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Guest Column: Why I support Hillary Clinton
Mar. 10, 2016This election season, there is too much at stake to simply sit at home and not let your voice be heard.
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Woman leads walk for child victims, walks 4.2 miles per day
By Katelyn Newberg | Mar. 9, 2016Lauren Book is walking to help 42 million children.
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GPD officer chases, disarms man who had loaded firearm
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 9, 2016A Gainesville Police officer tackled and arrested an armed man Tuesday morning.
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Police, students react to body camera bill passed by Florida legislature
By Dakota Williams | Mar. 9, 2016Introduced to establish standards for the use of body cameras by law enforcement, House Bill (HB) 93: Law Enforcement Officer Body Cameras unanimously passed the Florida Senate on March 7 and, as of press time, is now awaiting action by Gov. Rick Scott.
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Woman, two men arrested with eight fake credit cards, 27 gift cards
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 9, 2016A Kissimmee, Florida, woman and two Lake Worth, Florida, men were arrested Tuesday after police said they used fake credit cards to purchase about $1,200 worth of gift cards.
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Column: Donald Trump and the assumption of knowledge
Mar. 9, 2016Since Donald Trump has been ever-present in the headlines lately, and because most Republicans don’t know whether to endorse him or run in the opposite direction, it is clearly time to discuss Trump’s greatest weakness: his inability to answer questions in a way that shows he has a firm grasp of the issues at hand.
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Commission discusses minimum wage rules, debates exemptions
By Katelyn Newberg | Mar. 8, 2016After Tuesday’s meeting, the Alachua County Commission decided to continue debating changes to a minimum-wage ordinance April 12.
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UF faculty, students mourn death of the inventor of the email
By Molly Vossler | Mar. 8, 2016Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited for inventing email, died of a heart attack at the age of 74 on Saturday.
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Basketball cop plans all-star tournament for Monday
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 8, 2016Ever since Gainesville Police Officer Bobby White played basketball with local kids and became an Internet celebrity, he decided to use the sport to mend what he called a broken relationship between youth and police.
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Farm workers boycotting Wendy's will visit Gainesville
By Mary-Lou Watkinson | Mar. 8, 2016Santiago Perez arrived in America to work in the fields.
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New death penalty law approved
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 8, 2016Nearly two months since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Florida’s unusual system of imposing death sentences, Gov. Rick Scott approved a new sentencing law Monday morning.
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Local group looks to change election cycle
By Catherine Dickson | Mar. 8, 2016A local group is petitioning to change the city’s election cycle in hopes of increasing voter turnout and saving money.
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Police charge man after indecent exposure
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 7, 2016Gainesville Police charged a man — whom they believe is responsible for a string of indecent exposures — with one of the incidents.
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Alcohol tasting room to open downtown
By Madison Behm | Mar. 7, 2016Craft spirits such as blueberry-infused vodka are coming to downtown Gainesville in late May.
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CareerSource and GNV City Commission discuss jobs, welfare
By Molly Donovan | Mar. 7, 2016CareerSource of North Central Florida held a workshop for the Gainesville City Commission on Monday evening to discuss its achievements and future projects.
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Police say man fired gun downtown, hit bystander
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 7, 2016A Gainesville man fired six shots downtown early Monday morning, one of them hitting a bystander’s hand.
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Butler Plaza update: 1.8 million square feet, traffic concerns
By Karla Arboleda | Mar. 6, 2016Butler Enterprises recently announced the addition of a Marshalls and an Ashley HomeStore to its ongoing developments.
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Police: Woman arrested for DUI with child in car
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 6, 2016Police arrested a Gainesville woman early Sunday morning after they said she drove drunk and on the wrong side of Interstate 75 with her 11-month-old child in the car.
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Column: Trump as president would be a disaster
Mar. 6, 2016Donald Trump started his campaign being viewed as a joke. No one thought a businessman with no governing experience would ever get this close to winning the nomination. Now, it’s no longer improbable that he will win the nomination. When it comes to delegates, Trump is clearly in the lead after bringing in about 250 delegates on Super Tuesday. If he wins the nomination, he has a strong possibility of becoming president. It’s time to consider what type of president he might be.
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Column: As Trump rolls on, Republican adults show up
Mar. 6, 2016Watching the debates at this stage in the presidential primaries is a masochistic endeavor. The spectacles of both parties are simply unbearable.
