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1,000 sip at Greater Gator beer festival
By Holly Kane | Oct. 24, 2010The festival offered unlimited samples of drinks, and local restaurants provided samples of food.
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Protestors gather at City Hall to protest meal limit
By Mina Radman | Oct. 21, 2010About 30 protesters gathered on the steps of City Hall Thursday to publicly oppose a city ordinance that limits the amount of meals served by Gainesville’s homeless shelters.
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"Jersey Shore" Pauly D to perform at The Vault
By Hannah Winston | Oct. 21, 2010Fresh from taping the season finale of “Jersey Shore” and going to Disney World on Thursday, according to his Twitter, DJ Pauly D will be in Gainesville tonight.
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Friends of the Library book sale to kick off
By Lidia Dinkova | Oct. 21, 2010To prepare for the weekend’s Friends of the Library fall book sale, volunteers Ron Beauchamp and Peter Levine are finishing up organizing the music corner, complete with records, eight-track tapes and cassettes.
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ESPNU reporter reacts to prank
By Kat Bein | Oct. 21, 2010A visiting ESPNU correspondent wrecked her hotel room after she got a strange prank call early Thursday morning.
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CNN bus parks on campus as part of election tour
By Mina Radman | Oct. 21, 2010Students walking along Newell Drive on Thursday may have noticed an unusual vehicle parked behind Marston Science Library.
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Senate candidate Meek stops on campus
By Jerry Bruno | Oct. 21, 2010Meek, who is challenging Republican Marco Rubio and independent Charlie Crist, spoke to a crowd of about 40 people on Thursday in Reitz Union Room 282 about the importance of getting yourself and others to the polls.
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State Sen. candidate McGriff says opponent’s ads lie
By Jerry Bruno | Oct. 20, 2010Perry McGriff, the Democratic candidate for the Florida Senate, is taking legal action over an attack advertisement endorsed by his opponent, the incumbent Republican Sen. Steve Oelrich.
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Police make three drunken driving arrests
By Kat Bein | Oct. 20, 2010Gainesville police arrested three drivers for driving drunk early Wednesday morning, including one UF freshman.
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Interfaith Alliance promotes DREAM Act for undocumented workers
By Estee Beck | Oct. 20, 2010They graduated from U.S. high schools. They're students at U.S. universities. They're fighting overseas for this country. And they're not allowed to be here.
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Deli owner fights tough times, remains optimistic
By Jon Silman | Oct. 19, 2010Behind an unlit neon sign on 43rd Street, there’s a 25-year-old Gainesville institution. Paul Cakmis owns the place. He’s 61, round like Santa Claus but without the beard. When things were good — before the crash, the layoffs and the lists — the Gator football team would come and eat at the 43rd Street Deli.
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Charities suffer in poor economy
By Mina Radman | Oct. 19, 2010Local chapters of numerous national charities, including the Ronald McDonald House of Gainesville, have been finding new ways to remain active in the community, despite a decline in donations.
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Schools locked down after robbery
By Kat Bein | Oct. 19, 2010Two west Gainesville schools were temporarily locked down Tuesday as the county sheriff’s office searched for the man who robbed a local store at gunpoint and has yet to be caught.
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Man pistol-whips Walgreens pharmacist, stole drugs
By Kat Bein | Oct. 18, 2010The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who pistol-whipped a Walgreens pharmacist and made off with Oxycontin and Adderall.
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750 Alachua County voters cast ballots Monday
By Josh Isom | Oct. 18, 2010Three sites are designated for early voting: the Millhopper Branch Library, the Tower Road Branch Library and the County Administration Building. Carpenter estimated that up to 40 percent of voters in the county will vote early this year in person or with an absentee ballot.
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Man arrested for stealing laptop, gun on campus
By KATIE EMMETS | Oct. 17, 2010At about 12:30 p.m., witnesses said they saw a man wandering around the Marston Science Library waiting for people to get up and leave their things.
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Man charged with attacking homeless man
By Kimberly Devitt | Oct. 17, 2010A man was charged with battery this weekend for striking a homeless man outside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
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Fewer arrests, more ejections on Gator game days
By Joey Flechas | Oct. 17, 2010Game day has usually been a mixed bag for university law enforcement – the thrill of Gator football mixes with the responsibility of keeping campus safe and clear of trouble.
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Alachua Harvest Festival hosted during Homecoming weekend
By Jerry Bruno | Oct. 14, 2010After a weekend packed with Homecoming celebrations, Gators can wind down with a seasonal festival in downtown Alachua.
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Shands Healthcare to expand training for physicians
By Joey Flechas | Oct. 14, 2010Officials from UF, Orlando Health and Shands HealthCare announced today that they plan to collaborate on new health initiatives that will increase accessibility to care for patients over a 20-county region and expand training opportunities for physicians.
