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“I've never seen anything I'd describe as being out of the ordinary”

Naomi Campbell Released on Bail Naomi Campbell was released on bail Friday after a spat with a police officer at Heathrow Airport's troubled new Terminal 5, Procol Harum Singer Wins Royalty Appeal A British ... via Gainesville.com

Driving up road costs may pay out for Gainesville in the long run. The Gainesville City Commission discussed four alternative connector alignments to Southwest 62nd Boulevard at last night's special session. via WRUF-AM Gainesville

“The stuff we're finding right now is extremely distressing. He's been transient in South Florida for 10 years. He's probably left behind a lot of victims. We don't know what we're going to find.”

Police said Sunday they think a man arrested on charges of sexually abusing one child is responsible for molesting another, and that hundreds of graphic videotapes found in his apartment may yield many more victims.

Matthew Kent Sheley, 36, of Hollywood , was in the Broward County North Jail on 11 counts of possessing photographs of sexual performance by a child, jail records show. Bail was set at $110,000. Other abduction and child pornography-related charges are pending, according to Andrew Casper, Hallandale Beach police spokesman. Read more

A bomb threat led to the evacuation of the Northwest Campus of Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville. via WJXX

“Citizens should only call 9-1-1 for life threatening emergencies, says David Donnely, Emergency Management Chief.”

Alachua County has activated its Rumor Control in response to a bomb threat situation at Santa Fe Community College's Northwest campus at 3000 NW 83rd Street Gainesville, FL 32606. via WRUF-AM Gainesville

There is developing news out of Palatka. A spokesperson for the Putnam County Sheriff's Office says a teenaged boy has been shot in the head. via First Coast News

“Brown initially said that he was going to detonate the device on a tree stump in Jamaica but later told us he was going to show friends how to build explosive devices like the kind he saw in Iraq.”

A Jamaican detained at a Florida airport after bomb parts were found in his luggage said he intended to blow up a pipe bomb on a tree stump in Jamaica and to show his friends how to make explosives like those ... via The Sydney Morning Herald

“As long as the molecules in question are expressed in a substantially different way on diseased and normal cells, they can be identified”

Gainesville, FL _ University of Florida chemists are the first to use a new tool to identify the molecular signatures of serious diseases -- without any previous knowledge of what these microscopic signatures ... via BioResearch Online

A Palatka police officer had to be taken to the hospital Saturday night, after being shot during a traffic stop. via FOX30Online

A Palatka police officer is recovering at the hospital, after he was shot during a traffic stop. via WJXX

“It might be an hour before they could send somebody because they were busy”

An incentive for music file sharing The music industry is in turmoil, and a group of 20-somethings in a spacious office in downtown Gainesville work from Gainesville city employee survey gathers mostly positive ... via Gainesville.com

“No matter how big a place is or no matter how crowded a place is, it just ... he makes my ... our life empty”

By Joy Purdy First Coast News GAINESVILLE, FL -- It's a mission, fueled by a couple's love for their son. via WTLV

“The project as we know it was envisioned to be a condo-hotel”

Engineering dean doesn't get provost post in Arizona Corner of University, 13th in limbo By Cindy Swirko and MEGAN ROLLAND Sun staff writers At the past two community redevelopment meetings Gainesville city ... via Gainesville.com

“But back then you had a car that weighed like 6,000 pounds and now it's more like 2,000”

There's nothing Doug Herbert can do to change what happened Jan. 26. But nothing is one thing Herbert can't bring himself to do when it comes to trying to keep other parents from going through the pain he felt ... via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

“That would be the soonest it could be considered.”

Old Photos Document Early Spring in East The journals of Henry David Thoreau help scientists in New England investigate global warming's effect on the timing of AP Top News at 2:51 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON - Five ... via Gainesville.com

“A little more than a month ago I was in the hospital with a burned hand. Today we were able to win the race and get this season turned around. This is a great day.”

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Defending Funny Car series champion Tony Pedregon raced to his first victory of the season and 37th of his career Sunday, beating Gary Densham in the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals. via The Indianapolis Star

Frazier has been with Cox Media since 1996, when she joined the company as a local sales manager for Cox's Southside Hampton Roads, Va., system. via BroadcastNewsroom

“It's either this or go back to the hotel. We'll wait and let it blow over”

Civil Rights Exhibit Honors 20 Women A veteran civil rights leader says the Democratic presidential field this year represents what she and others who have AP Top News at 7:23 a.m. EDT ATLANTA - Crews hadn't ... via Gainesville.com

“One was for having a dog that was roaming and the second was for having a dog that wasn't completely vaccinated.”

By Jessica Clark First Coast News INTERLACHEN, FL -- Putnam County deputies say 75-year-old Barbara Pritt of Interlachen was on her way to her mail box when her neighbor's pit bull terrier attacked her in her ... via WJXX

“This year's YouTube Video Awards kept people in hysterics, caused jaws to drop and moved our users to watch and share more online videos than ever before”

Taser video up for YouTube award JARRETT BAKER/Sun file photo Andrew Meyer resists arrest in the University Auditorium at the University of Florida on Sept. via Gainesville.com