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Behold US' Most Ridiculous Anti-Immigration Policy

Kevin Spak — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:45:00 CST

Move over Arizona and Alabama, because Florida, the home of nearly a million Cuban refugees and their descendants, “has come up with perhaps the most bizarre and pointless anti-immigration policy of all,” writes Linda Greenhouse in the New York Times . The state’s Board of Education has quietly enacted a policy...

Biggest Party Animals Attend Georgia

M. Morris — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:40:00 CDT

Good news for parents paying for their kids to study at the University of Georgia: The school is finally No. 1. The bad news: The Princeton Review list ranks the nation's top party schools. "UGA has been on the party school list for a while, but it’s one we prefer...

'Tattletale Pill' Reports When Patients Eat It

Nick McMaster — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:17:22 CDT

Researchers have invented a pill that goes far beyond the usual call of duty—it helps patients and loved ones keep track of when it's taken. The pill has a tiny microchip and antenna (both nontoxic and digestible) that sends a signal when consumed to a receiver worn by the...

Urban Meyer: Never Mind!

M. Morris — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:21:05 CST

Urban Meyer, who stunned the sports world when he announced yesterday he would step down as Florida football coach, instead will take an indefinite leave of absence. Meyer, 45, cited health concerns in announcing his resignation. He could return to the Gators' helm as soon as next fall, the Gainesville...

Florida Coach Urban Meyer Will Step Down, Citing Health

M. Morris — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:32:04 CST

Urban Meyer, who coached the University of Florida to two national championships in 5 years at the helm, will step down after the Gators take on Cincinnati in the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl. Meyer, 45, cited health concerns in announcing his resignation; he was hospitalized after suffering chest pains following...

Penn State Dethrones Florida as Top Party School

Kevin Spak — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:20:01 CDT

Penn State has knocked the University of Florida from its No. 1 spot … atop the Princeton Review’s “Best Party School” list. Each year, the Review ranks schools in a huge number of categories based on surveys of their students. A Penn State spokeswoman called it a “popularity contest,” among...

Playboy Names Miami Top Party School

Matt Cantor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:41:13 CDT

Promising to make the ranking an annual tradition, Playboy today named its top 10 US party schools, using an algorithm weighing hot temperatures, guy-girl ratio, empty rooms available for sex, and even GPA. “Think of this as a BCS rating, but unlike the BCS we welcome your input,” the editors...

Die-Hard Gator Alums May Find Final Resting Place at UF

Nick McMaster — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:15:37 CST

University of Florida alums who want their final resting place to be somewhere on the campus of their alma mater will likely get their wish, the Gainesville Sun reports. A bill that cleared a Florida Senate committee today would allow any of Florida’s state universities to build a columbarium—a...

Feds: Florida Prof Scammed NASA for $3.4M

Rob Quinn — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:02:00 CST

Federal agents have seized the property of a University of Florida professor accused of shuttling millions in NASA grants into his family's bank accounts, the Houston Chronicle reports. Nuclear scientist Samim Anghaie, who has worked on developing fuels for future Mars missions, submitted "multiple fraudulent certified contract proposals to NASA"...