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Fire spoils apartment move-in
By KATIE EMMETS | June 29, 2009A Gainesville apartment fire destroyed one townhouse, leaving it unlivable, and damaged two adjacent townhouses today.
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UF professors split on Michael Jackson’s death
By JENNA EZELL | June 29, 2009The death of Michael Jackson has spurred a debate on how the pop king and accused child molester should be remembered, and UF pop culture professors are just as split as the rest of the nation.
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Man breaks into frat house for breakfast
By KATIE EMMETS | June 29, 2009A hungry man was arrested after cooking in the kitchen of a UF fraternity house at 1:30 Thursday morning.
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Fla. seat belt law tightens
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 29, 2009Today, not wearing a seat belt becomes more dangerous to motorists, or at least to their wallets.
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New law bans flavored cigarettes
By ALEXANDRA LAYOS | June 29, 2009Gainesville tobacco shops may find it tough to survive under a Food and Drug Administration regulation, which was recently signed into law by President Barack Obama.
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Gym offers free membership to teens
By BRITTNEY BURGETT | June 17, 2009The Gainesville Health & Fitness Center plans to combat teenage obesity for the second summer in a row by offering teens ages 13 to 17 a free gym membership.
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Commissioners push for protection of poor children
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 17, 2009Deliberations continue as Commissioner the Jack Donovan tries to persuade local government to add disadvantaged children as a protected class under the city code of ordinances.
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Officer injured in downtown brawl
By THOMAS STEWART | June 17, 2009A fight near 8 Seconds in downtown Gainesville early Tuesday led to three arrests and two Taserings and sent an officer to the hospital after he was hit with a concrete brick.
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Real estate agency puts local condos on auction block
By NEICHOY | June 17, 2009With the housing market slump in full force, developers and real estate agents are looking for creative ways to sell properties.
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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.
