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iPhone users may send 'panic' messages via new app
By AMANDA HINES | Apr. 20, 2009UF's campus is scattered with about 250 blue emergency phones for those in need of help.
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Professor calls Web abuse ‘inherently problematic’
By SHAKILA CHOUDHRY | Apr. 20, 2009When Tiffany Robberts left her friends and family in North Carolina to attend UF, she planned on finding new friends, not a new addiction.
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Cyclists to trek 2,600 miles for Relay for Life
Apr. 20, 2009At the end of Skyler Kern's summer vacation, his bike won't be the only thing that's tired.
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American Legion to provide flags for Hippodrome
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Apr. 20, 2009The flag flying over the Hippodrome State Theatre will continue to wave in the future thanks to a sponsorship by Gainesville's American Legion Auxiliary Unit 16.
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Ice cream giveaway to benefit county schools
By MALLORY ZUCKERMAN | Apr. 20, 2009Today marks the 29th annual Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day, benefiting the Alachua County Public Schools Foundation.
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UF staff performs in UF staff performs in "Tosca" for 1,000 people
Apr. 19, 2009Mario Cavaradossi wasn't supposed to die, but when Tosca realized the executioners' bullets had been real, she also knew she was caught red-handed for murder.
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'Gainesville Roller Rebels' play first home match of season
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Apr. 19, 2009Broken bones and bruised flesh are as run-of-the-mill for the Roller Rebels as for the defensive line on a football team, but forget cleats and jerseys - these girls wear fuchsia fishnets and feather boas.
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Hundreds turn out at Friends of the Library annual book sale
By ALEX CHACHKEVITCH | Apr. 19, 2009College students stocked up on biology, chemistry and calculus textbooks while mystery lovers chose between 6,875 novels at the Friends of the Library book sale that started Saturday.
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UPD searches for man who robbed two women at gunpoint
By KATIE EMMETS | Apr. 19, 2009Police are still searching for a man who robbed two women with a gun in a hotel parking lot Saturday night.
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Local Buddhists share culture, practices of religion
By KATIE EMMETS | Apr. 19, 2009Editor's Note: This is the third of a three-part series profiling Gainesville's diverse religious community.
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Commissioners find site, funds for homeless center
Apr. 16, 2009A 12-acre site in the 800 block of Northwest 53rd Avenue will be the future home of Gainesville's One Stop Homeless Assistance Center, city commissioners decided unanimously at Thursday's meeting.
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Book sale will offer 300,000 items starting Saturday
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Apr. 16, 2009Lawn chairs, crates and cardboard boxes form a short line just outside the main entrance to the Friends of the Library warehouse.
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GPD Chief Botsford retires after 10 years of service
By KATIE EMMETS | Apr. 16, 2009The retirement of Gainesville Police Chief Norman Botsford was announced Thursday night at the Gainesville City Commission meeting.
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Depression screening encouraged for teens
By JESSICA RONAY | Apr. 16, 2009Although stress, moodiness and lack of sleep come with the territory of being a teenager, these factors should not go unnoticed, according to one medical report.
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Activists rally against IRS at City Hall on tax day
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Apr. 15, 2009Larry Middleton sat outside City Hall for nearly four hours Wednesday, wielding a sign that read, "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
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Commissioners discuss revisions after Amendment 1 fails
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Apr. 15, 2009The Gainesville Code of Ordinances remains a source of contention for local committees after a Thursday meeting about revisions to its anti-discrimination chapter.
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Author says sexism and meat–eating are intertwined
By JACQUELYNE SMITH | Apr. 15, 2009What do a steaming plate of chicken and a sexy woman have in common?
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Hanrahan maintains balance between work and home
Apr. 15, 2009Leaning forward in a cushioned chair in City Hall, Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan listened intently as a constituent laid out her concerns, the same focus she gave county officials discussing next year's budget an hour later.
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Gainesville student drives car into State Attorney's Office
By KATIE EMMETS | Apr. 14, 2009A Gainesville High School student was arrested early Tuesday morning after he drove his car into the State Attorney's Office while high on marijuana.
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Local Hindus come together to worship, discuss faith
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Apr. 14, 2009Every evening at 6:30, Crocs, Skechers and flip-flops join the shoes piling on a powder-blue porch where people shed them before stepping over the threshold onto the Krishna House's checkered temple floor.
