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Students search for cheap textbooks online and locally
By PATRICK ANNESTY | Aug. 23, 2009Cheap or easy-when it comes to buying textbooks, you usually can't have both.
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ABC's of Gainesville
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Aug. 16, 200926 letters' worth of landmarks, legends and facts of life in Gainesville.
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Local attractions offer escape from campus living
By NEICHOY | Aug. 16, 2009Just because you live on campus doesn't mean you're stuck there.
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Gainesville stores offer pole-dancing lessons, liquor
By IVAN VARGAS | Aug. 15, 2009No matter your vice, it's not hard to find your fix in Gainesville. From beer to boobs, the city is home to plenty of stores that will entertain your wild side.
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Local attractions offer escape from campus living
By NEICHOY | Aug. 15, 2009Just because you live on campus doesn't mean you're stuck there.
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Cultural attractions offer plenty to see, do in Gainesville
By PATRICK ANNESTY | Aug. 15, 2009As the largest city in Alachua County and a major crossroad in north central Florida, Gainesville is an eclectic meeting point in the heart of the state. The city offers a wealth of cultural activities to experience.
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Woman on phone crashes, flips car on SW 13th Street
By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 12, 2009A woman who witnesses say was talking on a cell phone drove her car into another car and flipped multiple times on Southwest 13th Street Tuesday afternoon.
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Woman on phone crashes, flips car on SW 13th Street
By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 10, 2009A woman who witnesses say was talking on a cell phone drove her car into a another car and flipped multiple times on Southwest 13th Street Tuesday afternoon.
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Vegan chili cook-off assists immigrants
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | Aug. 5, 2009The Harvest of Hope Foundation will host its first-ever Vegan Chili Cook-off from 1 to 8 p.m. at The Kickstand, a community bicycle shop, 722 S Main St.
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UF reacts to journalists' safe return
By STEVE JOHNSON | Aug. 5, 2009After 140 days of uncertainty, the fate of two American journalists has been decided in a carefully orchestrated visit by former President Bill Clinton.
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Students value social aspect at UF-Ga. game
By SIMON PERSICO | Aug. 5, 2009Chanel Munezero, a senior at UF, eagerly anticipates his annual road trip to Jacksonville for the UF-Georgia game, with or without tickets.
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Police ups force to prevent more robberies
By KATIE EMMETS | Aug. 5, 2009In response to a string of armed robberies, the Gainesville Police Department will deploy 25 more officers per shift in an attempt to not only catch robbers faster but also deter them from committing the crimes.
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State to charge by amount of garbage
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | Aug. 3, 2009A proposed state-wide "pay-as-you-throw" program would charge residents according to how much trash they throw out and increase state recycling requirements for businesses and apartments. Both requirements are already enforced by Gainesville.
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Study: Tanning beds could be as harmful as arsenic
By SHAY BRODERICK | Aug. 3, 2009Marla McGill had a lot of plans when she graduated from UF, but getting skin cancer wasn't on her list.
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Festival gives taste of Africa
By SIMON PERSICO | Aug. 3, 2009The sound of traditional African drums boomed through amplifiers in the Garden of Beginning as a haphazardly arranged parade of cars honked, crushing leaves underneath antique tires at a local Homowo festival Saturday.
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Police report 12 robberies over the weekend
By KATIE EMMETS | Aug. 3, 2009The Gainesville Police Department has reported 12 robberies since Friday and officials are urging victims to call 911 as soon as possible after the attack.
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City raises fines, not property taxes
By PATRICK ANNESTY | July 29, 2009The city has avoided raising property taxes in favor of adjustments such as higher fines for parking tickets and false burglary alarms.
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Community to celebrate African traditions
By JENNA EZELL | July 29, 2009Competitors will whip up sweet potato pies, throw down with step dance, get in the groove to African drumming and toss out poetic verses Saturday at the Homowo African Festival in Gainesville.
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Former GPD officer receives probation for misconduct
By KATIE EMMETS | July 29, 2009Former Gainesville Police Department Officer William Billings, who embezzled from GPD and solicited prostitutes on the job, has received his sentence.
