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As Tara Hoffman gears up for her 20th high school reunion this summer, she's looking forward less to memory lane than to shedding the snobby reputation that got her voted "most likely to marry the next Donald Trump." Now a working mother of two with a...

A recent study ??? albeit a small one ??? by a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that one-third of her fellow students use smartphone applications while driving. The small set of 93 UAB students isn???t enough......

ATLANTA — Seven members of the NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced Tuesday that they are leaving the conference effective July 1, 2012, to form a new athletic conference beginning with the 2012-13 season....

Florida placed six on the Coaches Preseason All-SEC teams released Thursday, with no players on the first team, two on the second team and four on the third team. Arkansas led the way with 14 players named to the teams, while Alabama had 13. Running...

With SEC Media Days now in the books, we'll have plenty here in the coming days and weeks as we countdown to football season. (Only 41 days.) For now, though, let's take a look back at an eventful few days in Birmingham. Most newsworthy: While there was...

Oddsmakers like Florida to win SEC East...

From Aylin Zafar's Atlantic article, "Facebook for Centenarians: Senior Citizens Learn Social Media." More than just a tool or channel for information, the Internet (and social networking, more specifically) has become a way for aging adults to connect to...

1. On a recent survey, women were more likely to rank the desire to have a baby above the desire to have sex than men were. In fact men were much more likely to rate the desire to have sex higher than they were to rate their desire to have......

Books-A-Million will take over leases where 14 Borders bookstores had been....

Today brings not one but two calls from prominent national writers for Joe Paterno to retire. Must be a big game approaching. Buzz Bissinger, a former Putlizer-Prize-winning reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer who wrote the book "Friday Night Lights,"...

Dish Network is announcing an Internet video service that will try to woo away subscribers from Netflix. A man cave in the basement won't detract from the resale value of your home, says Stephanie Rauterkus, a professor of accounting and finance at the...

With its usual win out of the way vs. Kentucky, this 25th consecutive one by a 48-10 score, Florida now looks ahead to a matchup with No. 3 Alabama. Let's take a look back at how Florida finished September unbeaten after the rout of the Wildcats and what'...