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4 hrs ago | Advocate

Military Soldiers Army X390 (Getty) | Advocate.Com

A study of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans released Monday found that having a gay or lesbian soldier in their unit did not significantly impact the unit's cohesion or its readiness.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Life, Veteran Affairs, Non-Profit, UC Santa Barbara

9 hrs ago | MELODIKA.net

Rand, University of Florida, Offer First Statistical Test of Gays in Military

In the first ever statistical analysis of whether openly gay service has any impact on military readiness, a new study shows that knowing a gay or lesbian unit member has no bearing on the unit's cohesion.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Life, Veteran Affairs

13 hrs ago | Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Sniper victim s dad feels no closure

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:22 p.m. Even after seven years, there's no coping, no closure, and certainly no forgetting the life and tragic death of Linda Franklin, one of 10 victims in the 2002 three-state sniper murder spree.

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Related Topix: Prince William County, VA, Manassas, VA, Gainesville, VA, Death Penalty

18 hrs ago | MediLexicon

New Study Measures Hookah Use Among Florida Teens

Hookah pipe smoking has gained a foothold with Florida teens, according to a new University of Florida study, which shows 11 percent of high school students and 4 percent of middle school students have tried it.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Education Etc., University of Pittsburgh

22 hrs ago | University of Florida News

a Escapeda proteins add to hearing loss in elderly, UF researchers found

Age-related hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder among the elderly. But scientists are still trying to figure out what cellular processes govern or contribute to the loss.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Newswise

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and UF Proton Therapy Institute ...

St. Jude Childrena s Research Hospital and the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute have formed a collaboration to provide proton therapy for St.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Jacksonville Metro

The Boston Globe

Study builds case for repealing 'don't ask, don't tell'

By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration today has more research to help make its case for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, UC Santa Barbara, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Patrick Murphy, Democrat

Bioscience Technology

Mind Over Fatter

New, improved models of human obesity aim to improve understanding of leptina s impact on CNS regulation of metabolism.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dieting, Gainesville Metro, Gainesville, FL, Medicine, Diabetes, Health

University of Florida News

Uncertainty about jobs holds back real estate resurgence, UF study shows

With the state's high jobless rate, Florida's real estate outlook is plagued by the most dangerous condition to delay an economic recovery: uncertainty, according to the latest University of Florida survey.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Machen ticketed in parking lot incident

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 11:22 p.m. University of Florida President Bernie Machen was ticketed by Gainesville police Friday night for hitting another car in a downtown parking lot and failing to leave information on the car, police said Saturday.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, FL

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

UF looks more closely at admissions after complaints about sex offender

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:22 a.m. Registered sex offender Boyd David Hodges attended the University of Florida about six months before campus police began receiving the complaints that alerted them to his presence and changed the university's admission policies.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Glades County, FL

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Muslim students share thoughts on Fort Hood shooting

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:02 a.m. As news reports told of the shooting at Fort Hood Thursday, where an Army psychiatrist - a Muslim of Jordanian descent - killed 12 of his fellow soldiers and a civilian, Layalee Jabbar received a call from her father in Ocala.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC

Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

Kennels may require dog-flu vaccinations

Police say lock it or lose it -- $151, that is Teen accused of threatening tree workers with machete 2 get life, no parole, for murder Firefighters get into sanitation business N-J/ David Massey Certified veterinary technician Kaleia Corbin holds Calli, a pit bull terrier, while Dr.

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Related Topix: Ormond Beach, FL, Volusia County, FL, Port Orange, FL, Florida College

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

'Sesame Street' celebrates its 40th birthday

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:40 p.m. There's never been a road like it before.

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Related Topix: Sesame Street, Animated TV, Children TV, Entertainment, Television, Gainesville, FL, Journalism, Miami, FL

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Around the Region - Nov. 7

POLICE BEAT Woman injured as semi, scooter collide A 54-year-old woman was hospitalized Friday afternoon with injuries that were not life-threatening after the scooter she was riding collided with a semi truck adjacent to the University of Florida campus, reported the Gainesville Police Department.

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Related Topix: Florida, Fire, Suwannee County, FL

HealthDay

Binge Drinking Puts the Brain, and Life Itself, at Risk

Nearly half of students at four-year colleges do it regularly . Rather, it's binge drinking -- downing five or more alcoholic drinks at a sitting.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Alcoholism, Health, Gainesville Metro, Gainesville, FL

Cerebral Cortex

Not What You Expect: Experience but not Expectancy Predicts...

Cerebral Cortex Advance Access originally published online on March 20, 2009 Cerebral Cortex 2009 19 :2803-2809; doi:10.1093/cercor/bhp052 1 Centro de Tecnologa Biomdica of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain, 2 Centro de Magnetoencefalografa of the Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain, 3 University of ...

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Related Topix: Spain, World News

Fri Nov 06, 2009

University of Florida News

Juvenilesa life sentences are too cruel

Filed under Op-Eds on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. This op-ed appeared Nov. 3 in The Miami Herald.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Florida, US News, US Supreme Court, Prison

Myrtle Beach Online

Former NASA official sentenced to probation

A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client.

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Related Topix: Prison, Mississippi State University, South Carolina, South Carolina Government, New York, World News, Mexico

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

New restaurants opening up around Gainesville

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:03 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:03 p.m. John Prosser opened the restaurant Civilization as a worker-owned cooperative because he said he didn't want the daunting task of running a restaurant and catering company by himself.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Gainesville Metro, Gainesville, FL

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