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Fiverr.com offers marketplace for $5 tasks
By LYDIA ROSENFELDT | Mar. 28, 2010For five bucks, you can have a fake Facebook boyfriend.
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About 6,000 people ‘march’ 8.5 miles for babies
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 28, 2010Organizers estimate the event raised $815,000.
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Local Relay for Life raises $114,000
By SAMANTHA DELGADO | Mar. 28, 2010The money was raised from donations leading up to the event and donations made during it.
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Environmental group discusses cleanup of Koppers
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 25, 2010Seven members of Protect Gainesville’s Citizens Inc. met Thursday at Wild Iris Books to discuss their next move in the 27-year-long battle for a cleanup of the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site.
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Fla. is most dangerous state for bicyclists
By KRISTEN BURKE | Mar. 25, 2010According to a study done by USA Today, Florida has the highest percentage of pedestrian and cyclist deaths.
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County investigates Dove World Outreach Center
By MATT HARRINGER | Mar. 25, 2010County officials investigated the Dove World Outreach Center after receiving an anonymous complaint the church was violating tax-exemption laws.
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Cancer organization hosts fundraiser at Hippodrome Saturday
By HILARY SHEINBAUM | Mar. 25, 2010The Keira Grace Foundation is hosting a fundraiser at the Hippodrome State Theatre Saturday at 6:30 p.m. to raise money for children with cancer in the Dominican Republic.
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Residents react to proposed tan tax
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 24, 2010Tanning salon-goers seeking bronzed bods will have to pay more for a sun-kissed look this summer.
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Candidate faces attack ads
Mar. 24, 2010Long before he was a window cleaner and Gainesville mayor candidate, Don Marsh played chess.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Local man stabs neighbor in face
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 24, 2010A local man cut his neighbor in the face with a razor Wednesday afternoon after a disagreement over audio volume.
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City to make over park
By VICTORIA ISRAELS Alligator Contributing Writer | Mar. 24, 2010The City of Gainesville’s Possum Creek Park is getting a makeover.
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City to get snazzy bus line
By Cristina Rabaza | Mar. 24, 2010Before the semester’s end, students taking bus trips from Gainesville will be able to sit back — or lie down — and enjoy the ride.
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RTS gets biodiesel grant
By EDEN JOYNER | Mar. 24, 2010The Gator Nation just got a little bit greener.
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Google forum offers answers
By CAROLINE LEWIS | Mar. 23, 2010At a public forum Tuesday, Dan Rua told a group of about 30 people why Google should give a gig for Gainesville.
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Inventors spar for $50K
By ANNIE BOGGS | Mar. 23, 2010Florida’s inventors now have the opportunity to earn a little more cash to fund their creations.
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Pepsi products shed calories
By ALLYSON FOX | Mar. 23, 2010UF’s vending machines will still look the same, but many of the products inside them might look and taste a little different when one corporation makes big changes.
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BUSINESS
Magazine gives M.B.A. program 'excellent' rating
By BRANDON BRESLOW | Mar. 22, 2010UF’s Internet M.B.A. program is one of two in the world to earn a rating of “excellent” in The Economist’s “Distance-learning special 2010.”
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Commission allocates $404K for public safety
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 22, 2010The Alachua County Commission voted unanimously Monday morning to give the Alachua County Department of Public Safety an additional $404,565.
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County proposes uniforms
By SAMANTHA DELGADO | Mar. 22, 2010The School Board of Alachua County released a proposal on Monday for mandatory uniforms in its schools.
