Images of the Day

Lauren Garrett poses with six of her family's 22 cats as they settle down to feeding time. A controversy is brewing between the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which prefers stricter control of feral predation, and advocates who favor trap-neuter-release approaches.

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Gainesville's Tiffany Harrison struggles to complete her run in the 400 meter preliminaries Friday.

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Florida tennis player Alexis Gordon and the Gators defeated Vanderbilt on Friday at the Ring Tennis Complex.

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Nearly 25 years after Denice and Cliff Slade planted a little pup of a century plant, it has now grown to 30 feet tall.

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Buddy, a three-legged border collie, will take part in "Paddle 4 the Pets," an Alachua County Humane Society fund-raising event, with owner Nancy Holschuh.

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Tari Kendall, dance professor at the Santa Fe Community College, rehearses a dance for "Quotations," a 23-minute ballet that memorializes the horror of Sept. 11 and reflects on its aftermath.

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Olivier Levant and his transformation into a role player has been successful for the Florida Gators, who continue their run for a national title today when the NCAA Championships resume in Athens, Ga.

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A Saudi man walks Thursday through the debris left by Monday's bombings in eastern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at the al-Hamra compound.

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Florida's Jenilee Garner leaps to get back to first base as Arlington first baseman Falon Kwasnick follows the ball.

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Staff Sgt. Amanda Kastner, an aircraft technician, is shown here with her husband, Matthew, son Steven "Toby" Edwards, 10, and daughter, Jayden Kastner, 1 1/2.

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Staff Sgt. Amanda Kastner, an aircraft technician, is shown here with her husband, Matthew, son Steven "Toby" Edwards, 10, and daughter, Jayden Kastner, 1 1/2.

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Sandy Beard, sister of murder victim Peggy Wood, speaks to the media Friday morning after the execution of Newton Carlton Slawson at Florida State Prison near Starke. Slawson was convicted of killing Wood and her family in 1989 in Tampa.

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