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Man arrested after pawning a stolen bicycle
By Kat Bein | Feb. 6, 2011Naquel Hall, 19, could have gotten away with it, but he forgot to do one important thing — wait.
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Opponents protest the removal of animals from Paynes Prairie
By Kat Bein | Feb. 6, 2011Lisa Grossman drove all the way from Jacksonville with a few of her friends to stand under an overcast sky and hold signs for the cars whizzing by on Northwest 43rd Street.
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State park program preserves 19th century farm life
By Kaitlynn Floyd | Feb. 6, 2011The only wires at the Dudley Farm Historic State Park are used for the turkey and chicken fencing.
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EPA releases cleanup plan for Cabot-Koppers Superfund site
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 3, 2011After years of debate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finally released an official cleanup plan that will eliminate the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site pollution that has plagued Alachua County for decades.
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BUSINESS
City Commission denies local resident to run a dog-walking business from home
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 3, 2011The City Commission overturned an earlier ruling Thursday that allowed Bruce Baber to run his dog-walking business from his house.
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Boyfriend stabbed after bringing home another woman
By Kat Bein | Feb. 3, 2011When Vanessa Downer’s boyfriend came home with another woman, she went for her pocketknife.
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Homeless count up by 38 percent
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 2, 2011Homelessness has risen by 38 percent in Alachua County in the past year despite receiving more attention from city officials.
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Police invoke Baker Act on 74-year-old man after gun goes off
By Kat Bein | Feb. 2, 2011Police invoked the Baker Act on a 74-year-old man Tuesday after he fired a round from his gun when his 29-year-old roommate told him he wanted to move out.
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Sale of some bath salts banned in Florida due to use as drugs
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 2, 2011The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is cracking down on the sale of a bath salt that has been commonly misused as a drug, leading some to compare its effects to those associated with crystal methamphetamine.
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Family challenging dogwalker just wants law enforced
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 2, 2011Michael Bowe is a father. He has put six daughters through school; the last three were UF graduates. Even 3,000-plus miles away in New York, he is there for them.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Two Gainesville residents charged with murder of UF student
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 2, 2011Police arrested two Gainesville residents Wednesday in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Saleha Huuda.
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Feat Photo: Handle with Care
By Alisa Moody | Feb. 2, 2011Anne Marie Mattison, the founder of Operation CarePak, folds children’s clothing to send to members of the Florida Army National Guard’s Special Forces group.
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Sheriff's office, county commission take dispute to Tallahassee
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 1, 2011The Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday to hire consultants to defend it when the Alachua County Sheriff Office’s roughly $500,000 budget cut appeal goes to Tallahassee.
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Gay rights organization opens Gainesville chapter
By C.J. Pruner | Feb. 1, 2011After a long Tuesday filled with meetings, handshakes and city statutes, Craig Lowe decided to stop off for a drink after work.
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County releases yearly financial report online
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 1, 2011Alachua County residents can find out how the county spent their tax dollars last year as the 2010 fiscal year annual report has been released by county manager Randall Reid and the Alachua County Communications Office.
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POLITICS
Senators call for clean campaigning
By CAROLYN TILLO | Feb. 1, 2011Although Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting lasted less than an hour, members of the Unite Party and the Progress Party have hours of work ahead of them as elections loom.
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Monkey sanctuary rescues homeless, abused primates
By Styliana Resvanis | Jan. 31, 2011Along State Road 121 there is a seemingly ordinary 12-acre plot of land. If you blinked, you would miss the turn into a graveled driveway that barely stands out, except for a yellow sign that reads “Monkey X-ing.”
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Commission candidates discuss equal rights issues
By Hannah Winston | Jan. 31, 2011The Constitution, ladies night and bus routes were all on the table Monday at the City Commission candidate forum on equality issues.
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Construction on Depot Avenue to finish by Feb. 14
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 31, 2011Traveling along downtown’s Depot Avenue will no longer be a hassle or a construction-heavy eye sore.
