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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.
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Teebow underwear underway
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | June 3, 2009Women whose TV screens come between them and UF's star quarterback now have one way to get closer to the action - Tim Tebow thongs.
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After 40 years in prison, man stabs two
By KATIE EMMETS | June 3, 2009A man was arrested Sunday night after stabbing two people in Gainesville's Tent City, a homeless community.
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'Trailer Park Musical' returns to Hippodrome's main stage
By SISTINE GURREY | June 3, 2009The Hippodrome State Theatre's most successful show is returning to the Mainstage after a three-year hiatus.
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Marijuana grow room discovered
By KATIE EMMETS | June 3, 2009A fire in an Ocala house resulted in the discovery of a grow room that contained more than 40 marijuana plants.
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Hurricane season rolls in
By SHEMUEL ARRINDEL | June 1, 2009Meteorologists will keep an eye out for Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny and Erika this year.
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Traveling 'queer cabaret' highlights equality
By JESSICA ETTER | June 1, 2009A sweaty crowd of about 35 people linked arms, grabbed one another's butts and sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in the Civic Media Center on Sunday night as part of a traveling "gay vaudeville" group's performance.
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Ironwood offers gifts to golfers in return for input
By DEREK GILLIAM | June 1, 2009The city is offering a little practice on the house to Gainesville's experienced golfers.
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Gainesville Community Jazz Band revives love for music
By STEVE JOHNSON | June 1, 2009It had been 20 years since John Leibach had picked up his tenor saxophone.
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Local residents present ideas for city improvement
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 1, 2009The City of Gainesville opened the floor for citizens to voice their concerns and criticism Monday night at the Doyle Connor Building, 1911 SW 34th St.
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Artist faces felony charges for graffiti memorial
By THOMAS STEWART | May 27, 2009UF art major Sergio A. Castro, 22, is facing a felony charge of criminal mischief after being arrested early Tuesday morning trying to spray-paint a memorial for his friend on the side of The Top restaurant in downtown Gainesville.
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UF professor discusses regional planning efforts abroad
By Shemuel Arrindell | May 27, 2009A well-traveled UF professor spoke about his experiences in South America to a crowd of 10 people gathered at the Civic Media Center Wednesday evening.
