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Runners to get naked for 5K
By Erin Jester | Aug. 24, 2011Want to run a 5K and get a perfect tan at the same time?
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Museum celebrates world music
By Estee Beck | Aug. 24, 2011Musicians, storytellers and belly dancers will take Florida Museum of Natural History visitors on a journey through sounds and music from around the world Friday.
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Program teaches bicycle, pedestrian safety in community
By Caitlin Hartley | Aug. 24, 2011Students, new and old, should not just be focused on when and where their classes are, but more along the lines of how they will be getting there, said Dekova T. Batey, the Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Coordinator for City of Gainesville Public Works.
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Final Albertsons grocery store in Gainesville to be closed
By Estee Beck | Aug. 24, 2011The liquidation sales are scheduled to begin around Aug. 31.
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Chest Pain ER opens at Shands
By Erin Jester | Aug. 24, 2011Researchers have found a new, more effective way of testing patients who come to the emergency room with chest pain.
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City Commission votes to keep free parking downtown
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 23, 2011When Andrew Schaer heard about the city's plan to replace free parking downtown with $1-an-hour meters, he thought of his wife and children.
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SFC has top state graduation rate
By Morgan Watkins | Aug. 23, 2011Santa Fe College took the top spot among the 28 state and community colleges in Florida for arguably the most important thing that happens in a student's college career - graduation.
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Gainesville, Miami reconnect
By Casey Andrew Speers | Aug. 23, 2011American Eagle reintroduced the second daily round-trip flight from Gainesville Regional Airport to Miami International Airport on Tuesday.
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Fire claims furniture warehouse
By Matt Riva | Aug. 22, 2011UF students could see the smoke from campus.
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Textbook stores lacking usual start-of-semester crowds
By Erin Jester | Aug. 22, 2011In the heat of the afternoon on University Avenue, the mood inside the Florida Book Store was surprisingly calm. Cashiers worked efficiently, but not too hurriedly, to get the dozen or so students gathered around the registers taken care of.
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House of Beer coming to Gainesville in early September
By Mina Radman | Aug. 22, 2011Owners say it's no place for a Natterday.
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Protests outside Verizon store postponed amid labor negotiations
By Estee Beck | Aug. 22, 2011Picket signs and protest lines gearing up for action this week will have to be put away until further notice.
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Breaking News: Fire engulfs mattress warehouse
By Matt Riva | Aug. 22, 2011A warehouse erupted in flames Monday afternoon, sending up a plume of smoke that could be seen from campus.
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Commission does away with meal limit
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 21, 2011After more than a year of activist outcry and some attempts at compromise, the Gainesville City Commission unanimously eliminated a much-debated soup kitchen restriction Thursday.
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Before you booze, make sure you know the rules
By Jasmine Earls | Aug. 14, 2011Peeing, driving or walking could leave you on the wrong side of the law if there's alcohol involved.
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Once you learn the rules, there's enough brew to go around
By Jonny Shiver | Aug. 14, 2011Don't fret, young grasshopper, the Alligator is here to help.
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Gainesville choir prepares for 1950s musical variety show
By Devaney Vazquez | Aug. 6, 2011Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Patsy Cline, Dinah Shore, Walter Cronkite and Ed Sullivan are alive and rehearsing for their upcoming performance in Gainesville.
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St. Francis House continues soap drive for summer showers
By Victoria Colson | Aug. 6, 2011Showers may be a necessity for all, but they come as a luxury for some.
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NROTC Safe Run pairs cadets, joggers
By Emilee Smith | Aug. 3, 2011Florida summers are all about sun, sand and beach bodies.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Homeless couple arrested during UPD bicycle sting
By Jasmine Earls | Aug. 1, 2011A homeless, middle-aged couple was arrested outside of the Hub on Thursday afternoon after plainclothes officers interrupted what they suspected was a bicycle theft.
