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Bob to his friends and family - spent a lifetime bringing tropical fruits to Florida, and trying to improve the taste of each one.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott is strongly warning universities that he will fight against any tuition hikes this year.

Hein Jung has one of the longest arias in all of opera in Ariadne auf Naxos . "It's almost 11 minutes of ravishing coloratura, a lot of high notes, really difficult," the soprano says.

Before going to the 35,000-student Irving, Texas, school system, Bedden served as superintendent for the Richmond County schools in Augusta, Ga., as well as in schools in Pennsylvania and in Washington, D.C. According to a report in Saturday's Dallas Morning News, Bedden has gradually lost support of his system's governing panel through recent ... (more)

Graduates of the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine will receive one final lesson before they get their diplomas.

During Thursday's Beach City Council meeting the Tourist Development Council agreed to pay 102-thousand dollars to train and pay Beach Auxilliary Officers to work in a public capacity over the holiday weekend.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - An anti-cancer drug about to be tested in a clinical trial by a biomedical company in Ohio as a possible treatment for Alzheimer's disease has failed to work with the same type of brain plaques that plague Alzheimer's patients, according to results of a study by University of Florida researchers.

A Floridian who has worked tirelessly to preserve the state's natural resources, including the Everglades, has been named the inaugural Bob Graham Center Citizen of the Year.

Kayla Meyer holds Micah D'Amico in the Kid Zone child care center at the YMCAin Deltona on Monday, May 20, 2013.

Shown at South Effingham High School's graduation practice are, left to right, valedictorian Jaret King, honorarium Alex Norwood and salutatorian Jared Curtis.

Tenochtitln was an Aztec city that flourished between A.D. 1325 and 1521. Built on an island on Lake Texcoco, it had a system of canals and causeways that supplied the hundreds of thousands of people who lived there.

In malaria-ridden parts of Africa, mosquito netting protects people from being infected while they sleep; now, a University of Florida entomologist wants to improve the netting by coating it with insecticide toxic only to mosquitoes.

Apalachicola's Chapman School and Auditorium is now considered one of Florida's most endangered historic sites, according to the Florida Trust For Historic Preservation.

Michael Fusco, executive chef of Agape Senior's Catering and Culinary division was named a top 10 finalist in the 2013 Illuminating Excellence Award.

The topic, you can tell, kind of irritates him a little bit. Can't blame the guy.

Nicholas Tornatore of Clearwater High has a GPA that seems to reach the stratosphere: 4.85. The Clearwater senior knows something about numbers, too, as he plans to be an accounting major when he enters the University of Florida in the fall.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has maintained steadfast opposition to raising the cost of college for students, will veto a proposed 3 percent tuition hike.

CLAY , Alabama -- The doctors told Joseph Walter's parents he likely would not live to see his second birthday, but on Thursday night they will watch as the 18-year-old graduates from Clay-Chalkville High School, 20th out of a class of 296 students.