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Westside Samaritans women’s clinic opening Gainesville location
By Bradley Norman | Feb. 2, 2014Westside Samaritans Clinic has expanded its services and opened a new location in Gainesville.
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Touring Finnish band plays High Springs library concert
By Rachael Holt | Feb. 2, 2014Pia Leinonen and Joni Tiala are making their way from New York City south to the Florida Keys and east to California, driving about 10,000 miles in a rental van. Their dressing rooms are frequently campsites.
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Astronomers unite: Paynes Prairie hosts stargazing night
By Brooke Baitinger | Feb. 2, 2014Down a luminary-lit path in Paynes Prairie Saturday night, the Alachua Astronomy Club set up high-powered telescopes to show guests whichever constellation, nebula or planet they wanted to see.
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Food trucks celebrate rally’s first anniversary
By Kristia Watkins | Feb. 2, 2014Gainesville residents and students came together Saturday night to celebrate the first anniversary of the Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally.
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Fitness hunks to be auctioned off
By Bradley Norman | Jan. 30, 2014More than a dozen of Gainesville’s hottest hunks will be auctioned off tonight to raise money for one local gym’s charitable mission.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Gainesville man huffs air in Wal-Mart, police say
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 30, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a homeless man Wednesday after police said he locked himself in a Wal-Mart bathroom and huffed aerosol cans.
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UF students, faculty react to protests, violence in Ukraine
By Lizzy Shebanek | Jan. 30, 2014UF students and faculty are reacting to the deaths of three people in Kiev, Ukraine, following protests around the capital last week.
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Construction on Second Avenue redirects traffic
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 30, 2014For Caitlyn Lower, cruising in her silver Corolla will become a little more complicated near her Second Avenue Centre apartment.
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Silent auction to support UF cycling
By Ariana Figueroa | Jan. 30, 2014Former members of Team Florida Cycling will join forces on Saturday to honor a friend and fund a cause.
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Art auction to benefit Alachua senior citizens
By Jade Castro | Jan. 30, 2014A paintbrush and canvas are just a few tools helping Alachua County’s seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders explore their creative sides while raising money for a good cause.
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Fashion week hotties staying in due to cold
By Kaitlyn Davis | Jan. 30, 2014Gainesville Fashion Week is looking for models who can strut, but organizers think local talent might be shivering instead.
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Florida python invasion slithers into virtual world
By Ashley Kobza | Jan. 29, 2014Python invasion has spread from the Everglades to the virtual world.
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Santa Fe zoo animals stay warm during cold weather
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Jan. 29, 2014Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo has some cool cats — and lemurs and peacocks and other animals coping with the recent freezing temperatures.
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New hookah product has students blowing Monkey O’s
By Griffin Horvath | Jan. 29, 2014A new smoke-ring device could soon change the dynamic of hookah culture in Gainesville.
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Negotiations between union, city stall over RTS wages
By Jenna Lyons | Jan. 28, 2014Negotiations are over.
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No snow for Gainesville despite cold
By Alex Harris | Jan. 28, 2014While the Seminoles are enjoying a rare snow day and canceled classes, Gators will be slogging through possible freezing rain and sleet.
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State of the Union addresses student, business opportunities
Jan. 28, 2014In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama outlined plans to enable startup companies to grow and extend more opportunities to hardworking college students.
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Puppy’s day out: UF Veterinary group hosts dog-wash event
By Sara Wilder | Jan. 28, 2014A group of UF Veterinary School Students will be spreading the love to furry friends this weekend in honor of Valentine’s Day.
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Study shows mindful meditation may help reduce depression
By Kathryn Allaben | Jan. 27, 2014Introspection may be a cure for frantic students suffering from beginning-of-the-semester blues.
