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Show off your latte art skills as coffee shop hosts contest
By Sara Marino | Mar. 13, 2016Know Where Coffee shop’s coffee reminds Denisse Almeida of the lattes in Miami.
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Local shelter dogs cleared for adoption
By Christy Piña | Mar. 13, 2016After placing its dogs in a quarantine about three weeks ago, Alachua County Animal Services recently continued dog adoptions and drop-offs.
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Bernie supporters to hold bar crawl tonight
By Levi Bradford | Mar. 10, 2016For some, tonight is all about beer and Bernie.
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Gainesville feels the Bern with rally Thursday morning
By Caitlin Ostroff | Mar. 10, 2016Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., donned a blue UF hat Thursday morning.
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UF student dies after falling from Little Hall
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 10, 2016A UF student died Thursday morning after falling from an upper floor of Little Hall, a classroom building on campus.
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Police: In surveillance video, Tatu Sushi owner punches employee
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 10, 2016Police arrested the owner of Tatu Sushi on three charges of battery after reviewing surveillance footage from the weekend.
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Police: Teenagers arrested for breaking into, stealing snacks from school
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 10, 2016Two teenagers were arrested Wednesday night after police said they burglarized a school for snacks.
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Saturday event to beautify Gainesville
By Molly Vossler | Mar. 10, 2016Keep Alachua County Beautiful, an affiliate of the nonprofit organization Keep America Beautiful, will hold its Great American Cleanup this Saturday.
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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.
