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Pumpkin spice maybe not so nice: Fall products invade stores
By Elizabeth Boone | Oct. 21, 2013Pumpkin pie, pumpkin yogurt, pumpkin body butter: It’s a pumpkin party in Gainesville.
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School board uses online survey to aid superintendent search
By Ana Krsmanovic | Oct. 21, 2013The School Board of Alachua County has launched an online survey to help search for someone to replace the outgoing superintendent.
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Florida starting closer examination for noncitizens in voter rolls
By Hannah Morse | Oct. 21, 2013The state government is adding a new system for cross-checking voter rolls, and Alachua County is moving toward implementing it.
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Governor hopeful Adrian Wyllie visits North Florida cafe
By Thomas Lynn | Oct. 20, 2013MELROSE, Fla. — Watching the Gators struggle against Missouri in the Blue Water Bay restaurant, a Florida Libertarian governor candidate ate fried fish and waited.
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How Do You Roll? cuts prices to $5 for 5-year anniversary
By Davona Williams | Oct. 20, 2013In celebration of the chain’s five-year anniversary, a local sushi restaurant is rolling back menu prices to $5.
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Man arrested after drugs-in-pants demand
By Kathryn Varn | Oct. 20, 2013Gainesville Police arrested a local man late Friday after he hid drugs in a woman’s pants.
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Gainesville religious groups not involved in Baptist lawsuit against Obamacare
By Jensen Werley | Oct. 20, 2013Some Southern Baptist churches and organizations are suing the government for the Affordable Care Act on the grounds that requiring employers to cover contraceptives is against religious freedom.
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Civic Media Center to hold 20th anniversary block party
By Brett Rabinovich | Oct. 17, 2013The Civic Media Center is hosting a block party Friday from 6 to 11 p.m. to celebrate 20 years of grass-roots community organizing.
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Annual beer run tonight, with more scenic view for runners
By McKenzie Collard | Oct. 17, 2013About 350 people will race to get their hands on ice-cold craft beer tonight.
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Miley Cyrus-inspired Halloween costumes trending online
By Elizabeth Boone | Oct. 17, 2013Twerk, or treat? Miley Cyrus costumes are now Halloween-ready online.
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Bedbugs on the rise nationally, but not in UF dorms
By Nicole Giaquinto | Oct. 17, 2013Buyers, beware: Used furniture is now more likely to be harboring tiny pests.
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New Gator gear store to open in Butler Plaza
By Chip Lowe | Oct. 17, 2013Prepare to be swamped with more Gator gear.
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UF emergency management expands, now its own department
By Jensen Werley | Oct. 17, 2013The university’s emergency department has broken away from the Department of Environmental Health and Safety and become the Department of Emergency Management.
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Gainesville is the 34th best place to live in country, Livability.com says
By Evan Echave | Oct. 17, 2013Gainesville: No. 1 in our hearts and No. 34 in the best place to live in the country.
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Bella Donna’s closes kitchen, hopes to reopen in a new location
By Hanna Marcus | Oct. 16, 2013A new sign hangs in the storefront window at 1023 West University Ave., confirming that Bella Donna’s has officially closed.
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Alachua County Jail sees its second recent suicide attempt
By Kathryn Varn | Oct. 16, 2013An Alachua County Jail inmate was found trying to hang himself with a bedsheet in his cell Tuesday, making it the second time in about two weeks a jail inmate has tried to commit suicide.
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First case of West Nile virus in Alachua County confirmed
By Melissa Dukes | Oct. 16, 2013The Alachua County Health Department recently announced the year’s first case of locally acquired West Nile virus has been confirmed in a 64-year-old man.
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Officers confiscate marijuana, cocaine after yearlong investigation
By Kathryn Varn | Oct. 16, 2013After a yearlong narcotics investigation, the Gainesville-Alachua County Drug Task Force carried out four search warrants Wednesday evening in East Gainesville.
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Rick Scott’s ‘Project Integrity’ is a sham
Oct. 16, 2013Integrity is an important ideal in a democracy. Politicians should have integrity, and laws should be upheld and applied by the same standard. It’s no wonder, then, that Gov. Rick Scott is rolling out Project Integrity.
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Locals: Forbes ranking means school should get down to business
By Alexandrea DaCosta | Oct. 15, 2013Although the Hough Graduate School of Business was recently ranked by Forbes as a top national business school, students and faculty still see room for improvement.
