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University of Florida

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Giant Ancient Turtle Capable of Dining on Crocs Discovered by Florida Researchers (IMAGES)

    In the world of reptiles, turtles have a certain reputation as shell-dwelling wimps that make nice pets for 8-year-old girls. They're slow and passive and hardly what one would call intimidating. Sure, you can argue that the snapping turtles pack a mean bite, but who among us has actually ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Baseball Star Johnny Damon Gives UF Money to Build Lab on Remote Viking Island

    As far as mash-ups go, this is one for the books. Johnny Damon -- the former long-haired, free-rocking, super-awesome Boston Red Sox outfielder turned short-haired, lame-o Yankee turned Cleveland Indian, ugh, Cleveland -- has decided to donate a bunch of money through h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Invasive Caribbean Termites or Snakehead "Frakenfish": Which is Grosser?

    It seems every week a new invasive species tearing through Florida makes the headlines. Maybe it's because we're home to some of the busiest ports in the world, maybe it's due to our ostentatious exotic pet owners constantly trying to one up each other, or maybe it's just that the climate here is so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Sid Rosenberg DUI Arrest: Charges Filed; Arraignment Set for End of Month

    Charges for DUI and driving with a suspended license have been filed against former WQAM-AM (560) sports radio host Sid Rosenberg, who was arrested April 5 after police say they found him crying and vomiting in the middle of the road.His arraignment has been scheduled for April 30 at 9 a.m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Shark Attacks: Florida Leads U.S., but Numbers Down. Are Terrorists and Shark Week to Thank?

    ​When it comes to shark attacks, Florida is tops. In 2011, there were 11 unprovoked attacks in the state's waters, including one in Palm Beach. The next closest state was North Carolina, which had only four. Losers.But the 11 attacks in Florida marks a huge drop over past years, according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    A New Florida Tomato, Jose Andres' Food Truck, and Other Links

    The Whisky Water Trick from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.Hope your weekend was delightful. First up for this morning's links, see above for a new bar trick brought to our attention from Yardbird. Practice up for the weekend and read on for this morning's roundup.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Mavericks High Charter Schools Not Accredited

    ​Records show that the Mavericks in Education Florida charter schools, which have a high-profile lobbyist and cheerleader in Frank Biden, are not accredited high schools. This means their graduates may have trouble playing college sports or receiving federally funded grants or scholarships to coll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Rick Scott's Signature on University Diplomas Is Now the Subject of a Petition

    I'll be on your wall for the rest of your life!​Apparently Gov. Rick Scott's positions on the state's higher-education system isn't impressing all of the students in Florida's public universities.There's now a creative, albeit small, petition with signatures from Gainesville down to Broward of peo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Florida Has World's Worst Invasive Amphibian and Reptile Problem, According to UF Research

    University of FloridaThis iguana doesn't belong in Florida, but here it is at someone's front door in Lake Worth.​If you're looking for a reptile or amphibian species that "causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health," chances are, it's in Florida.According ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    The Four Baddest Animals in Florida That Shouldn't Be Here

    flickr.com​A 20-year University of Florida study out last week says Florida has the most invasive reptiles and amphibians in the world. A day or two after that came out, state officials declared war on giant African snails in Miami-Dade County.Yep, Florida apparently has a nasty invasive species p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Florida Researcher Uses UV Rays to Zap Allergens from Peanuts

    Allergic to peanuts? Zap 'em with UV rays!​Are you tired of signs everywhere saying "this cookie/ice cream/coffee/hamburger/goat stew has been processed in a plant that uses peanuts"? So are we, which is why we got so jazzed up about a new technique developed by a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Ryan LeVin's Sentence: Lawyers Call It Checkbook Justice

    Broward Sheriff's OfficeRyan LeVin​It seems we weren't the only ones thinking that hard-partying, Porsche-driving, Brit-killing douchebag Ryan LeVin bought his way out of prison last week.In case you forgot, Judge Barbara McCarthy sentenced LeVin to two years house arrest, ten years probation, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Where to Buy Gator Meat in Broward County

    Photo © Mark Bridge/Flickr​ Here's what I just learned: Don't mess with Cindy Petryszak, purchasing agent for the Delaware Chicken Farm & Seafood Market in Hollywood. Why not? Because the woman has access to alligator meat, and she isn't afraid to use it. Petryszak's daughters attend the Univ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Q&A: Larry "Sprinklesman" Bach of Sprinkles Custom Cakes

    Larry Bach ​I recently came across a cupcake that is not eaten in the normal fashion. Instead of peeling off the paper wrapping and getting crumbs all over the place, Larry Bach invented a way to eat cupcakes without all the mess.  Named Cake Shooters, they come packaged inside a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Embattled UF Film Students Bring Haiti Documentary to FLIFF

    Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin with the subject of their film.​The two University of Florida graduate students who almost didn't get to graduate, are now bringing the controversial film to the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. And there will be no disclaimers.Jon Bougher, originally fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    University of Florida Brings Its Gator Might Down on Tiny Glades Day Over School's Uniforms

    The Glades Day championship team of 2006 wore a uniform with a UF-looking logo on the right shoulder.​Glades Day School has a pretty amazing football team, considering. The kindergarten-through-12th-grade private school has just 400 students on a tiny campus north of Belle Glade. Yet it has won si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Greyhound at Palm Beach Kennel Club Tested Positive For Cocaine

    flickr.com​A greyhound that raced frequently at the Palm Beach Kennel Club over the last two years tested positive for cocaine at least once while racing in South Florida.The dog, a 70-pound black male named Tempo Super Stud, raced in 12 races in Palm Beach between August 2008 and September 2009, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    UF Allows Film Students to Use Post-Earthquake Haiti Footage

    courtesy of Jon Bougher​Two graduate film students at the University of Florida will be allowed to use footage they shot on a trip to Haiti since the earthquake in January in their thesis documentary. They will have to include a disclaimer at the beginning of the film that explains that the univer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    UPDATE: Two UF Film Students May Not Graduate Because of Trip to Haiti

    courtesy Jon Bougher​Even after weeks of media coverage and national attention, two graduate film students at the University of Florida might not be able to graduate in a few weeks because of a documentary they are making about Haiti. School officials have ruled that the film made by Roman Safiull ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    VIDEO: This Footage From Post-Earthquake Haiti May Keep Two UF Film Students From Graduating

    This is a short clip from a documentary by two University of Florida film students. The students, Roman Safiullin from Fort Lauderdale and Jon Bougher from New Hampshire, were in Haiti in January when the big earthquake hit. Despite a university travel ban, the students went back to Haiti several d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Two UF Film Students May Not Graduate Because of Trip to Haiti

    courtesy of Jon BougherJon Bougher (left) and Roman Safiullin​Even after weeks of media coverage and national attention, two graduate film students at the University of Florida might not be able to graduate in a few weeks because of a documentary they are making about Haiti. School officials have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    UPDATE: Planting Peace Orphans in Haiti Are "OK"

    Planting PeaceIn times of crisis, Aaron Jackson delivers.​We just got word that all of the Haitian orphanages run by the South Florida-based non-profit Planting Peace are upright and the children are, as Planting Peace founder Aaron Jackson put it, "OK." In addition, the two University of Florida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    I'm Eating What?! Buffalo Bob's Alligator (With Beef) Stick

    Photo by Riki Altman​I just couldn't resist: Since my partner-in-crime is a graduate of the University of Florida and I'm a Seminole to the core, I had to buy Buffalo Bob's Alligator with Beef stick so I could maw it right before his very eyes. (By some stroke of luck, I found it when searching fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Deal With the Devil Could Be Economic Boost

    Castro may live to see the end of the embargoWe're living in a bizarro world where Republican state legislators are willing to defy loyal lobbyists and increase taxes on alcohol and tobacco, plus give serious consideration to a compact that would let the Seminoles gamble Vegas-style. And now there a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2009

    Charlie Crist Adviser Mendelsohn Tied to Ponzi Scheme

       Hollywood ophthalmologist Alan Mendelsohn is one of Charlie Crist's closest political allies, a leader on the governor's transition team who helped raise Crist and other Republicans huge amounts of cash for their campaigns during the past decade. Mendelsohn may ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Pembroke Pines "Cyberbully" Makes News in Big Apple

    I'm protected by the First Amendment!Remember Katherine Evans, the Pembroke Pines high school senior who got branded a "cyberbully" after she made a Facebook post about how her teacher Ms. Phelps was The Worst? The New York Times caught up with Evans at the University of Florida and published this s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    SEC Coaches Engage in Old Fashioned Cat Fight Over Local Recruit

    So first Nu'Keese Richardson said he would play for Urban Meyer at the University of Florida. Then on national signing day the speed-demon wide receiver from Pahokee decided he would rather play for University of Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin (a UF rival). Then at a press conference yester ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Locals You Can Cheer (or Jeer) at the Super Bowl

    Yeah, all the Florida football teams are done for the year, and when you watch the big game this weekend you'll probably care more about the commercials than either team (unless you're a gambler, like me, and the commercials just delay the inevitable sobbing and cursing and swearing never to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Morning Juice: Florida Gators vs. Howard's Mustache, Scions Go to Europe

    That's quite a soup-catcher. Thank You, Howard's MustacheThe University of Florida will play in the national championship football game next month in Miami. This is big news that comes in very handy, considering this is a football-themed edition today, which, beyond this sentence, will not include t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Dan Marino Reports: Smoking Trial Goes Out, UF Admissions Blows, Killer Lighters

    Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 17, 2008

    Party With Your Crüe

    Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    It's True: People Are Stupid

    Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2007

    The Bang Bus Baits Fort Lauderdale

    Dan Marino has ninja problems. Dan Marino Says: Mistrial Declared in Tobacco CaseA Broward County judge has declared a mistrial in the tobacco lawsuit filed against Philip Morris by the widow of a guy from Cooper City. That's the big news this morning, at least according to The Juice's news partner ... More >>

  • Music

    July 26, 2007

    Do-It-Yourself Pop

    Skip the tour-bus grind, singer/songwriter Yoni says. There's gold in the new media.

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2007

    Raid Gainesville

    Skip the tour-bus grind, singer/songwriter Yoni says. There's gold in the new media.

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2007

    Post Wins Pulp Headline Competition

    Skip the tour-bus grind, singer/songwriter Yoni says. There's gold in the new media.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2006

    Mid-Terms Came Too Late

    Skip the tour-bus grind, singer/songwriter Yoni says. There's gold in the new media.

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2006

    Down in the Islands

    A Smather-ing of Caribbean history

  • Calendar

    August 4, 2005

    Smooth Transition

    A Smather-ing of Caribbean history

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Kilmo, Represent

    Holdin' out for a hero in the Concrete Swamp

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Letters for June 23-29, 2005

    Holdin' out for a hero in the Concrete Swamp

  • Music

    August 12, 2004

    Traffic Jams

    This tag-teaming trio's got the beats that make the booty go clap

  • Music

    May 27, 2004

    Hey, Miss DJ

    Soozin brings down the house, one jam at a time

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2004

    Step On It

    Soozin brings down the house, one jam at a time

  • Culture

    September 11, 2003

    Teach Me Tonight

    South Florida schools are pumping new energy into the stage scene

  • Calendar

    May 8, 2003

    Zook Out!

    Gators fans count the days

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Letters for February 13, 2003

    Rot on top

  • Calendar

    July 11, 2002

    Beauty and the Books

    The hometown heroine goes for the tiara at the Miss Florida USA pageant

  • Music

    April 26, 2001

    Carnival Barkers

    Avant-rock band Carnival Waste isn't running a popularity contest here

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    A Natural Alliance

    Buck Island Ranch is home to the threatened caracara, and it's a laboratory where ranchers and conservationists are learning to work together

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