABC News projects he will be re-elected, ...
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Analysis By MICHAEL FALCONE and AMY WALTER/ABC NEWSNov. 6, 2012NOTE: Listen to 97.3 The Sky starting at 7pm for complete elec...
Analysis By MICHAEL FALCONE and AMY WALTER/ABC NEWSNov. 6, 2012NOTE: Listen to 97.3 The Sky starting at 7pm for complete elec...
Gregory J. Krieg/ABC NEWSNov. 5, 2012The candidates are spending the final 24 hours of this long presidential race bouncing a...
NEW YORK -- After being tested for the first time this season Alabama and Oregon have held their spots at the top of The Asso...
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A limited number of Florida-Missouri football tickets have become available for Saturday’s game. Kickoff is set for 12:...
By ABBY D. PHILLIP/ABC NEWSNov. 1, 2012The political détente declared during superstorm Sandy is over as President Oba...
from ABC NewsHurricane Sandy‘s winds and rains subsided today, and the New York Stock Exchange announced it will open f...
By ARIANE DEVOGUE and LAUREN PEARLE/ABC NEWSOctober 30, 2012Superstorm Sandy has given rise to suspensions in campaigning by ...
from ABC NewsFerocious superstorm Sandy barrelled into the East Coast this evening, driving a record storm surge that flooded...
ORLANDO-(AP)--A Florida judge is denying prosecutors' request for a gag order in the trial of a neighborhood watch leader...
By UF Chief Meteorologist Jeff Huffman/www.gatorweather.comAs residents of the Northeast run for higher ground and prepare fo...
By CHRISTINA NG/ABC NEWSA surging Hurricane Sandy rushed towards the East Coast, and has strengthened today before expected l...
NEW YORK (AP) No. 3 Kansas State and No. 4 Notre Dame each moved up a spot in The Associated Press college football poll, set...
Mitt Romney has matched Barack Obama on the question of who’s presented a clearer economic plan, a measure on which the...
The 12-year-old daughter of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was in fair condition Saturday evening at Miami Children's Hospital ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Shawn Williams' criticism will be remembered as a challenge.And No. 12 Georgia responded bette...
By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRY Associated PressSHIP BOTTOM, N.J. October 28, 2012 (AP)Forget distinctions like tropical st...
From UF Meteorologist Jeff Huffman at gatorweather.comHurricane Sandy will likely be almost three hundred miles off-shore whe...
From the National Hurricane Center:CENTER OF SANDY MOVING BETWEEN LONG ISLAND AND GREAT EXUMA...2:00 PM EDT Thu Oct 25Locatio...
Special Statement from Meteorologist Jeff HuffmanSandy strengthened rapidly before making landfall in Cuba overnight as a str...
Special Statement from Meteorologist Jeff HuffmanSandy strengthened rapidly before making landfall in Cuba overnight as a str...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Sandy carved into the populous southeastern coast of Jamaica on Wednesday, stranding...
See the undefeated No.3 Florida Gators take on 12th-ranked Georgia this Saturday in Jacksonville. Text the word GATOR to 7288...
By UF Chief Meteorologist Jeff Huffman(Jeff's Blog and Info at gatorweather.com)Tropical Storm Sandy -- Official UpdateAt...
The state's 19th case of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroid injections from New England Compounding Center ...
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN (@GoldmanRussell)Oct. 22, 2012President Obama was on the offensive during the third and final presidential...
By ABC NEWS/ABBY D. PHILLIPPresident Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in the third presidential debate, face ...
Mitt Romney carries newfound competitiveness in trust to handle international issues into the final presidential debate, comb...
By UF Chief Meteorologist Jeff HuffmanCURRENT SITUATIONTropical Depression 18 became Tropical Storm Sandy late Monday afterno...
Get at-a-glance info on parking, transportation and stadium restrictions, to make your Florida-Georgia Weekend easier.Frequen...
from ABC NewsOutside of a Bass Pro Shop on his first campaign swing in western Iowa, Republican vice presidential candidate P...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Only in the BCS standings does Oregon get passed.Kansas State moved ahead of the Ducks and up to No. 3 on Su...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida went 0-for-October last season, with humbling losses to Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Georgia.It...
By ABC NEWS/HUMA KHANOct. 21, 2012George McGovern, longtime senator from South Dakota and 1972 Democratic presidential nomine...
Unemployment in Florida has dropped .1 percent to 8.7 and Marion County's drops .3 to 9.8%. Five other states also saw dr...
The University of Florida had previously announced non-conference matchups for the 2013 football season, including Miami'...
OCALA -- Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke before an enthusiastic crowd in the Downtown Square, touting pl...
The Associated PressSTARKE, Fla. — Deputies in Bradford County say a 2-year-old boy apparently fell through the broken ...
CASSELBERRY, Fla. October 18, 2012 (AP) -- A gunman opened fire in a central Florida beauty salon Thursday, fatally shooting ...
GOP Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan will appear in Ocala on the Downtown Square today. The campaign event will start af...
By The Associated PressWhat a difference a year makes for the Florida Gator football program. The 5-0 Gators are back in the ...
CEDAR KEY (AP). - The father of a missing University of Florida student is helping investigators determine whether a body fou...
Hunters discovered a body in Levy County Friday around 2pm, on the grounds of the Gulf Hammock Hunting Club. Authorities beli...
Sandwiched between contests against top-five opponents, Florida faces a Vanderbilt team it hasn't lost to in nearly a qua...
University of Florida Meteorologist Jeff Huffman on 97.3 The Sky -- We are watching two areas of interest in the Atlantic (re...
from ABC NewsAn eleventh person has died and 108 more have been sickened by a rare form of fungal meningitis, health official...
NEW YORK -- South Carolina, Florida and West Virginia move into the top five of The Associated Press college football poll af...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- This was old-school football at its best, the kind of performance only Southeastern Conference loyalists...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Maybe, just maybe, No. 7 Florida will get to relax. The Gators (9-1) have played three consecu...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney for the first time characterized his comments during a fundraiser that were surreptitiously filmed a...
from ABC NewsOn the eve of the first presidential debate, the conservative website The Daily Caller Tuesday circulated previo...
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Auto WriterDETROIT September 29, 2012 (AP)General Motors Co. is recalling more than 40,000 cars sold in ...
By MEREDITH RUTLAND AND AUDRA D.S. BURCHaburch@MiamiHerald.comRead Miami Herald story here...FROM THE MIAMI HERALDGAINESVILLE...
BY MEREDITH RUTLAND AND AUDRA D.S. BURCHaburch@MiamiHerald.comGAINESVILLE -- Pedro Bravo was formally charged with first-degr...
from ABC NewsHealth care giant Humana, Inc. is partnering with Wal-Mart to give its HumanaVitality participants a deal on fre...
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. September 19, 2012 (AP)Space shuttle Endeavour embarked on its new lif...
from ABC Newsfrom ABC NewsPresident Obama wasn't laughing when he visited funnyman David Letterman's Late Show last n...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee and its big-play offense got beaten at its own game.The 23rd-ranked Volunteers had won thei...
NEW YORK -- Alabama and LSU are back atop The Associated Press college football poll, holding down Nos. 1 and 2 the way they ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Steve Spurrier isn't directing pregame barbs at Phillip Fulmer. Danny Wuerffel and Peyton Manning...
The Florida Gators (#18AP, #17USA Today) travel to Knoxville to play Tennessee (#23AP) in another SEC matchup. The Gators (2-...
By ABC NEWS/KEVIN DOLAK, DEAN SCHABNER, ENJOLI FRANCIS and ANTHONY CASTELLANOSept. 12, 2012U.S. ambassador to Libya Christoph...
from ABC NewsA man who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenager told a Florida judge he knows "somet...
from ABC NewsTwo American State Department employees were killed in Benghazi, Libya after militants stormed the U.S. consulat...
BY ENJOLI FRANCISSept. 11, 2012Angry demonstrators stormed U.S. diplomatic compounds in Egypt and Libya today, to protest a U...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney raised some eyebrows today when he said, "I'm not getting rid of all of healthcare reform.&...
By KRISTIE RIEKENThe Associated PressCOLLEGE STATION, Texas —No. 24 Florida had never won a game under coach Will Musch...
from ABC NewsStarting Tuesday, the Obama campaign gets their chance to make its case to the American public. Unlike 2008, whe...
The Gators face Bowling Green at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Saturday afternoon at 3:30. ESPN will carry the game live. If you...
from ABC NewsTropical storm Isaac is on the verge of becoming a Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall, but forecaster...
from ABC NewsOne-time GOP primary front-runner Herman Cain, who exited the race amid spiraling allegations of sexual infideli...
from ABC NewsAs Tropical Storm Isaac grazed the Florida Keys with less force than was feared, hurricane warnings have been is...
from ABC NewsRepublican officials are getting a lesson in how to squeeze a national convention into just three days.In a conf...
from ABC NewsFormer Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says he's backing Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race.The former Re...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Republican officials abruptly announced plans Saturday evening to scrap the first day of their national c...
By ABC NEWS/RICHARD ESPOSITO, MARK CRUDELE, RUSSELL GOLDMAN, CANDACE SMITH and LEE FERRANAug. 25, 2012The New York Police Dep...
Tropical Storm Isaac has passed over Haiti and is approaching southeastern Cuba. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph. Som...
Hurricane hunter aircraft reports that Tropical Storm Isaac is a little stronger. Maximum sustained winds are up to near 50 m...
Isaac is currently moving west-northwestward through the eastern Caribbean, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. A steady ...
from ABC NewsTropical Storm Isaac took aim at the Dominican Republic and Haiti early Thursday, expected to gain strength afte...
By AMY BINGHAM/ABC NEWSAug. 22, 2012Hurricane Isaac, currently a tropical storm brewing southeast of Puerto Rico, is on track...
By CARLISLE JNO BAPTISTE 08/22/12 11:44 AM ET ROSEAU, Dominica — Leaders across much of the Caribbean closed schools an...
MIAMI (AP)— Forecasters say Tropical Storm Isaac has formed in the Atlantic with a track that could possibly take it to...
from ABC NewsEndurance swimmer Diana Nyad was pulled from the water this morning, ending her historic Cuba-to-Florida swim.Ny...
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning, affecting Alachua, Gilcrhist, Bradford, Columbia, Suwannee and Union...
TALLAHASSEE (AP) -- Florida's unemployment rate increased to 8.8 percent in July. It was the first time in several months...
from ABC NewsThe biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida — 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164½ pounds — ...
from ABC NewsChris Christie, the sometimes abrasive but always entertaining governor of New Jersey, is set to be announced Tu...
By ABC NEWS/JONATHAN KARL, SHUSHANNAH WALSHE and EMILY FRIEDMANNORFOLK, Va., Aug. 11, 2012Top Republicans close to Mitt Romne...
By ABC NEWS/NED POTTERAug. 10, 2012You doubtless remember the blue Pandorans in James Cameron's film "Avatar." ...
from ABC NewsAre big, fat, $10-a-piece cigars catnip to children? That's one question the Food and Drug Administratio...
By Michael DiRocco | ESPN.comGAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida coach Will Muschamp said he was surprised when receivers coach...
Tropical Storm Ernesto is bearing down on Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula. The storm has been intensifying today, and becomi...
from ABC NewsSen. John McCain, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are among t...
By ABC NEWS/ALEXIS SHAWAug. 4, 2012The parents of Gator and U.S. Olympic gold-medal swimmer Ryan Lochte cheered their son on ...
Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus called Sen. Harry Reid a “dirty liar” this morning on “T...
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Former University of Florida star swimmer Dana Vollmer set a world record to win a US Gold Medal in the 100-meter butterfly a...
(AP/Gainesville) -- An investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials resulted in a major discovery this...
37 present and former University of FL stars are competing in the 2012 Summer Games, a record number of Gators in the Olympic...
New stats shows Florida's unemployment rate remains at 8.6%. Marion County's goes up .4% to 10.2 %. That's the hi...
The first ever Gainesville Restaurant week kicked off July 26th and is running through August 5th. Put on by the Gainesville ...
By ABC News/COLLEEN CURRY, MATT GUTMAN, and SENI TIENABESOJuly 19, 2012George Zimmerman's television interview in which h...
from ABC NewsPresident Obama warned a Florida rally today against what he predicted would be a flood of negative ads from Rep...
ABC News/From Emily Friedman in Roxbury and Mary Bruce at the White HouseMitt Romney went to a Massachusetts truck repair sho...
from ABC NewsSen. Marco Rubio today got the nod to be the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee — from the nation&r...
By ABC News/ MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) , SENI TIENABESO (@senijr_abc) and CANDACE SMITH (@CandaceSmith_)MIAMI July 16, 201...
The deadline for Florida residents to vote in upcoming state primary elections or change their party affiliation is today (Ju...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated PressTITUSVILLE, Fla. July 15, 2012 (AP)A year after NASA ended the three-decade-long U.S. space...
By EMERY P. DALESIO AP Business WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Business experts who follow Duke Energy Corp. say the country'...
By By CHARLES BABINGTON – 12 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for Republicans, the federal government has ...
Ronald Ryan Shepard Junior and an accomplice are accused of stealing about $180 thousand dollars from the sale of steers ...
The downward slide appears to be over. The price of a gallon of a gas in Florida rose by 7 cents a gallon in the past week. A...
By ABC News/MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) and COLLEEN CURRYSANFORD, Fla. July 5, 2012George Zimmerman could be released from j...
from ABC NewsA Texas graduate student who was mauled by chimpanzees will be moved to a Johannesburg hospital after doctors to...
Governor Rick Scott claims that the health care overhaul will cost Florida taxpayers $1.9 billion dollars a year but Asso...
President Obama is focusing on boosting voter turnout in Florida's university towns, Hispanic enclaves like the Puero Ric...
Former Florida guard Bradley Beal was picked third in the NBA draft by the Washington Wizards on his 19th birthday. He'll...
Several roads in the Heart of Florida are closed off because of flooding -- keep up with the list from the Florida Highway Pa...
By MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) and AARON KATERSKY (@aaronkatersky)/ABC NewsSANFORD, Fla., June 26, 2012The lead homicide inv...
At 5pm on Tuesday, Tropical Storm Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee. The storm was downgraded to a Tropical Depression in...
NASA/NOAA GOES Project(MIAMI) -- Florida is in store for more rain this week as Tropical Storm Debby continues to hover near ...
As the threat of Tropical Storm Debby lingers, the American Red Cross will be opening the following shelters in North Central...
Slow moving Tropical Storm Debby will dump bands of heavy rain on North Florida for another couple of days, and will likely h...
Florida Governor Rick Scott has declared a State of Emergency as Debby continues to drench the Sunshine State. Tropical Storm...
(AP) — Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby's outer bands lashed Florida with rain and kicked up rough surf off Alabama...
The 9 % increase approved by the Board of Governors was the lowest requested in Florida. FSU students will pay 13 % more.
from ABC NewsSen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., became the second senator to call for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over the ...
A new Qunnipiac poll shows President Obama now leading Mitt Romeny by four points in the Sunshine State. Romney led by six po...
The Miami Herald is reporting.......George LeMieux is quitting the race for Senate. That means that Rep. Connie Mack is all b...
Marion County authorities are looking for your help in locating Richard Drake, a person of interest in the Tuesday murder of ...
Marion County authorities are looking for your help in locating Richard Drake, a person of interest in the Tuesday murder of ...
from ABC News Even before the Republicans chose a presidential nominee it was widely assumed that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., w...
State job creation turned positive again, as the Unemployment rate dropped another notch from 8.7 percent to 8.6 percent. Flo...
from ABC NewsWalmart, the nation's largest private employer, has been chastised for skimping on workers' wages and he...
from ABC NewsFormer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush today said that both Ronald Reagan and his father, George H.W. Bush, would have a h...
from ABC NewsThe Justice Department has sent a letter to the Florida Secretary of State regarding its voter list maintenance ...
The City of High Springs is looking at a $60-70 thousand dollar decrease in ad valorm taxes this year. City officials are...
Today national radio talk show host Neal Boortz announced live on his program that he’s retiring from his daily show. H...
from ABC NewsGeorge Zimmerman arrived at the Seminole County Jail in Sanford, Fla., early this afternoon to turn himself in a...
from ABC NewsFacebook fb already unleashed millions of shares to wary investors. Now the technology giant's early investo...
Florida, as well as Texas and Nevada, are the best states for business according to a New York tax consultant firm that surve...
from ABC NewsSen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is traveling to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, today for the first time, a spokesman told ABC N...
Florida will host College Baseball Regional action, entering as the Number One overall seed nationwide. The Gators open Regio...
By ANTHONY CASTELLANOMay 28, 2012Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall near Jacksonville, Fla. shortly after midnight on Monday ...
from ABC NewsDonna Summer, the singer who came to be known as the “Queen of Disco” during her 1970sheyday, died a...
from ABC NewsWhat began as the resurrection of one of the most animated characters in the 2008 campaign on Thursday ended wit...
Sumner has died in Englewood, Florida of lung cancer at the age of 63. She believed she contracted cancer from toxic particle...
from ABC NewsA medical report compiled by the family physician of accused Trayvon Martin murderer George Zimmerman and obtain...
from ABC NewsRon Paul’s presidential campaign isn’t over, but it’s grinding to a semi-halt.The candidate an...
from ABC NewsGeorge Zimmerman's attorney said today he received a trove of 67 CDs as part of discovery in the neighborhoo...
In a letter titled "FYI Friends and Family":May 12, 2012Dear Governor Scott,Allow me to take this opportunity to te...
That financial help is coing to an end because Florida is being cut off from government help because unemployment in Florida ...
She's sometimes been controversial. Marion County School Board member Jackie Porter will try to beat out Wally Wagoner an...
Crime is down .1 percent from 2010. The number of violent crimes was down 3.7 %. and domestic violence offenses fell 1.5 %. B...
from ABC NewsAnalysisWho needs to be cool when all your friends are?Welcome to the tryout stage of the veepstakes race. Monda...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida Highway Patrol lieutenant who ordered the reopening of a fog- and smoke-shrouded interstat...
The police chief in the city where Trayvon Martin was shot is set to permanently step down from his post after enduring stron...
from ABC NewsDays after he adamantly said he would turn down Mitt Romney if he offered him a spot on the GOP ticket this fall...
from ABC NewsGeorge Zimmerman walked calmly out Florida jail at midnight Monday after posting $150,000 bond as he awaits ...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press SANFORD, Fla. April 21, 2012 (AP)By questioning a state investigator on the witness stand ...
New stats show unemployment has dropped in Florida from 9.4 to 9 %. For Alachua and Gilchrist counties combined the rate is d...
from ABC NewsSo you want to be the vice presidential nominee? Here’s a tip: start by saying you don’t.On a hot Au...
from ABC NewsIt's departure day for space shuttle Discovery.At daybreak Tuesday, NASA's oldest and most traveled shut...
from ESPNFormer NBA and University of Florida basketball player Dwayne Schintzius died Sunday afternoon from respiratory fail...
Twenty year old Darius Phillips is back in custody after escaping from authorities while handcuffed yesterday. Phillips was a...
from ABC NewsFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio officially threw his support behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Wedne...
from ABC NewsNumber of Supreme Court Justices: 9.Hours of oral arguments planned: 6.Full impact the court's ruling could ...
from ABC NewsThe wife of a U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan villagers defended her husband in an interview with NBC&...
The controversy surrounding the shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin continued to grow today as thousands of students ...
from ESPNExactly as his coach asked him to, Bradley Beal is bringing out his A-game. His latest bit of wizardry moved Florida...
from ESPNPHOENIX (AP) -- They hand out the biggest trophy -- the NCAA championship trophy -- on the first Monday in April, no...
from ESPNTim Tebow is coming to New York. Really.After a big false start, the New York Jets pulled off a Tebow-like comeback ...
from ABC NewsRick Santorum’s number crunchers are under no illusions that they are facing a tooth-and-nail fight with M...
from ESPNNorfolk State was a good story while it lasted.Against Florida, that wasn't for long.Kenny Boynton scored 20 poi...
The Sunshine State has the most thunderstorms per square mile according to a Weather Channel study. Some of those storms prod...
from The Kansas City StarFriday’s NCAA Tournament second-round previewsEAST REGIONAT NASHVILLE, TENN.• No. 6 Cinci...
The Alachua-Gilchrist area' s unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent in January but that's said to have more to do ...
from ABC NewsWith the price of gas becoming an increasingly critical issue on the campaign trail, President Obama admitted to...
ORALNDO (AP)- It's Sunshine Week, and journalists and advocates of public access are celebrating with a forum at the Univ...
Florida travels to Omaha in the NCAA Tournament West Region, to face #10 seed Virginia on Friday. Kentucky, who beat the Gato...
from ESPNFlorida knocked off Alabama 66-63, and advance to the semi-final round of the SEC Tournament. The Gators play #1 ran...
Florida's $70 billion dollar state budget is expected to be approved Friday and it includes 3.6 % more funding for sc...
from ABC NewsFour years ago, Sen. John McCain used a slew of victories on Super Tuesday to all but clinch the Republican nomi...
from ESPNFreshman Anthony Davis had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks, Terrence Jones added 19 points and the top-ranked ...
from ABC NewsThe Michigan Republican Party voted to break a delegate tie Wednesday night, awarding 16 delegates to Mitt Romne...
from ABC NewsMitt Romney has won Wyoming’s presidential caucus vote, a series of county straw polls that took place ove...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Following a captivating championship and the addition of Danica Patrick, the last thing NASC...
from GATORZONE.COMNo. 1 Florida (7-1) used homers by junior Nolan Fontana (Winter Garden, Fla.) and senior Preston Tucker (Ta...
Monthly rates will go up $4.93 a month next year for a typical Progress Energy Florida customer due to a settlement that ...
The City of Ocala has been ordered to continue to provide electricity and water services for Marion County schools. City of O...
from CNNIn a whispering campaign not ready to go public, some senior Republicans are so anxious about the state of the GOP ra...
from CBS SportsAuthorities say Florida freshman tight end A.C. Leonard was arrested on a simple domestic battery charge.Gaine...
From FOX NewsThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the first new nuclear power project in more than three decades.Th...
From ABC NewsWhile the $25 billion foreclosure settlement announced on Thursday is a landmark multi-state deal, it is jus...
from Gainesville SunTo keep his seat amid the musical-chair politics created by redistricting, U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns is rea...
from Fox NewsRick Santorum's banner election performance Tuesday night has exposed the risk in Newt Gingrich's plan t...
from CNNThe University of Florida has temporarily suspended its chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity after learning abou...
from ESPNDoron Lamb struggled to explain why top-ranked Kentucky could roll so easily over Florida (No. 7 ESPN/USA Today, No....
From ABC NewsRick Santorum won all three Republican voting contests Tuesday night, breaking Mitt Romney's winning streak ...
from ESPNFlorida was relieved to win with such a poor shooting performance.Kenny Boynton scored 24 points, Bradley Beal had h...
from ABC NewsRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is preparing to challenge the Republican Party of Florida after ...
From Fox NewsDonald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, saying he's impressed by the Republican candidate&...
ByHUMA KHAN(@humaik)Jan. 31, 2012Mitt Romney will win the Florida Republican primary, ABC News projects, based on the exit po...
ByHUMA KHAN(@humaik)Jan. 31, 2012Mitt Romney will win the Florida Republican primary, ABC News projects, based on the exit po...
ByHUMA KHAN(@humaik)Jan. 31, 2012Mitt Romney will win the Florida Republican primary, ABC News projects, based on the exit po...
from CNNAfter one month and three contests, it may be up to Florida to finally add some clarity to the race for the Republica...
From ABC News and Florida Highway PatrolA 911 tape from a smoke and fog shrouded Florida highway revealed the terror of crash...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The FHP now say seven people , not 10 died in a mass pileup that tossed wreckage across the asphalt...
from CNNNew polls released over the weekend show Mitt Romney maintaining a lead over this three Republican presidential rival...
From ABC NewsI-75 and US 441 have both been reopened after a series of deadly crashes on a Florida highway killed at least te...
from FOX NewsMitt Romney, armed with a string of polished comebacks, aggressively sparred with Newt Gingrich on Thursday in t...
from ESPNFlorida's Kenny Boynton had read his scouting report on Mississippi. The synopsis: The Rebels play defense, but ...
Tune in to the Bob Rose Show tomorrow (Wednesday January 25) at 7:45AM for an interview with Republican Presidential Candidat...
from FOX NewsAfter getting trounced in South Carolina being unwilling to face a similar outcome in Florida, Mitt Romney went ...
New stats show Alachua County came in 25th and Marion County came in 44th in FCAT score rankings out of Florida's 67 scho...
fropm CNNAfter a spirited week of campaigning and debating in South Carolina, all eyes are now on Florida as the GOP presiden...
from ABCNewsNewt Gingrich defeated Mitt Romney to win the South Carolina primary, boosted by a fiery debate performance this ...
from ABCNewsNewt Gingrich will defeat Mitt Romney to win today's South Carolina primary, according to ABC News projections b...
from Gainesville SunA University of Florida laboratory explosion last week caused chemical burns on a graduate student's fac...
The Republican-controlled Florida Senate has passed a plan to redistrict the 40-member chamber. All but one Republican voted ...
from ABCNewsJon Huntsman will drop out of the Republican presidential race on Monday, a campaign spokesman told ABC News.A so...
from CNNA federal judge on Friday ruled against four Republican presidential candidates seeking a spot on Virginia's March 6...
Governor Scott announced Thursday he is closing the Gainesville Correctional Institution on N.E. 39 th Avenue and the Levy Fo...
from ESPNBradley Beal knew things would turn around. He's too good of a shooter to stay in a slump for very long.Beal broke ...
from The Gainesville SunFour people were injured, one critically, in a five-vehicle crash that snarled traffic for more than...
from ESPNTennessee put together one of its toughest efforts of the season to earn a victory against one of its biggest rivals...
from CNNA reshaped Republican presidential race shifted to New Hampshire on Wednesday as Mitt Romney won the endorsement of ...
From ESPN(14)Florida 79 UAB61GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Erving Walker and Kenny Boynton were surprised to see an opponent daring t...
from ESPN.comJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Florida's Jaye Howard timed the snap perfectly, blew through two defenders and violently...
FromWunderground.comHard Freeze Warning, Lake Wind AdvisoryStatement as of 4:06 AM EST on January 03, 2012... Freeze warning ...
The Gator Football Schedule for 2012Sat Sept 1 - vs BOWLINGGREENSat Sept 8 - at TEXASA&MSat Sept 15 - at TENNESSEESat Sept 22...
From Gainesville SunThe New York Times Co. announced Tuesday that it has entered an agreement to sell its Regional Media Grou...
From the Gainesville SunA 25-year-old Hawthorne man wanted in connection with the rape of a University of Florida student tu...
from ESPNGAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Patric Young showed the best post moves of his career, a performance that included dunks, lay...
Florida had the nation's third largest population growth over the past year at 256 thousand new residents. Only Texas and Cal...
From ESPN.comGAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Erving Walker scored 19 points, one of five starters in double figures, and Florida (No. ...
Statewide Florida's unemployment rate is down from 10.4 to 10 percent. The Gainesville metropolitan area sees a jump from 7.5...
Florida Fish and Wildlife officials are holding a meeting in Gainsville Tuesday evening and they want input on how to create ...
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