METRO
District 1 commissioner voted into office
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 31, 2012Yvonne Hinson-Rawls won the race for the Gainesville City Commission District 1 seat Tuesday night.
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MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Hoggetowne Medieval Faire comes to Gainesville
By Kimberly Ortiz | Jan. 31, 2012The 26th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire has come back to Gainesville. The event boasts actors, musicians, street performers, and artisans dedicated to taking you back in time.
NEWS
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SFC
Santa Fe College student among I-75 victims
By Marissa Prieto | Jan. 31, 2012Authorities are releasing the identities of those involved in Sunday morning's Interstate 75 accident, and Santa Fe College identified one of the fatalities as a longtime student.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF program given grant to improve teaching in high-poverty schools
By Katherine Hahn | Jan. 30, 2012Investing in Innovation, or i3, grant program, started in the fall and expands UF's preexisting Florida Master Teacher Initiative into 20 high-poverty schools in Miami-Dade County.
METRO
Taco Bell not bringing its breakfast menu to Florida yet
By Matt Boles | Jan. 30, 2012Floridians were left empty-handed last week when Taco Bell launched its breakfast menu in the West.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators' Beal making most of minutes
By JOHN BOOTHE | Jan. 30, 2012Florida coach Billy Donovan isn’t worried about Brad Beal getting tired any time soon — at least in his legs.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Polls open Tuesday until 7 p.m.
By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 30, 2012Today is not only election day for the Florida Republican Presidential Preference Primary, but it is also election day for two seats on the Gainesville City Commission.
METRO
Apple launches textbook app iBooks 2.0
By Kelsey Meany | Jan. 30, 2012Apple Inc. introduced the launch of iBooks 2.0, an application available for iPhone and iPad only, on Jan. 19.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
‘Stuff Gator Fans Say' hits YouTube with more than 30,000 views
By Brittany Ann Morrisey | Jan. 30, 2012Cameron "Scooter" Magruder posted his video "Stuff Gator Fans Say" to YouTube at about noon on Sunday. It already has more than 30,000 views.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Butler, UF women's basketball scrambling to solve close losses
By JOE MORGAN | Jan. 30, 2012Coach Amanda Butler admits that the Gators lack focus at the free-throw line right now.
METRO
Coffee shop, juice bar, bakery opens on West University Avenue
By Sarah Loftus | Jan. 30, 2012Flashbacks Cafe, a grab-'n'-go coffee shop, juice bar and bakery located at 211 W University Ave., opens its doors for business Tuesday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Interim director of School of Theatre and Dance died Sunday
By Katherine Hahn | Jan. 30, 2012Paul F. Favini, interim director of the UF School of Theatre and Dance, died Sunday night after a period of illness.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Cutting out turnovers critical to Florida's recent success
By GREG LUCA | Jan. 30, 2012With about eight minutes left and Florida nursing a four-point lead, Erving Walker drives the lane.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Tennessee group wants history altered
By Francie Weinberg | Jan. 30, 2012The president of the Gainesville Tea Party said she "would probably disagree" with the Tennessee Tea Party's push to remove slavery from textbook references that make the Founding Fathers look bad.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Few students using Android application to call SNAP
By Alli Langley | Jan. 30, 2012About 13 percent of students who called the Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol for nighttime rides on campus used the service's web-based system.
METRO
Florida cruise bookings not down despite shipwreck in Italy
By Brittany Borsanyi | Jan. 30, 2012Spring Break is right around the corner, and cruises are being booked as quickly as ever despite the Costa Concordia shipwreck in Italy two weeks ago.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Lipreading class teaches participants to cope with hearing loss
Jan. 30, 2012UF's Speech and Hearing Clinic and the Gainesville chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of Florida sponsor free lipreading classes on Mondays from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF professor weighs in on voting limitations in US Judiciary Committee
By Chris Alcantara | Jan. 30, 2012A UF professor testified about potential voting limitations in a Florida election law before U.S. senators Friday afternoon.
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Vogel, UF men's golf atop leaderboard after day one at TPC Sawgrass
By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Jan. 30, 2012THE PLAYERS Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass hosted the Sea Best Invitational Monday where the University of Florida men’s golf team opened their spring schedule looking for their second win of the season.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Rat race: All presidential candidates flawed
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 30, 2012When looking at the three top candidates for the presidency, what's the difference?
