Gainesville

Dinosaur heads home to Mongolia after odyssey ends in Queens

2013-05-06 15:31:00

� NEW YORK -- It's bad enough to go from roaming the earth as a fearsome predator to being uprooted and dragged across three continents, but to end up in a basement in Queens? No wonder the Tyrannosaurus bataar was broken up. Literally. But not for...

Stephen Stills aims to Light Up the Blues for Autism Speaks

2013-04-08 18:15:00

On his own and as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stephen Stills has taken part in many a benefit concert over the last four decades, but usually his role has been that of rock singer...

Dance Spotlight: Alicia Graf Mack on keeping Alvin Ailey legacy alive

2013-03-08 08:30:00

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Music Center in April with three programs of mixed repertory, combining contemporary works with such Ailey classics as 1960's "Revelations." Alicia Graf Mack, who rejoined the company in 2011 after she...

Transient pleads not guilty to killing three women in 1980s

2013-03-04 12:14:01

Winter TCA: 'The Following's' Kevin Williamson quizzed on violence

2013-01-08 12:05:00

Once upon a midnight dreary, Kevin Williamson became weak and weary--fielding questions on the violence seen in Fox’s upcoming horror drama “The Following.” The creator and executive producer, who is also behind the CW’s “...

Talent pool runs deep for sophomore guards in the Southland

2013-02-08 00:00:00

Get ready for an invasion of private jets arriving from Lexington, Ky.; Durham, N.C.; Gainesville, Fla.; and elsewhere carrying college basketball coaches hoping to woo a growing group of talented guards from the high school class of 2015. The days...

LAPD says serial killer suspect may have more victims

2013-01-09 10:34:04

Victims of alleged L.A. serial killer all had children, LAPD says

2013-01-07 18:53:33

Builder confidence in housing is at highest point since 2006

2012-12-18 12:21:00

Builder confidence in the housing market rose for the eighth straight month in December to its highest point in more than six years. An index compiled by the National Assn. of Home Builders and Wells Fargo & Co. put the sentiment reading at 47 –...

Gail Harris, last New York Giant to homer, dies at 81

2012-11-23 09:29:00

Gail Harris, the last player to hit a home run for the New York Giants before they moved to California, has died in Gainesville, Va. He was 81. Harris hit two home runs on Sept. 21, 1957, against the Pirates in Pittsburgh, leading the Giants to a 9-5...

Egypt seeks arrest of Terry Jones, 7 others tied to anti-Islam film

2012-09-18 12:53:48

Possible Earth-like planet could hold water; scientists cautious

2012-11-07 21:00:00

By taking a fresh look at old data, an international team of astronomers has discovered a possible new super-Earth planet relatively nearby that could potentially hold liquid water, scientists said Wednesday. The research, released by the journal...

Plastics plant fire near Gainesville, MO

2013-05-17 08:39:00

Gators QB Chris Leak is returning to Gainesville, joining Will Muschamp's football staff. Orlando Sentinel file.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Convicted of abducting and killing Carla Larson in Orlando in June 1997. In a strange connection, Larson's husband Jim is also the brother of Sonya Larson - one of the five students killed by Danny Rolling in Gainesville. Huggins is on death row.

2013-05-02 19:17:00