IFAS in the news, 9/24

Good morning. Today's IFAS-related news:

Sea-level rise threatens endangered rabbit http://scienceblog.com/56776/sea-level-rise-threatens-endangered-rabbit/

Pomegranates, Grown Since Antiquity, Could Become Florida's Newest Crop
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120922/NEWS/120929808?Title=Pomegranates-Grown-Since-Antiquity-Could-Become-Florida-s-Newest-Crop-

Keep bananas out of the bag (Hillsborough) http://www2.tbo.com/lifestyles/flavor/2012/sep/23/banewso5-keep-bananas-out-of-the-bag-ar-509190/

Don't count on Epsom salts to help palms (Hillsborough) http://www2.tbo.com/lifestyles/life/2012/sep/23/banewso7-dont-count-on-epsom-salts-to-help-palms-ar-509194/

Beetle Fungus Brings Laurel Wilt Disease (Hillsborough/Pinellas)
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120921/NEWS/120929853/1374?Title=Beetle-Fungus-Brings-Laurel-Wilt-Disease-

2012 Fall Home & Garden Expo (Okaloosa)
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/fall-52427-home-.html

South Polk: Alex Sink to Address Chamber (third page)
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120922/NEWS/120929778

Time to winterize your landscape, garden (Flagler) http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20120922/NEWS0402/309209959/1065?Title=Time-to-winterize-your-landscape-garden



UF, science and state news:


Rethinking Sleep (opinion)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/rethinking-sleep.html?pagewanted=all

Person of interest named in missing student case http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120923/ARTICLES/120929816/1109/sports?Title=Person-of-interest-named-in-missing-student-case

UF to host 5 ex-governors for issues discussion
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120923/ARTICLES/120929823

UF lawyers to review prof's purchase of TutoringZone
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120922/ARTICLES/120929843

Josh Romney speaks to students about economy http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_0bbe097e-05fc-11e2-98cd-001a4bcf887a.html

Scott trying to repackage himself as education advocate http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120923/ARTICLES/120929826/1182?Title=Scott-trying-to-repackage-himself-as-education-advocate