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Sheriff's office posts mugshot links on Facebook page
By MINCH MINCHIN | Feb. 8, 2010The Facebook wall on the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office fan page is no longer just a place for announcements and Christmas party pictures.
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Panel discusses ways to help children in poverty
By ERICA COOK | Feb. 8, 2010A group of four panelists described the working conditions of children in underdeveloped countries and highlighted efforts to help impoverished children during a discussion at the Pugh Hall Ocora Monday night.
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Mayor candidate Ozzy Angulo opposes homeless meal limit
By ALISON SCHWARTZ | Feb. 8, 2010The New York native is currently an underdog and likens himself to Rocky Balboa.
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111 quilts on display at the Quilting Natural Florida exhibit
By STEFANIA FERRO | Feb. 7, 2010Armed with thimbles, needles and thread, Margaret Forgnone and Ruth Gedroic hovered over a wooden frame as they pinned and threaded pieces of fabric together.
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'CSI' actor Hill Harper comes to UF to speak for Accent
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 7, 2010Harper will be speaking tonight at 8 in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.
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Cycling teams race downtown
Feb. 7, 2010About 260 bikers went for a ride around town this past weekend at the 15th annual Swamp Classic.
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Students kick-off Chinese new year
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Feb. 7, 2010The Chinese New Year was celebrated by over 1,000 people with 20 different acts performed Sunday night.
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Students ‘think pink’ at party
By ALLYSON FOX | Feb. 7, 2010Pink shirts, pink plates, pink napkins and even pink M&M’s filled the Gainesville Place clubhouse Friday night.
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Mayoral candidate Don Marsh plans to revise discrimination law
Feb. 7, 2010Marsh runs against Craig Lowe, Richard Selwach, Monica Leadon Cooper and Ozzy Angulo for the office in City Hall.
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Competitors race to eat 7 pounds of food at downtown deli
By ANA GONI–LESSAN | Feb. 4, 2010Five contestants scarfed down 7 pounds of food Thursday night for a promotional event at Jeff’s New York Deli.
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Atlantic Southeast Airline holds shoe drive for Haiti victims
By MATT HARRINGER | Feb. 4, 2010When Atlantic Southeast Airlines set out to collect 3,500 shoes for victims of the earthquake in Haiti, the company didn’t know the Gainesville branch alone would come close to meeting the goal.
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County sends officials to DC
By MATT HARRINGER | Feb. 4, 2010The Alachua County Commission sent a delegation to Washington, D.C., this week to ask the county’s elected officials to support a cleanup of a local environmental nightmare.
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Event honors Rosa Parks
By ERICA JOHNSON | Feb. 4, 2010More than 50 people filled the Wilhelmina Johnson Center Thursday night to celebrate the birthday of the renowned civil rights activist Rosa Parks with poetry, songs, presentations and dance.
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Local Toyota dealership responds to gas pedal recall
By MINCH MINCHIN | Feb. 4, 2010The local pace of an international Toyota recall seems to be stuck in the slow lane.
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Band's namesake Sister Hazel collects for Haiti
Feb. 4, 2010Sister Hazel Williams is no stranger to charity.
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ZipCarts offers free Friday rides
By TATIANA QUIROGA | Feb. 4, 2010Students will have a new way to travel around campus on Fridays in February.
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Local transgender group supports each other
By THOMAS PLEVIK | Feb. 4, 2010Ten months ago, Bree H. let her hair down and began her transition from man to woman.
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Goats taken from owner after eating neighbor's rosebushes
Feb. 3, 2010The neighbor’s unruly animals were beginning to get her goat, so she had the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office take his.
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Homeless count lowers in Gainesville
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Feb. 3, 2010In 2009, there were about 1,624 homeless men, women and children on the streets of Gainesville.
