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A Jacksonville man said a video captured by a neighbor's surveillance system shows a University of North Florida professor hitting him with a 2x4.

Submitted by Matt Coleman on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 14:10. A new crop of senators was sworn in at the University of North Florida's Student Government chambers last week.

Zanny Minton Beddoes, Washington-based economics editor of The Economist, will give two talks in Jacksonville Nov.

The safe answer to how a lantern shark turns its luminescence on and off is: "Any way it wants." Now researchers have looked into the belly of the beast and found that three hormones act as on-off switches for these glow-in-the-dark sharks.

DREW DIXON/Staff Bill Kintz, chairman of the Kernan Coalition, has helped the organization that represents 40 homeowners' associations along Kernan Boulevard develop into an influential group.

CSX workers in Ohio constructing rail improvements. Business is looking up for the railroad industry, and Jacksonville-based CSX is at the forefront of the national railroad resurgence, analysts say.

Matt Coleman/The Times-Union Jacksonville University President Kerry Romesburg was the main speaker Tuesday during a philosophy "slam" at London Bridge.

The Florida Gators weren't the only ones with a big victory on Florida-Georgia weekend.

With major elections in Virginia, New York and New Jersey stealing much of the national political spotlight today, Florida voters are now just a year from deciding major races, including who will sit in the Governor's office, every state Cabinet position and the U.S. Senate.

BOB SELF/The Times-Union On "Chiaroscuro, Baby," Anthony Kilburn worked closely with his fiancee, Halina Lubczanska, a University of North Florida photography student who also was the film's cinematographer.

A steady stream of South Florida high school seniors walked into a college recruiting event last week at the Deerfield Beach Hilton, eager to get accepted into what many considered their first choice of schools.

It was supposed to be easier than this when Gov. Charlie Crist announced in the spring that he would run for the U.S. Senate.

Since Jacksonville's first arboretum opened a year ago, dogs dressed as King Neptune, a princess and a Jaguar have checked it out as part of a canine costume contest.

The Citrus County Commission on Oct. 27 approved matching seed money for a full-time Small Business Development Center to help small businesses in Citrus County.

Here are highlights from residents on the Southside and in surrounding neighborhoods: Academic - J. Michael Francis , of San Marco and an associate professor of history at the University of North Florida, has received the Jay I. Kislak Fellowship.

Sixteen Jacksonville-area students were honored Friday with college scholarships at the "Achieving the Dream" event.

For example, Mayor John Peyton recently signed a bill allowing ads on bus shelters.

PUSH, People United to Stop Homelessness, in conjunction with the Northeast Florida Center for Community Initiatives at the University of North Florida is seeking volunteers to assist in a study of the homeless people in St.

Given the state of the real estate and building industry the past 12-18 months and the impact it has had on the national economy, the theme isn't just appropriate - it's necessary.

Saturday: Long time Beaches resident, artist and art therapist Gustavo Ernesto Gonzalez, who died in May, will be missed by the local art community.