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UF walk-on arrested
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | July 1, 2013Gainesville Police arrested a UF football player early Saturday morning.
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K-12 EDUCATION
"The Local News" is a great look into sibling life
By Abbie Dorwart | June 21, 2013As anyone with a sibling knows, from an early age we are constantly told to get along with and love him or her.
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Sprint improving local service with 4G LTE
By McKenzie Doll | June 19, 2013Sprint, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, announced Monday it has expanded its 4G LTE service to Gainesville and 21 other cities.
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Gainesville mayor looking to expand city internships
By Hanna Marcus | June 19, 2013For 23-year-old Kaitlin Gwynn, working for the City of Gainesville has been a gateway to opportunity. But the UF alumna who is about to enter graduate school isn’t a staff member — she’s an intern.
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Installation of new bicycle racks downtown pleases local cyclists
By Marjorie Nunez | June 19, 2013Every time Tim Hayes rode his bike to Boca Fiesta, he noticed the bike rack outside the restaurant was full. The handicapped rail at the neighboring Hippodrome State Theatre was loaded with bikes, too.
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Car rental company donates to local Fisher House programming
By Alanna Massey | June 19, 2013A future haven for military families in Gainesville has received more financial help.
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GPD arrests men in Walmart cellphone theft scheme
By Kelcee Griffis | June 19, 2013Three men were arrested Monday night after they were accused of trying to persuade homeless men to steal cellphones from Walmart.
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34th Street Wall polices itself against grafitti
By Garrett Mastronardi | June 17, 2013Ben Meyers said he first saw the word when he drove past the wall on the morning of June 11.
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All campus, some city bus routes take semester break
By Hanna Marcus | June 17, 2013Students and residents will have to alter their usual transportation routes to get from point A to point B between summer terms.
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Crime and a crash: milk revenge, weed
By Kelcee Griffis | June 17, 2013A woman was arrested Wednesday after police saidthey found hundreds of names, birth dates and social security numbers written on pages in her car.
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LifeSouth program earns blood license
By Lydia Witschel | June 17, 2013LifeSouth Community Blood Center received approval for a cord blood manufacturing license from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Kids graduate from GPD camp
By Kelcee Griffis | June 17, 2013Although the outline of the officers’ bulletproof vests still showed beneath their blue polos, and guns glared from holsters on their belts, they smiled kindly at the room full of elementary school children jammed into the humid Pine Ridge Community Center.
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Florida’s Future Farmers of America make Gainesville home
By Emily Buchanan | June 17, 2013The Florida branch of Future Farmers of America will soon call Gainesville its home.
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iPhone, uPhone: majority of Americans own smartphones
By Trixie Richter | June 17, 2013Most Americans now own smartphones.
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Belk gets costly makeover
By Brianna Wagner | June 17, 2013An Oaks Mall department store is getting a major makeover — $3.7 million worth.
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LGBT adults feel more socially accepted, Pew survey shows
By Stephanie Baguidy | June 17, 2013In a new survey, about 90 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender adults said society is more accepting of them now than it was 10 years ago, and they expect the trend to continue.
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BUSINESS
Netflix gems to add to your queue
By Maria Llorens | June 13, 2013It’s turning out to be pretty rainy summer in Florida, so you’re probably spending some quality time with Netflix your laptop and some fuzzy blankets.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Paynes Prairie panels could feed GRU grid
By Hanna Marcus | June 12, 2013The Gainesville City Commission voted in a meeting Tuesday to approve a special exception that would allow solar panels on a parcel of land in Paynes Prairie.
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This week: a gunshot, a lovers’ quarrel and a rash of car burglaries
By Kelcee Griffis | June 12, 2013A Gainesville man was rushed to UF Health Shands Hospital on Wednesday after Gainesville Police officers responded to a report of a gunshot at a hotel.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Without Walmart, 13th Street shops suffering
By Hanna Marcus | June 12, 2013Six months after the 13th Street Walmart relocated, officials and developers say the future of the building in the 17-acre shopping complex is unclear.
