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Kellogg cereal recall leaves consumers with glassy taste
By Colleen Wright | Feb. 21, 2013Students who don’t take a second look before a spoonful of cereal might have a sharp bite.
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Deputies arrest man on child porn possession
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 21, 2013After an almost six-month investigation, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Gainesville man Wednesday morning accused of possessing child pornography on his computer.
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Men and women have different Twitter habits, study says
By Kaitlyn Pearson | Feb. 21, 2013Women and men tweet in different ways, and it might not be inherent. A recent study analyzed the different ways men and women are learning to communicate with each other on Twitter.
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Police arrest woman after she left child in apartment parking lot
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 20, 2013A Gainesville woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon after she allegedly left her 4-year-old child in an apartment complex parking lot.
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Project to restore Tumblin Creek, Bivens Arm
By Jose V. Zozaya | Feb. 20, 2013Underneath a massive, blue Americas Best Value Inn sign, streaming below a bridge on Southwest 13th Street, there is a narrow creek with an unusually green color.
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Customers conscious of calorie count colors
By Chad Furst | Feb. 20, 2013High-calorie foods are getting the red light — literally — and Gainesville restaurants might be caught in the traffic.
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AT&T launches new service
By Carla Vianna | Feb. 20, 2013Browsing the Internet and downloading apps just got a whole lot faster for Gainesville residents and UF students.
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Local school hits heights with New York City-based musical
By Samantha Dean | Feb. 20, 2013P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School is bringing a twist of New York City to Gainesville this weekend.
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Twitter superhero lets criminals shine online
By Marjorie Nunez | Feb. 20, 2013He’s tried to use a taco as identification, threatened to kill the president on Facebook and when his cat was denied entrance to a strip club, he dialed 911.
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Three mall restaurants close doors
By Valerie Crum | Feb. 20, 2013Three Oaks Mall restaurants will no longer serve customers, but they will soon be replaced with new establishments.
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Deputies arrest men for ATM scam
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 19, 2013The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office arrested three men Monday in connection for stealing credit card information from an ATM outside of a Publix supermarket.
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Science fair sees winners
By Kelcee Griffis | Feb. 19, 2013Savannah Mauragis walked out of the Lincoln Middle School Auditorium into the chilly drizzle Monday night, clutching her third-place science fair ribbon.
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Gas prices reach record high for February, will increase
By Justine Giancola | Feb. 19, 2013Prices at the pump increased steadily last week, and Gainesville motorists’ wallets are feeling the rise in the cost per gallon.
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FWC: 68 pythons captured — and one was 14 feet, 3 inches long
By Alex Harris | Feb. 19, 2013The Burmese python population in the Everglades is now a bit smaller — 68 pythons smaller, to be exact.
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Races collects tons for food donation
By Alex Harris | Feb. 18, 2013Thousands of attendees at Auto-Plus Raceway’s second annual “Will Race for Food” event this weekend helped raise about 3,600 pounds of food for needy families.
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Diet soda mixers get drinkers drunker
By Alex Harris | Feb. 18, 2013A sobering new study shows mixing diet soda with alcohol can lead to getting more drunk than when using regular soda.
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NetClarify helps manage online reputation
By Ana Gomez | Feb. 18, 2013There’s a way to prevent late-night drunk posts and profanity-filled tweets from getting in the way of a job.
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Eastside High students to compete in regional science bowl
By Kelcee Griffis | Feb. 18, 2013After being grilled for about five hours on all topics related to science, a team of five high school students in Gainesville is preparing to blast off to the National Science Bowl’s regional competition.
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Police investigate downtown apartment complex attack
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 17, 2013Gainesville Police is investigating a Sunday morning burglary at a downtown apartment complex that left a UF graduate student injured and sparked authorities to send out a UF Alert to students, faculty and staff.
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RTS driver arrested on theft charges
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 17, 2013Gainesville Police arrested a Regional Transit System bus driver Friday night for allegedly stealing two cellphones.
