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GPD wants funding to focus on car accidents
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 17, 2011A police traffic service that cut down car crashes may be coming back after a lack of funding took it off the books.
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Festival to showcase films on environmentalism
By Danielle Alvarez | Mar. 16, 2011Gainesville residents searching for ways to make their routines more green can educate themselves by attending the Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Festival.
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Hawkins wins; other races will go to run-off
By C.J. Pruner | Mar. 15, 2011After all the votes were tallied and all the precincts accounted for, one candidate gets to go back to work as a winner, while four others have more work to do.
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Commission asks county manager to create 2012 budget
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 15, 2011To get the budget season started, the Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday to ask County Manager Randall Reid to create a possible budget for 2012.
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Gainesville elections take place today
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 14, 2011After all the sign-waving, door-knocking and hand-shaking, election day has finally arrived.
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Armed men take iPhone from UF student
By Kat Bein | Mar. 14, 2011Stephon Lewis brought $650 of his own money when he met the UF student hoping to sell his iPhone 4, but Lewis’ friend brought a gun.
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Run-on Sentence: Delaying restoration of felons’ rights a crime
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 13, 2011We understand that people forfeit some of their rights when they break the law. It’s just, and it’s part of the due punishment our justice system provides.
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Business magazine ranks UF in top 50 business programs
By Mina Radman | Mar. 13, 2011The Warrington College of Business Administration has been ranked one of the top 50 business programs in the country.
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City Commission candidates reflect on campaign season as Tuesday elections approach
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 13, 2011Of the 13 candidates vying for the three seats, most said they have enjoyed campaigning despite the break-neck speed that accompanies running for public office.
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Kofi shooting lingers a year later
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 1, 2011A year after the shooting of international UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong by University Police, UF students and administrators are still working to improve policies to prevent such incidents in the future.
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Senators validate election results after students claim multiple votes
By Hannah Winston | Mar. 1, 2011Student Body President-Elect Ben Meyers gave his goodbye speech as senate president Tuesday night but noted that he wasn’t going too far away.
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IHOP treats diners to free pancakes
By Alexander Klausner | Mar. 1, 2011LaToya Carter walked into IHOP for some breakfast.
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County commission discusses effects of budget cuts
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 1, 2011In light of the recent slashing of state and federal funding, Alachua County Board of County Commissioners discussed Tuesday how those cuts could affect county employees.
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City Commission candidates donate along party lines
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 28, 2011It may not come as much of a surprise to hear that Susan Bottcher and Rob Zeller donated to candidates in other races who belong to their respective parties.
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Publix lends a helping hand at Shands for March of Dimes
By ALLISON BANKO | Feb. 28, 2011When a baby is housed in the Shands Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, something as simple as grabbing dinner gets pushed to the back burner.
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Tanning beds fill up in February
By Kara Holloway | Feb. 28, 2011Some local businesses are reporting that more college men are using their services.
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RTS bus drivers race for title of Gainesville’s best
By Alex Orlando | Feb. 27, 2011He takes corners like he’s in a go-kart, stops like he’s in a Miata and edges curbs like he’s in a street-sweeper.
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Protestors fight for funding of Planned Parenthood
By Sarah Poser | Feb. 27, 2011A crowd of Planned Parenthood supporters paraded down Northwest 10th Ave. on Saturday, toting pink signs and celebrating when cars honked their horns.
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Kofi denies link with “Justice for Kofi” support group
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 24, 2011Lawyers for Kofi Adu-Brempong have requested that the UF Coalition for Justice Against Police Brutality stop associating Kofi with the group.
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Charity puts on reality show
By Jenna Mescon | Feb. 24, 2011The Pledge 5 Foundation, a Gainesville non-profit organization that hosts fundraisers in support of local charities, is using a reality show-based competition to choose the new director of Pledge 5, a position complete with a $46,708 compensation package.
