The Obama administration is promoting a $447 billion bill that could help new graduates and other Americans find jobs, but it may be difficult to pass in a sharply divided Congress.
A UF student reported being sexually battered to Gainesville Police early Tuesday morning.
A survey of top business schools by Kaplan Test Prep found that a majority of the schools allow applicants to submit GRE scores as an alternative to the GMAT.
Book Lover's Cafe will soon be the first restaurant in Gainesville to offer a completely vegan menu to its customers.
The county's first senior center will open Thursday to provide medical, social and technological services for baby boomers entering their later years.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Long-haul trucker John Boyer's gray beard and round face give him a grandfatherly appearance, but when he opens his mouth, he seethes with anger toward women. This hatred had murderous results, authorities said, as he picked up prostitutes around the Southeast, killed them and dumped their bodies near interstate highways. He's accused of at least three slayings and is suspected in a fourth.
When Dottie Taylor saw cars packing the streets on gameday, she thought of another kind of herd.
The United Kingdom's Department of Health announced Sept. 8 it will end the lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have sex with other men.
Nearly 400 students and Gainesville residents congregated downtown Sunday afternoon to buy, sell and trade vinyl records underneath tents and amid fellow music-loving, beer-drinking folk.
Standing before a crowd of about 30 student activists Friday, James Ingle encouraged his younger counterparts to keep up the fight.
Fans driving home after the UF football game against the University of Tennessee had best not drink a few beers before they get behind the wheel: Law enforcement agencies will have extra officers on the roads watching for drunken drivers.
After a year's hiatus, the fair is back in town.
A representative from the U.S. Postal Service came to Evinston on Thursday evening to hear residents' concerns about the potential closing of Wood and Swink Old Store's post office.
Before the butterflies in north central Florida take wing, one local butterfly farm is inviting the public to celebrate the colorful creatures.
Gators fans flooding into Gainesville for home football games this season will face strict reservation rules at some hotels - including a two-night booking minimum.
Due to the recent closing of the post office in downtown Gainesville, the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office has changed its mailing address.
In a room slightly larger than an office supply closet, Robbie Stevens broadcasts radio waves of wailing saxophones, blaring trumpets and pounding drums over the Internet.
Library hours and transportation are hot topics in the upcoming fall Student Government elections.
Activists plan to protest this weekend urging state park officials to promise that adult male bison at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park will be kept alive and well.
Gainesville will soon see a post office close and ZIP code retire.
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