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Otto, 29, breaks through his collared shirt with the “Chariots of Fire” theme song in the background of his audition piece for the Breakaway Burlesque troupe on Oct. 27, 2015, at Market Street Pub & Cabaret. Otto came unprepared because his wife and a founder of the troupe, Florence Rosé, told him the night before he would be auditioning.

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Gainesville’s new burlesque troupe shakes things up

By Brooke Baitinger | Oct. 27, 2015

Florence Rosé is a belly dancer.

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Museum invites locals to drink beer

By Martin Vassolo | Oct. 27, 2015

Museumgoers will travel thousands of years into the past tonight with locally brewed beers in hand.

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Alachua County Girl Scout Troop raises money for Kenya trip

By Oriana Bravo | Oct. 27, 2015

In May 2014, the Alachua County Girl Scout Troop 733 received thank you letters from teenage girls in Kenya.

Children and parents gather around an arts and crafts table to decorate pumpkins with Sprinkles, the Dunkin' Donuts’ mascot, on Oct. 27, 2015. Dunkin’ Donuts donated 40 pumpkins for kids to participate in a no-carve pumpkin activity.

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Doughnuts, pumpkins and smiles at UF Health Shands Children's Hospital

By Katelyn Newberg | Oct. 27, 2015

Instead of sleeping in his hospital bed, 9-year-old Aahren Fraser was decorating plastic pumpkins with his mom Tuesday morning.

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Man arrested for aggravated battery

By Giuseppe Sabella | Oct. 27, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested a local man Monday evening after police said he approached two people with a pair of knives.

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UF students and Gainesville locals stack up

By Daniela Bulla | Oct. 27, 2015

Shana Call often receives calls from her old neighbors about her husband’s new card game.

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Matheson Museum declines hosting controversial confederate statue

By Hunter Williamson | Oct. 27, 2015

Matheson Museum Board of Directors voted 9-2 Tuesday evening against accepting a controversial confederate statue as a museum exhibit.

Alex Landry (top center), a 23-year-old UF alum, chews cheesy pizza with his group of friends who call themselves “The Gumby Guys” at Gumby’s Pizza’s 30th anniversary on Oct. 26, 2015. The group has been meeting at Gumby’s every Wednesday after Bible study for about 7 years. On Wednesday’s, Gumby’s has $0.50 pizza rolls. “For college kids,” Landry said, “it’s the dream.”

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30 Years of Pizza at Gumby's

By Michaela Steakley | Oct. 26, 2015

It all began with two fraternity brothers.

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Virginia woman holds contest to give away $1.5 million farmhouse

By Brooke Baitinger | Oct. 26, 2015

Carol Carper always wanted a pretty house.

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Man arrested for shoplifting, fractured officer’s skull

By Giuseppe Sabella | Oct. 26, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested a Florida man Sunday night after police said he shoplifted and later fractured an officer’s skull.

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Gainesville residents go batty: More attend Florida Bat Festival

By Natalia Arteaga | Oct. 25, 2015

Tabitha Danson’s two children saw bats for the first time on Saturday at the Lubee Bat Conservancy.

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The Wild, Wild Startup: Local entrepreneurs battle for ‘top-gun’ title

By Jenna Kline | Oct. 25, 2015

Gainesville entrepreneurs may don their cowboy boots to pitch their startup ideas.

Karrie Ford, 27, protests against the Florida bear hunt at the Stop the Bear Hunt Rally at the intersection of Main Street and University Avenue on Oct. 23, 2015. "The number of bears in Florida versus the number of hunting permits sold just doesn't make sense," she said.

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Bear hunt ends after two days

By Alyssa Fisher | Oct. 25, 2015

The hunt was on — and then closed the second day.

Honey, a 6-year-old golden retriever lab mix, wags her tail as owner Kendall Nettles gets ready to walk the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k on Oct. 24, 2015. The 22-year-old Santa Fe early childhood education senior said it was important to support those with breast cancer and those who had lost their lives.

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More than 3,400 walk to raise money

By Danielle Veenstra | Oct. 25, 2015

For Mary Kathryn Nugent, December 2007 holds tragic memories.

Holly Buss, 9, and Heather Buss, 11, pet Slinky, an almost 2-year-old miniature pinscher and rat terrier mix at the Paws on Parole event on Oct. 24, 2015. Their family was considering adopting the rescue dog, who would be the household’s first.

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Paws on Parole dogs have their first outing

By Sara Marino | Oct. 25, 2015

MaryBeth Head didn’t want to adopt a dog on Saturday.

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Ragtime begins national tour at the Phillips Center

By Gabrielle Newman | Oct. 25, 2015

Eleven days before their first performance, the actors arrived at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

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UF Department of Religion chairman arrested for secretly videotaping adopted daughter

By Giuseppe Sabella | Oct. 23, 2015

Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a University of Florida professor after authorities said he secretly videotaped his underage daughter last year.

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The Swamp Restaurant to get ‘Game of Thrones’ prop

By Paisley Papineau | Oct. 22, 2015

The iron throne will be in someone else’s hands — The Swamp Restaurant.

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Police arrest man for mobile meth laboratory

By Giuseppe Sabella | Oct. 22, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested an Ocklawaha man Wednesday afternoon after police said he drove with more than 70 grams of methamphetamine oil in a mobile laboratory.

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Police chase Georgia men, find gun and marijuana

By Giuseppe Sabella | Oct. 22, 2015

Gainesville Police arrested two Georgia men early Thursday morning after police said they tried to escape with about 6 ounces of marijuana and a loaded revolver. About 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Rasheed Napier, 21, and Taqwan McCrary, 21, traveled west on Southwest 20th Avenue with a broken license-plate light, according to a police report.