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Apartment fire displaces nine
By Kelly Price | Jan. 14, 2012Gainesville Fire Rescue responded to a grease fire in unit No. 75 of Williamsburg Apartments at 2000 SW 16th St. late Friday afternoon.
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Update: Santa Fe kidnapper still at large, Police search for backpack and cellphone
Jan. 13, 2012Police are looking for a backpack and cellphone that a Santa Fe College student lost when she was kidnapped Thursday evening.
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Two accused of planning pistol whipping robbery
By Webb | Jan. 13, 2012A man and a woman were taken into custody Thursday in relation to a drug-related robbery where a man was pistol whipped.
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Gainesville police continue to search for Sorority Row robber
Jan. 13, 2012Gainesville police are still searching for a man accused of robbing two women in a neighborhood near sorority row early Friday.
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Police block streets after armed robbery, suspect at large
By Emily Morrow | Jan. 12, 2012An armed robbery occurred around midnight Friday north of Sorority Row in a residential neighborhood at Southwest Ninth Street and Southwest Sixth Avenue.
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Bars may get leeway near churches
By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 12, 2012Communion wine may not be the only alcohol near downtown churches if a city ordinance gets altered.
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Religious leaders: Messianic Tebow talk should be tempered
Jan. 12, 2012"When's Tim Tebow going to be made a saint?"
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Mentally challenged man missing after jumping out of car
By Jon Silman | Jan. 12, 2012A mentally challenged Gainesville man jumped out of a moving car near his home around the area of 2400 SE Hawthorne Rd, Gainesville Police said. He is currently missing.
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Student seriously injured after explosion in chemistry lab
By Jon Silman | Jan. 11, 2012A chemical reactant explosion at Sisler Hall injured a student and shut down traffic around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, and authorities said the building will be closed all day today for cleanup.
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UF Housing Office security guard arrested downtown
Jan. 11, 2012An off-duty security guard at the UF Housing Office was arrested early Tuesday for preventing a Gainesville police officer from helping a drunken woman outside 101 Downtown, according to a police report.
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EPA approves plan to test Koppers Superfund site
By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 11, 2012After about 30 years of city resident health concerns, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan to test dust contamination levels in houses near the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site.
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Gainesville transportation to become more sustainable
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Jan. 11, 2012City and county government are looking to make the future of Gainesville's traffic situation greener.
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Controversial clause removed from Gainesville Sun contracts
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 11, 2012Gainesville Sun employees no longer have to worry about a controversial clause in their new employment contracts.
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Four can't-miss, tasty Gainesville restaurants to discover
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Jan. 11, 2012Listen up, Gainesville: You're about to receive the low-down on local restaurants.
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Gainesville woman arrested in connection with violent home invasion
Jan. 11, 2012A Gainesville woman was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the brutal beating of a 78-year-old disabled man the night before.
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Newspaper: Central Florida ‘let down' by UF professor, state senator
By Erin Jester | Jan. 10, 2012One of the five people who let down Central Florida in 2011 is on UF's payroll.
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Commissioners name acting county manager
By Webb | Jan. 10, 2012Alachua County commissioners officially named Rick Drummond the new acting county manager Tuesday.
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Home invasion suspects in custody
Jan. 10, 2012Cousins Austin M. Jones, 22, and Maranda J. Martin, 22, are in police custody after they donned masks and broke into 78-year-old Paul D. Quandt's house at 4854 Northwest 75th Road late Monday night.
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Textbook site compares prices
Jan. 10, 2012For Dylan Fisher, buying textbooks becomes a treasure hunt. When the UF exploratory freshman discovered he needed five textbooks for the spring semester, he set out to find the magic combination of new, used and rental books that would reduce the damage to his wallet.
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Gainesville protesters plan to continue advocacy in 2012
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Jan. 10, 2012After a year of international social movements, Time magazine chose The Protester as its Person of the Year.
