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Study finds Americans are stressed from work
By Jaclyn Rosen | Apr. 17, 2013Michelle Colomer said some days, she’s lucky to squeeze four to five hours of sleep into her busy schedule.
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‘Having a few’ ups cancer chances
By Chad Furst | Apr. 17, 2013Just two drinks a day can put you at risk for developing alcohol-related cancer, and UF students are brewing over the issue.
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Fireflies few this summer
By Andrew Kays | Apr. 17, 2013The first fireflies of the summer are appearing around Gainesville.
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Ed Braddy upsets Craig Lowe in mayoral runoff
By Billy Kennedy | Apr. 16, 2013Ed Braddy will serve as Gainesville’s new mayor after he defeated incumbent Craig Lowe in Tuesday’s runoff election.
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College connects using cups
By Daniella de la Campa | Apr. 16, 2013Dartmouth College started a program last week in one of its dining halls that allows students to choose drinking out of a red cup instead of a clear one.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
County Commission passes wage-theft ordinance Tuesday
By Kelcee Griffis | Apr. 16, 2013The Alachua County Commission passed the wage recovery ordinance during a special meeting Tuesday night.
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Residents can start to count their chickens
By Caroline Josey | Apr. 16, 2013Local food in a city is typically a bundle of carrots at the downtown farmers market, basil from a balcony herb garden or eggs from a co-worker’s farm.
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Canadians take top pot spot
By Alex Harris | Apr. 16, 2013Canadians blazed their way to No. 1 in a list of countries ranked by marijuana usage among 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, reports a UNICEF study.
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Soda study slices Bloomberg’s bill
By Whitney Congress | Apr. 16, 2013Size matters, at least when it comes to soda. Restriction of larger drinks could possibly reverse the intended effects of decreasing soda consumption.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Man wanted in robbery, sexual assault
By Kathryn Varn | Apr. 15, 2013Gainesville Police is looking for a man who allegedly stole various items from two UF students and sexually assaulted one of the students at gunpoint early Monday.
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Gainesville runners safe after Boston Marathon
Apr. 15, 2013Explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday killed three people and injured about 150 — but local participants were not among them.
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Gainesville ranked No. 4 town
By Katie Burns | Apr. 15, 2013A recent ranking placed Gainesville among the top 10 small college cities, coming in at No. 4 behind Ann Arbor, Madison and Boulder.
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You’ve got mail on Saturdays
By Michelle Jackson | Apr. 15, 2013The U.S. Postal Service’s latest plan to regain financial stability by cutting Saturday deliveries has been blocked by Congress.
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Braddy or Lowe? Today is the mayoral runoff election
By Billy Kennedy | Apr. 15, 2013Voting for the Gainesville mayoral runoff election is today. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Florida House fights for payback for revenge-porn victims
By Alex Harris | Apr. 15, 2013Revenge porn may soon become illegal if a Florida bill makes its way through the House of Representatives.
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Q&A with the 2013 City of Gainesville Mayoral Candidates
By Kelcee Griffis | Apr. 15, 2013The Gainesville mayoral runoff election between former District 2 City Commissioner Ed Braddy and incumbent Mayor Craig Lowe is Tuesday. The Alligator interviewed both candidates about issues affecting UF and Santa Fe College students.
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Study finds sobering information about arsenic in beer
By Hanna Marcus | Apr. 14, 2013Researchers in Germany have recently reported finding traces of arsenic in samples of beer, saying that some levels found were more than twice what is allowed in drinking water.
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Pets of ‘Raccoon Man’ euthanized on Friday
By Kelcee Griffis | Apr. 14, 2013Wayne Wheeler stood inside his mostly empty trailer in Westgate Mobile Manor Park.
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New strain of stomach virus spreading across the city
By Carla Vianna | Apr. 11, 2013A new strain of the norovirus stomach bug may have buzzed its way to Gainesville.
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Cade Museum invention contest heats up
By Beatrice Dupuy | Apr. 11, 2013Mark-Jason White often spends about six hours a week calculating 101 Downtown’s liquor inventory.
