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Student Senate honors students, outlines spring agenda
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 5, 2010Student Senators created some New Year’s resolutions of their own during Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.
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School of Music receives tune-up with new pianos
By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Jan. 5, 2010UF purchased 61 Steinway & Sons pianos for $1.23 million.
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New Years’ dieters urged to lose weight the right way
By Jared Misner | Jan. 5, 2010UF official advises mindful eating rather than dieting.
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By Harrison Diamond | Jan. 5, 2010Students eat lunch while seated in a stairway in the Hub on the UF campus Tuesday afternoon. The students cited cold outdoor temperatures and a crowded Hub as reasons for sitting on the stairs.
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Saints rising: Mormon relives first mission experiences
Jan. 5, 2010Every year, more than 52,000 Mormon missionaries descend upon the world. This is a part two in a four-part series that follows two such messengers.
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Wellness program wins national award
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 5, 2010The program, created about three years ago, promotes health awareness and provides services for Alachua County government employees, as well as their spouses and children.
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Intruder kills woman
Jan. 5, 2010Stacey Brown, 20, was murdered in a friends apartment by two armed intruders Monday night. Police are searching for a 1990s-model white Honda in connection with the suspects.
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Crash downs power lines, blocks traffic
Jan. 5, 2010Pedestrians helped out after one driver hit two cars, knocked down a power line and flipped his SUV on its side at Northwest 15th Street and Northwest Fifth Avenue at about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.
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Locals react to president’s appointment of transgender
Jan. 5, 2010AC Stokes, director of LGBT Affairs at UF, speaks about President Obama's recent appointment of a transgendered person, a historic first.
Opinion
Claim that doctors are problem is false
By David E. Winchester | Jan. 5, 2010This is in response to Kenneth Maness’ letter in Tuesday’s Alligator asserting that “doctors are the real problem with health care in America.” His broadside contributes nothing to the serious debate about American health care reform. Further, he demonstrates the epitome of ignorance about a health care system that involves countless parties: doctors, patients, insurance carriers, malpractice attorneys and dozens of state and federal government agencies, each of whom contribute to how health care is provided and consumed in America and each of whom impact the cost of that care.
Opinion
Congress should reinstate estate tax
By BRIAN MILLER | Jan. 5, 2010On New Year’s Day, the estate tax, an essential part of the U.S. tax system for almost 100 years, disappeared because Congress failed to act in December.
Sports
Senior class finishes with third BCS win
Jan. 4, 2010NEW ORLEANS — It didn’t end with a Heisman Trophy or a BCS national championship.
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Parsons’ desperation heave caps turbulent break
By ADAM BERRY | Jan. 4, 2010RALEIGH, N.C. — With Florida down by two points and only two seconds remaining in overtime, Chandler Parsons pulled down a rebound off a missed free throw, took one dribble and let the ball fly just before the final buzzer sounded.
Sports
Meyer needs trip to Bourbon St.
Jan. 4, 2010As expected, the Urban Meyer situation dominated the talk leading up to Florida’s Sugar Bowl matchup against Cincinnati.
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UF lands two commits
By GEORGE C. PAPPAS< | Jan. 4, 2010ST. PETERSBURG — The Gators’ 51-24 victory over Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on Friday marked the end of an era for the nation’s most celebrated senior class and ushered in a period of uncertainty heading into the 2010 season.
Sports
National Signing Day gives college football fans offseason excitement
By CALLOVI< | Jan. 4, 2010The football season might have ended for the Gators, but my favorite time of the year is quickly approaching.
Sports
Gators face uncertainties heading into offseason
Jan. 4, 2010NEW ORLEANS — Florida said goodbye to the winningest class in school history, the greatest player in school history and its defensive coordinator with a 51-24 win against Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl.
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Gators continue holiday success in conference opener
Jan. 4, 2010Freshman Jennifer George walked off the court with a smile after sinking two free throws that put her team up seven points with 2:37 left in the game.
Metro
GPD looks for man who robbed lingerie shop
Jan. 4, 2010Gainesville police are searching for a man who robbed local lingerie shop French Addiction, 819 W University Ave., at gunpoint Saturday night.
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Man arrested for fight over laundry, granola bar
Jan. 4, 2010A Gainesville man was arrested for domestic battery after police say he threatened to kill a woman when fighting over laundry and a granola bar at about 8 p.m. Saturday.
