Steelers agree to five-year deal with Pouncey Maurkice Pouncey #56 of the Florida Gators lines up in a game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on October 25, 2008 in Gainesville, Florida. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:17:04 GMT Board Says Military Retirement "Unaffordable" ... and reduce the disability claims backlog. VADM Ryan related his recent discussions with VA officials in Gainesville, FL, where the VA has had significant success in reducing homelessness, but said the key is jobs ensuring vets are meaningfully ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:14:31 GMT $15,000 donated to replace euthanized police dog ... and his son, Beau Crevasse; Deborah Butler of Butler Enterprises, owner of the Butler Plaza complex; the Greater Gainesville Dog Fanciers club; and Newberry Animal Hospital. "The money is enough to purchase two K-9s and possibly part of a third," ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:14:53 GMT Four arrested on allegations they sold tobacco to minor Published: Friday, July 30, 2010 at 8:44 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 30, 2010 at 2:07 p.m. Clerks at four Gainesville stores were arrested Thursday on charges of selling tobacco products to minors in an undercover operation by Gainesville police and the state Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:14:34 GMT Around the Region - July 30 POLICE BEAT Convenience store robbery suspect ID'd Gainesville police have identified a suspect in a Wednesday convenience store robbery and are obtaining a warrant for his arrest. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:13:09 GMT Midtown makeover on the way Buildings are coming down, roads are going around, and a new art house is opening up as the work around Gainesville's midtown area continues. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:12:59 GMT Jehovah's Witness convention brings economic boom ... thousand new faces are in town. The Jehovah's Witness Convention begins today and is the second one held in Gainesville this summer. Alachua County Tourism and Development Director Roland Loog says the on-campus location offers a unique atmosphere ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:10:57 GMT Increase in SUV sales ... sales of sport utility vehicles is surging. S-U-V sales were up 14 percent in the first six months of 2010. Gainesville chrysler, Dodge Jeep general manager Andy Johnson says he hasn't noticed a huge jump in sales. The rise is due to a combination ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:53:42 GMT Friend of Nhra, Legendary Motorsports Reporter Norm Froscher Dies at 79 Norm Froscher, a longtime friend and supporter of NHRA Drag Racing, who worked for several Florida newspapers including the Gainesville Sun and later as a freelance writer, died Aug. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:43:33 GMT Greening the Moon and Mars ... a seed in lunar regolith hasn't been answered," said Robert Ferl, a geneticist at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul, another geneticist at the University of Florida, hope to pick up where the Apollo-era experiments ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:43:32 GMT 4 of 5 UF officers involved in shooting reinstated ... comment on the latest developments in the case. The shooting led to protests by a coalition that included the Gainesville-area Students for a Democratic Society. Group member Justin Wooten said the reinstatement of the officers was a disappointment. ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:47:13 GMT Church Organizes Sept. 11 Quran Burning The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., is using its website and social-networking sites to promote a Quran-burning ceremony on Sept. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:13:19 GMT Former UF teammates Weary, Lott at odds over deal gone bad ... never close friends, Weary figured he could trust Lott to be the contractor on a piece of family property in Gainesville that he wanted developed into four townhouses. Weary got a $475,000 construction loan from Mercantile Bank in 2004. Lott, who ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:16:00 GMT NHRA: Friend Of NHRA Legendary Motorsports Reporter Norm Froscher Dies At 79 Norm Froscher, a longtime friend and supporter of NHRA Drag Racing, who worked for several Florida newspapers including the Gainesville Sun and later as a freelance writer, died July 29 at the age of 79. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:33:24 GMT Area man charged with child neglect ... for help. Click to enlarge Ryan David Undeen (Alachua County jail) The man involved, Ryan David Undeen, 32, of Gainesville, was charged with DUI, child neglect, aggravated battery, battery, obstructing justice, criminal mischief causing damage to ... Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT Astronomers find planets in unusually intimate dance around dying star ... if the planets weren't doing such a well synchronized dance," said Eric Ford from the University of Florida in Gainesville. "This makes it a real puzzle how the planets could have found their rhythm." All of the four newly discovered exoplanets are ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:25:30 GMT GPD: Arrest after fight between cross-dressing prostitutes Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 7:06 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 7:06 a.m. A fight between two men dressed as women led to an arrest and a damaged Gainesville Police car early Thursday morning. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:53:12 GMT Midtown face lift projects under way Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 6:50 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 6:50 p.m. Buildings are coming down, roads are going around, and a new art house is opening up as the work around Gainesville's midtown area continues. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:51:19 GMT Famed Sun writer Froscher dies at 79 Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 9:05 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 9:05 p.m. Norm Froscher, a well-respected journalist for The Gainesville Sun who became a renowned national voice in drag racing, died Thursday. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:49:19 GMT Friend of NHRA, legendary motorsports reporter Froscher dies at 79 Norm Froscher, a longtime friend and supporter of NHRA Drag Racing who worked for several Florida newspapers, including the Gainesville Sun, and later as a freelance writer, died July 29. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:45:32 GMT