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Tampa man to auction gator bike to help wildlife
Mar. 1, 2010This gator is bigger than Tim Tebow, faster than Percy Harvin and louder than the Pouncey twins.
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Richard Selwach’s mayoral advertising campaign
Mar. 1, 2010Richard Selwach is running for mayor of Gainesville, but his advertising campaign is more of a publicity stunt than his political platform.
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Students spruce up school
By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Feb. 28, 2010The outer walls of Mrs. Turner’s third grade class were once beige cinder blocks.
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Beast Feast draws 200 into forest to taste zebra, caribou
Feb. 28, 2010About 200 people attended the 27th annual Beast Feast to taste delicacies such as buffalo fajitas and cricket cake.
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Car show offers blast from past
By MATT HARRINGER | Feb. 28, 2010Visitors to the Alachua County Fairgrounds passed through the ticket booth and stepped back in time to the 1950s Saturday at the Billetproof Hot Rod and Custom Car Show in Gainesville.
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Woman arrested for screwdriver attack over Facebook message
Feb. 25, 2010A Gainesville woman was arrested Thursday for attacking her 2-year-old child’s father with a screwdriver.
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Program supports Colombian woman
By Emily Morrow | Feb. 25, 2010A member of the matriarchal Wayuu people indigenous to Colombia spoke on campus Thursday.
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UF students to fix field for Project Makeover
By JAMEL LANGLEY | Feb. 25, 2010More than 800 UF students will paint murals and revamp the baseball field at Lake Forest Elementary.
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Mayor, commission candidates debate at forum
Feb. 25, 2010Candidates running for mayor and the District 4 City Commission discussed key issues to rally support for upcoming elections/
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SG poll workers say election experience is rewarding
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 25, 2010Campaigners sporting Student Government party T-shirts are not the only people telling students to vote on election days.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Gainesville man arrested after high-speed car chase
Feb. 24, 2010A wanted man was arrested after he tried to escape police in a high-speed chase in a stolen car late Tuesday night.
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UF alumni open bar with laser tag arena
Feb. 24, 2010The latest downtown dive is putting a twist on childhood pastimes.
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Not-so-clean sweep for Unite Party
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 24, 2010The Unite Party claimed the executive ticket and 29 of the 49 available Senate seats.
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Alachua County adopts new emergency notification system
By ASHLEY LARA MOSES | Feb. 24, 2010Alachua County is going red.
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UF students help local high schoolers understand finance
By JULIA MCCLURE | Feb. 23, 2010When Mayanna Hemenway heard that two UF students were visiting to teach her high school financial planning class, she said she pictured herself staring blankly, her mind numbed by material she didn’t care about.
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'Hairspray' star sings at local talent show
By VICTORIA ISRAELS | Feb. 23, 2010"Hairspray" movie star Nikki Blonsky showed Gainesville she really has talent Tuesday night.
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Man dies after his car crashes into stairs at a Gainesville apartment complex
Feb. 23, 2010A 63-year-old man died after his car crossed Southwest Archer Road and ran into the stairs at Regency Oaks Apartments, 3230 SW Archer Road, early Tuesday morning.
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Gainesville woman bites man's arm over $5
Feb. 22, 2010A fight over $5 ended with the arrest of a Gainesville woman after she bit her partner in front of their children Sunday.
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Gainesville IHOP gives free flapjacks today
By ERICA JOHNSON | Feb. 22, 2010The International House of Pancakes is giving diners a reason to get in a sticky situation.
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Homeless advocates not pleased with meal restrictions
Feb. 22, 2010The recent ruling by the Gainesville City Commission, which allows St. Francis House to serve beyond the 130-meal limit on Thanksgiving, Christmas and a day of the shelter’s choosing, has been met with both relief and dissatisfaction.
