Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. Realities - New York Times

Facebook Gold Rush: Fanfare vs. Realities
New York Times
A lot of these people got burned. Academics at the Warrington College of Business Administration at the University of Florida recently compiled a list of about 250 companies that doubled — at least — in price on their first trading day.

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Plant breeding technology could aid Florida grape growers - TheGrower

Plant breeding technology could aid Florida grape growers
TheGrower
But Dennis Gray, a professor of developmental biology at the University of Florida's Mid-Florida Research and Education Center in Apopka, is leading a research team that hopes to address those constraints with seedless, disease-resistant muscadine ...

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Marco Rubio and wife Jeanette talk of politics, family and faith - Tampabay.com

Marco Rubio and wife Jeanette talk of politics, family and faith
Tampabay.com
They started dating shortly after, but Marco was heading to the University of Florida in Gainesville in the fall, which forced a long-distance romance in an era of few cell phones, no Internet, no Skype. Him: "It was harder and harder for me even to ...

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FGCU notebook: Softball team sustains power surge - Naples Daily News

FGCU notebook: Softball team sustains power surge
Naples Daily News
By DANA CALDWELL ESTERO — These are not the Yardbirds of 2007 who set a Florida Gulf Coast University softball record with 87 home runs, but the young Eagles have gotten into the big swings of things. Back in 2007, senior Carmen Paez led FGCU by ...

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Rising anxiety grips campuses - Palm Beach Post

Rising anxiety grips campuses
Palm Beach Post
By Lona O'Connor Anxiety has topped the list of psychological problems among college students for the past two years, deposing depression, the longtime No. 1 issue. At the University of Florida, there is increasing demand - and a waiting list - for ...

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Dark and edgy: Violent topics dominate novels for young adults - Toledo Blade


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Dark and edgy: Violent topics dominate novels for young adults
Toledo Blade
More than 200 people are still on the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library's waiting list for the series' first book. While kids devour the books, some parents are aghast at the books' subject matter. A future world in which children battle other ...

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People, Places and Things - Naples Daily News

People, Places and Things
Naples Daily News
... and Success and the Golden Key International Honour Society. n Kathleen Snyder of Naples was named to the 2011 fall and 2012 spring semester dean's list at Florida State University and was inducted in to the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society.

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