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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.
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Firefighters go above and beyond call of duty
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 31, 2011For Gainesville Fire Rescue employees, their jobs are about helping those in need whether they face a fire or a torrential downpour.
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Officals rule out law enforcement merger
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 31, 2011The debate of police consolidation is done — at least for now.
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BUSINESS
Dog walker faces commission to keep business open
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 31, 2011When going from the corner of 18th Terrace and Seventh Avenue to find Bruce Baber, you can’t help but notice the signs.
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Gainesville city commissioner candidates discuss the city budget
By C.J. Pruner | Jan. 30, 2011As dozens of Gainesville residents, campaign volunteers and political enthusiasts poured into the United Church of Gainesville Sunday afternoon, Don Marsh silently sat at the makeshift foldaway table and slightly adjusted his campaign button.
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Medieval fair mixes old with new
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 30, 2011The smell of smoked turkey legs and sweet frying funnel cake wafted over gypsies with jingling skirts, young girls in Renaissance costumes and men in pirate outfits armed with half-drunken brown bottles.
