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March 20, 2012 8:59 AM
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The growing national attention - and outcry - over the case of an unarmed black teen in Florida who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain has culminated with the federal government's announcement that it will launch an investigation.
The announcement late Monday by...
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March 10, 2012 6:31 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - If John Calipari's top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats encounter late-game adversity in the NCAA tournament, they'll know how to handle it. Anthony Davis had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Kentucky held off Florida 74-71 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament. "I've got this...
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March 10, 2012 3:07 PM
Kentucky battled back to beat Florida 74-71 Saturday afternoon in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament in New Orleans. Kentucky used a 14-0 run to take a 65-56 lead with 7 minutes to go but had to withstand a furious Florida comeback to advance to Sunday's final.
Marquis Teague...
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March 4, 2012 12:59 PM
Kentucky leads Florida 40-32 after one half of play in both team's regular season finale. A win would give Kentucky a 16-0 conference record. Only three SEC teams have run the table through the conference regular season since 1954.
Terrence Jones played some of his best basketball of the...
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January 31, 2012 6:46 AM
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Florida's time has come. The state hosts its pivotal primary Tuesday as Mitt Romney seeks to tighten his grip on the Republican presidential nomination. Newt Gingrich reset the race by scoring an overwhelming victory in South Carolina. But in the 10 days since, the GOP contest...
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January 22, 2012 6:58 PM
UK Hoops Postgame Notes Memorial Coliseum
Lexington, Ky. Jan. 22, 2012
Final Score: No. 6/6 Kentucky - 57, Florida - 52
Team Records and Series Notes
Kentucky improves to 18-2, 7-0 SEC, while Florida falls to 13-7, 3-4 SEC. · It is the first time...
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January 22, 2012 6:44 PM
(AP) - Kentucky has shown what it can do with A'dia Mathies. Now the Wildcats have shown what they can do without her. Mathies finished with a career-low two points on Sunday, but the No. 6 Wildcats held off Florida 57-52 to remain undefeated in Southeastern Conference play. Kentucky (18-2,...
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January 19, 2012 11:22 AM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is letting the sun shine in, and some of its officers are getting a charge out of it. Solar charging panels on some police cars allow officers to take advantage of sun power. The average police car drains two 12-volt batteries a...
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January 16, 2012 1:29 PM
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Firefighters say one of the world's oldest cypress trees caught fire and collapsed in central Florida. The 118-foot-tall bald cypress tree named "The Senator" burned early Monday. Mike Martin of the state Division of Forestry tells the Orlando Sentinel that arson may be to blame. Seminole...
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December 26, 2011 2:03 PM
PALATKA, Fla. (AP) - Officials say two Mayo Clinic employees flying to the University of Florida to harvest organs have been killed in a helicopter crash. Mayo Clinic spokeswoman Kathy Barbour says the Jacksonville hospital employees left early Monday but did not arrive in Gainesville. Their names were not released...
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December 12, 2011 1:12 PM
With UK losing to Indiana and Florida winning two games, which includes beating talented Arizona, they own the SEC player of the week awards.
Florida's Patric Young, a 6-foot-9, 247-pound sophomore forward from Jacksonville, Fla., was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 18.5 points, 10 rebounds, 1.5...
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September 25, 2011 12:08 AM
(AP) - Plenty has been made about Florida's speed. Turns out the 15th-ranked Gators can score pretty quickly, too. Florida scored three touchdowns in a 4:31 span of the first quarter, and Jeff Demps iced the game with an 84-yard touchdown run as No. 15 Florida routed Kentucky 48-10 on...
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September 25, 2011 12:01 AM
KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES Florida at Kentucky Sept. 24, 2011 * Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 65,134 FINAL SCORE: No. 15 Florida 48, Kentucky 10
Team Records and Series Notes • Kentucky and Florida met for the 62nd time in school history. The Gators have won 25 consecutive games against the Wildcats, dating...
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September 24, 2011 10:31 PM
Kentucky lost to Florida 48-10 Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium, making it twenty five wins in a row for the Gators over the Wildcats.
Florida capitalized on four Kentucky turnovers and rushed for 406 yards in a dominant win. Kentucky scored late in the first half on a 19-yard...
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September 24, 2011 5:00 PM
Kentucky will try to do something they have yet to this year - look impressive in a game - in hopes of achieving something they haven't done in 24 years - beating Florida.
Kentucky and Florida will kickoff at 7 pm tonight at Commonwealth Stadium. It is the SEC...
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March 13, 2011 5:19 PM
ATLANTA (AP) - The Kentucky freshmen donned their championship caps, cut down the nets and hopped around like this something new to them. Which, of course, it was. For the Wildcats, though, this was just business as usual at the Southeastern Conference tournament. Brandon Knight scored 17 points, Darius Miller...
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March 13, 2011 2:11 PM
A hot start and balanced scoring has Kentucky ahead of Florida 34-29 halfway through their matchup in the SEC Tournament Final.
Back to back three pointers by DeAndre Liggins and Brandon Knight put Kentucky ahead 12-5 at the 16:12 mark.
Florida answered with a hot shooting streak of...
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February 26, 2011 6:19 PM
(AP) - Darius Miller scored a career-high 24 points and Brandon Knight added 16 points and six assists as No. 22 Kentucky surged past No. 13 Florida 76-68 on Saturday. The Wildcats (20-8, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) won their 33rd straight home game and gave coach John Calipari his 500th career...
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February 5, 2011 11:41 PM
Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes Kentucky at Florida February 5, 2011 O'Connell Center - Gainesville, Fla.
-- Kentucky falls to 16-6, 4-4 SEC on the season. Florida improves to 18-5, 7-2 SEC. -- The Wildcats are 88-33 all-time against the Gators and 32-22 against the Gators in Gainesville. -- UK...
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February 5, 2011 11:16 PM
It was a game of runs that had the same story. UK falls behind, makes a terrific comeback and comes up just short at the end. Florida hangs on to beat UK 70-68. But, Florida had to hold their breath, because Brandon Knight who was perfect from downtown until the...
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February 5, 2011 9:59 PM
The Cats have the same problem they had against Ole Miss. Down 34-32 at the half to Florida thanks to a buzzer beating baseline shot by Jon Hood, UK has three starters once again in foul trouble with two each.
Miller, Liggins and Harrellson each have two fouls. It's...
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February 3, 2011 11:19 PM
The Cats have lost three of their last four SEC road games. That's a scary thought when they're heading to Florida on Saturday.
In the most recent loss at Ole Miss, only freshmen scored in the second half. To make matters worse for the veterans, Darius Miller did not...
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January 20, 2011 10:27 PM
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Victoria Dunlap scored 12 points, including two free throws with 10 seconds remaining, to help No. 19 Kentucky rally to beat Florida 59-58 on Thursday night.
Jennifer O'Neill added 15 points for the Wildcats (14-4, 3-2 Southeastern Conference), who overcame a 10-point deficit in the final...
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January 19, 2011 5:13 PM
The Kentucky women's basketball team travels to Gainesville, Fla., Thursday, Jan 20 in search of its first conference road win and first win over the Gators on the road since 2006. Game time is 7 p.m. EST in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. All the action can be heard live...
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January 3, 2011 8:55 AM
(AP) - A Florida effort to cut a prescription pill pipeline to eastern Kentucky might not be operational for months and there's question about paying for enforcement.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports bills passed 18 months ago by Florida lawmakers were intended to hamper the ability of pain clinics to...
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December 8, 2010 9:45 PM
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican Phil Moffett, struggling to raise money in his home state for his gubernatorial campaign, will travel to Florida next week seeking some cash, an aide said Wednesday. Moffett, a Louisville businessman running as a political outsider, faces Republican powerhouse David Williams in the GOP primary....
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November 15, 2010 9:28 PM
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Federal attorneys have asked a central Florida judge to revoke Wesley Snipes' bond if the actor is not granted a new trial for tax evasion. Snipes did not attend the hearing Monday in a federal court in Ocala. His attorneys say he deserves a new trial...
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November 9, 2010 4:14 PM
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs said a report that Tigers quarterback Cam Newton faced possible expulsion from Florida for academic cheating is "sad" and reiterated that Newton is eligible both academically and athletically. "These allegations and rumors about Cam Newton are unfortunate and sad because they...
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September 27, 2010 4:31 PM
Joker Phillips admitted that his players probably would get over Kentucky's 48-14 loss to Florida before he does. According to him, coaches always dwell on losses longer than players.
While he may not have completely moved on from it yet, Phillips is at least looking at the game differently...
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September 27, 2010 1:42 PM
(AP) - Kentucky coach Joker Phillips says he's confident the Wildcats are already over Saturday's 48-14 loss to Florida. Phillips calls his team's attitude down, but not necessarily defeated. The Wildcats (3-1, 0-1 SEC) were gashed by the Gators in the second half, as Florida pulled away behind the play...
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September 25, 2010 6:12 PM
Kentucky's leading tackler will not play in the first quarter of the team's matchup against No. 9 Florida, according to a post on his facebook page.
Linebacker Danny Trevathan posted this message on his Facebook wall Friday.
"Cant play 1st Qtr, price for letting stuff off field affect...
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September 24, 2010 11:09 AM
University of Florida Head Football Coach Urban Meyer raised eyebrows last weekend when he called Florida's game against Kentucky a coin flip. "Really? A 50-50 shot? At home? Against Kentucky?" writes Associated Sports Writer Mark Long. "Maybe that's how much confidence Meyer has in his lethargic offense, which has yet...
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September 24, 2010 10:38 AM
South Florida police say there's one person and possibly a bomb inside a bank near the University of Miami. However, police could not confirm whether there were any hostages inside the Bank of America in Coral Gables, as initially reported. Police Sgt. Janette Frevola says there is one person inside...
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September 23, 2010 3:22 PM
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The University of Kentucky football team will be without starting offensive guard Stuart Hines on Saturday against Florida, head coach Joker Phillips announced after practice Thursday. Phillips said that junior Billy Joe Murphy will move to the guard position to start in his place. "We will move...
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September 23, 2010 12:06 PM
A Florida teenager has been charged with murder in the death of a 39-year-old Kentucky man. Ryan Ray, 16, is accused of killing Jamin Coyle of Garrard County during a robbery. His body was found in the Orlando area earlier this month. An autopsy revealed Coyle may have been strangled,...
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September 22, 2010 9:10 PM
UK linebacker Danny Trevathan, who is from Florida, will be feeling the love on Saturday. Thanks to some teammates willing to give up their tickets, Trevathan expects to have 30 friends and family there. And with that group in attendence, he'll be sporting a new, but unfortunately familiar piece of...
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September 21, 2010 8:53 PM
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Pick an excuse, any excuse. Inexperienced quarterback. Shuffled offensive line. Suspensions.
Injuries. Fumbles. Botched snaps. Conservative play-calling. Each of them has been an issue for Florida's offense, which ranks 11th in the Southeastern Conference and 92nd in the country this season. Together, they have the...
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September 3, 2010 2:11 PM
Police in Florida are investigating the apparent murder of a Garrard County man there on Wednesday. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the body of Jamin Coyle, 39, was found in the street in Leesburg, Florida on Wednesday night. Investigators say it looks like there may have been a robbery just...
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August 24, 2010 1:37 PM
An arrest has been made in a Florida cold case murder of a child that has Kentucky ties. Police in Charlotte County, Florida have worked with Kentucky investigators to solve the case of Pilar Rodriguez, was murdered more than 10 years ago just days before her fourth birthday. Police say...
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June 24, 2010 10:05 PM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mississippi's luck may be running out. Oil from the massive Gulf spill is nearing fertile barrier islands today. So far, Mississippi hasn't seen much effect from the spill. But now a large patch of oil has crept into the Mississippi Sound, the fertile waters between the...
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May 11, 2010 12:07 PM
Police in Boyle County have named three suspects in a home invasion near Junction City early Monday morning, and say the suspects may be headed to Florida. Police say two armed men broke into an elderly couple's home on Weatherby Lane. The victims say the men demanded money and drugs....
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April 13, 2010 9:49 AM
An 11-year-old autistic Florida girl who had been missing since her bicycle was found last Friday near an area infested with alligators has been found alive, according to reports. According to WESH-TV, the Metro Church confirmed Tuesday morning that one of their members, James King, found Nadia Bloom. The church...
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April 2, 2010 5:14 AM
Three Kentuckians on vacation in Florida died after their motorhome crashed along a stretch of highway in the panhandle on Thursday. The Florida Highway Patrol says William R. Gore, 78, Dona M. Gore, 82, and Ruth Wyatt, 78 all died when a tire blew on their RV along I-10, about...
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March 30, 2010 7:16 PM
A Kentucky man accused of rape and incest has been arrested in Florida. 59-year-old Jack Eagle is accused of having sex with a juvenile family member on a regular basis for more than seven years. The victim came forward to police after Eagle moved to Titusville, Florida. Eagle was arrested...
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March 5, 2010 8:50 AM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Five Kentuckians and a Florida woman are hospitalized following a wrong-way crash in north Florida. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Shana M. Pruitt was driving south in a northbound Interstate 95 lane when the head-on collission occured in Jacksonville. Her Ford Mustang hit an...
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February 18, 2010 9:52 PM
Keyla Snowden scored 21 points, Lydia Watkins had a career-high 19 and No. 16 Kentucky rallied from six points down at halftime to defeat Florida 77-51 on Thursday night. Snowden shot 5 for 5 on 3-pointers and Watkins got all of her scoring in the second half to help the...
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January 13, 2010 12:14 AM
Attention, Southeastern Conference. Kentucky has a freshman point guard capable of beating teams in a variety of ways. And it's not John Wall. Eric Bledsoe scored a career-high 25 points, getting to the rim, hitting 3-pointers and making just about everything in between to help the second-ranked Wildcats stay unbeaten...
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January 12, 2010 9:44 AM
Two men from Florida were arrested Friday in Rowan County as part of a joint drug trafficking investigation involving the Morehead Police Department, Rowan County Sheriffs Department and Operation UNITE. Andre Ausmore, 27, and Jarvis Mccleod, 27, both of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida were arrested Friday at the B-Clean Car Wash...
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December 14, 2009 8:01 AM
HUDSON, Fla. (AP) - A Kentucky man was able to drive himself to the hospital after being shot in the head. Pasco County authorities say 38-year-old Michael Lee Gibson of Pinetop, Ky., was shot Sunday morning in a vacant lot in Hudson, about 30 miles north of Tampa. His injuries...
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November 9, 2009 10:58 PM
Derwin Kitchen scored 18 points and 7-foot-1 Solomon Alabi chipped in with 13 points and a dozen rebounds Monday as Florida State took a 73-61 exhibition win over Georgetown (Ky.) College. Xavier Gibson also had 13 points for the winners while Georgetown's Eddie Gray led all scorers with 19 points....
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November 5, 2009 12:25 PM
The search for a four-year-old girl in Florida missing since 1999 and possibly involving a Bath County man has been suspended after three days of searching. After conferring with all agencies involved in the three-day search for Pilar Rodriguez, Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron announced they were suspending the ground...
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November 4, 2009 9:57 AM
A scuba diving accident in Florida near Tampa has left a Madison County man dead. Rescue crews Wednesday were searching for the body of 39-year-old James D. Woodall, II of Richmond. Woodall was diving with friends near Weeki Wachi when he apparently had equipment problems. Fellow diver Gregory Snowden said...
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October 22, 2009 5:24 AM
The husband of a Kentucky native found beaten to death in her Manatee County, Florida home is making a plea for information. Doctor James Briles and two crime fighting organizations are offering $50,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the death of Kathleen Briles. Briles was found...
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October 7, 2009 8:52 PM
Regardless of who plays quarterback for top-ranked Florida on Saturday night at No. 4 LSU, coach Urban Meyer would like to see more from his passing game. The Gators (4-0, 2-0) rank 58th in the country in passing, averaging nearly 219 yards a game. They rate even worse against teams...
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October 6, 2009 9:00 PM
Wearing full pads and sweating from head to toe, Tim Tebow took snaps, threw passes and ran option plays Tuesday in his first practice since suffering a concussion 10 days ago. The only thing Florida's star quarterback wasn't allowed to do was run over anybody. Tebow returned to practice on...
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September 26, 2009 11:32 PM
Final Score: Florida 41, Kentucky 7
September 26, 2009 * Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Ky.
Team Records and Series Notes
Kentucky is 2-1 on the season, 0-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Florida is 4-0 overall, 2-0 in the league.
Florida leads the series, 43-17. The Gators have...
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September 26, 2009 7:16 PM
Some of the worst stats in UK history
UK had no yards in first quarter. The final number had them at a minus one.
Florida had 223 !!
Tebow ran for 80 yards in the first quarter.
It's 31 zip Florida in the second quarter.
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September 25, 2009 2:58 PM
Many sick Gators are getting better, but two starters – CB Joe Haden and S Major Wright – missed Thursday’s practice with flu-like symptoms. Coach Urban Meyer said he expects both to be ready for Kentucky but estimates more than 35 cases of flu-like symptoms in the last three...
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September 25, 2009 2:52 PM
It's about 24 hours away.
Can Kentucky pull it off?
Nationally, UK is one of those undefeated teams that's not getting any respect. People still think they are pretenders.
Most of that is because after beating #1 LSU in 2007, they didn't follow up with any cache...
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