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Satchel’s Pizza owner loses about $9,000 in scam
By ANDREW PANTAZI | July 21, 2010Counterfeiters stole $9,136 from Satchel's Pizza in May, but now the restaurant's bank won't compensate.
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Shands to limit access for some patients
By Lidia Dinkova | July 21, 2010Shands at UF will be forced to close its doors to some of its poorer patients.
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Murder and mystery at the Museum
By Marissa Prieto | July 21, 2010After a cocktail party last Wednesday, Chi Zhang stabbed Dr. Morpho in the neck with a pair of scissors.
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Butterfly-friendly plants available at campus museum
By Cayla Harvey | July 19, 2010The Florida Museum of Natural History holds a butterfly-friendly plant sale every Friday to Sunday as part of a series of plant sales. The sale’s proceeds will benefit the museum’s butterfly rainforest.
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Gainesville bars skirt ladies night restrictions
By Alexander Klausner | July 19, 2010With the city’s recent talks of discouraging ladies nights in Gainesville, a few area bars have come up with some creative ways to circumvent legal problems.
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Voter registration deadline July 26
By Tara Wind | July 19, 2010The voter registration deadline for the fall election is rapidly approaching.
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Shands at UF named best in state in four specialties
By MICHAELA TRIMBLE | July 19, 2010Shands at UF was ranked in eight adult specialties by U.S. News & World Report’s 2010-2011 edition of America’s Best Hospitals.
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GRU announces rate changes for water, gas, electric
By Lidia Dinkova | July 14, 2010Starting Oct.1, the cost of water, wastewater and gas for residents served by Gainesville Regional Utilities will rise after the Gainesville City Commission and Mayor Craig Lowe approved the GRU-proposed rate increases at a meeting Tuesday.
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Federal passport fees increase to cover security costs
By Kat Bein | July 14, 2010Federal passport fees went up Tuesday.
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Church seeks donations to open Christian night club
By Lauren Canina | July 14, 2010The Rev. William Russell thinks downtown Gainesville could use a little less alcohol and a little more Jesus.
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ID theft devices found at local gas stations
By Alexander Klausner | July 12, 2010You may want to check your bank statements if you bought gas at the Shell and Sunoco stations on Newberry Road.
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Blockbuster in danger of closing all 3 locations
By SERINA BRADDOCK | July 7, 2010Hollywood Video is Netflix’s next victim in Gainesville.
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GRU outgrows downtown site
By MICHAELA TRIMBLE | July 7, 2010Gainesville Regional Utilities has begun site work on a new $53.7 million, 65-acre operations center at 4747 N Main St.
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RTS adds new and used buses to fleet
By SERINA BRADDOCK | July 7, 2010Gainesville Regional Transit System, or RTS, recently bought 11 used buses from Lynx in Orlando and an additional 17 new buses from California, RTS spokesman Chip Skinner said.
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Ordinance has decreased incidence of underage drinking
July 7, 2010The Swamp Restaurant and 101 Cantina have been ordered to deny entrance to customers under the age of 21 from 9 p.m. until closing time for 90 days.
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Professors join math and science camp
By THOMAS PLEVIK | July 5, 2010Middle-school students enrolled in an upcoming east Gainesville summer camp will be shooting for the stars, thanks to a grant by the National Science Foundation.
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‘Bong bill’ affects head shops
By Alexander Klausner | July 5, 2010Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill banning sales of bongs, pipes and other devices that could be used for smoking marijuana.
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Acupuncture academy celebrates its first graduation
July 5, 2010The Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, located at 305 SE Second Ave., is celebrating the graduation of its first Gainesville class.
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Candidate brings ‘business mind’ to city problems
July 5, 2010Rob Zeller moved to Gainesville in 1993 to study chemical engineering at UF, but when he graduated in 1995 he decided to hang around for a while.
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Indoor tanning tax starts today
By MICHAELA TRIMBLE | June 30, 2010A 10 percent tax will be added to indoor tanning bills beginning today.
