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Gainesville named nation's first Butterfly City
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 17, 2009Gainesville is known for its alligators, bats and, soon, butterflies.
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Police investigates body found near real estate office
By KATIE EMMETS | June 15, 2009Gainesville police are awaiting the autopsy results for a man whose body was discovered near Northwest 23rd Avenue Monday morning.
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LifeSouth gives a pint of ice cream for a pint of blood
By NEICHOY | June 15, 2009Giving blood never tasted so good.
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Football players asked to volunteer for GPD's ride-along
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 15, 2009During the next few weeks, expect to see Florida football players seated in the front, not the back, of local police cruisers.
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High budget quotes delay train depot renovation
By JIMMIE PAUL | June 15, 2009It may cost $1.5 to $2.3 million to reconstruct Gainesville's historic Depot building, a long-term city project located just south of downtown.
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City's 2010 fiscal budget discussed with locals
By JANA I. HALL | June 15, 2009George Elmore has attended city hall and town hall meetings for 37 years, but he says this one was not like the rest.
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Man receives life sentence after shooting man in parking garage
By KATIE EMMETS | June 15, 2009After a three-day murder trial, a Gainesville man was sentenced to life in prison for killing Tallahassee resident Andrew Arosamena in the Downtown Gainesville Parking Garage about a year and a half ago, hours after a UF - FSU football game.
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Water gun warriors stalk city streets
By BRIANTI DOWNING | June 10, 2009For the next three weeks, assassins will lurk outside classes and stake out homes in hopes of picking off another agent in the Gainesville Street Wars.
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Man jumps from window to escape fire
By KATIE EMMETS | June 10, 2009A 62-year-old Gainesville resident was taken to the hospital early Wednesday after jumping from a window to escape a fire in a two-story townhouse. It was the second Gainesville complex to catch fire in a month.
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Few options for evicted homeless
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 10, 2009As of Wednesday night, the evicted residents of Tent City still have not been provided with an alternative place to stay.
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Switch to digital impacts few
By Shemuel Arrindell | June 10, 2009After a four-month delay, TV stations will no longer broadcast in analog starting Friday. Gainesville residents should be ready for the switch to digital broadcasting, said City of Gainesville spokesman Bob Woods.
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Alachua shelter reduces kitten adoption fees
By JANA I. HALL | June 8, 2009Alachua County Animal Services has reduced its feline fees in response to the over-crowding of cats.
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Tent City residents will be evicted Thursday
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 8, 2009Residents of the Tent City homeless community have been served eviction notices following a stabbing last week, but no housing alternatives have been offered for the mini-city's nearly 200 inhabitants.
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iPhone users upset over $200 upgrade fee for new 3GS
By STEVE JOHNSON | June 8, 2009Some local iPhone users are peeved by the $200 fee required for an upgrade to Apple's newest product, the iPhone 3GS.
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Gainesville woman escapes after she is raped
By KATIE EMMETS | June 8, 2009A Gainesville man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a woman at gunpoint Friday.
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Felony charges dropped for graffiti memorial artist
By THOMAS STEWART | June 3, 2009Charges will not be filed against Sergio Castro, 22, the UF student arrested last week for spray-painting a memorial to a drowned Gainesville resident on The Top restaurant in downtown Gainesville.
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County celebrates rock legend
By ABBIE PARKER | June 3, 2009A year after his death, Bo Diddley is still giving back to the Florida community where he spent the last years of his life.
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Suspects at large after home invasion
By KATIE EMMETS | June 3, 2009At about 8:30 p.m. two men attempted a home invasion in the 1100 block of Southwest 3rd Avenue.
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City may extend response time to denied parking appeals
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 3, 2009Students may get more time to think up a good excuse when contesting city parking tickets.
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Car booting gets mixed reviews from Midtown
By ABBIE PARKER | June 3, 2009Parking illegally in Midtown may result in a boot instead of a tow, and some say it's for the better.
