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UF student dies after second failed heart transplant
By KIM WILMATH | Nov. 19, 2007A UF student died Sunday after her second heart transplant failed.
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UF student in serious condition after scooter accident
By ANDREW TAN | Nov. 19, 2007An accident involving a car and scooter near Southwest Second Avenue and Southwest 26th Street left a UF student in serious condition Monday afternoon.
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City Commission to discuss raising towing rates in December
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Nov. 19, 2007City towing rates could increase if employees at Watson's Towing get their way.
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Food bank gets boost in helping families for holiday
By APRIL DUDASH | Nov. 19, 2007Food donations are pouring into the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank just in time for Thanksgiving.
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International students experience Thanksgiving at local church
By LINDSEY ROBINSON | Nov. 18, 2007It was all foreign for Yan Bo Diao. None of it - not the green beans and turkey piled on her plate, the bouncy bluegrass music or even the church where she ate - reminded her of her home in northeast China.
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'Family Week' kicks off in Gaiensville
By CASEY BROOKE LAWSON | Nov. 18, 2007Kids ran through the barricaded areas of a street to play large-scale tic-tac-toe and paint their faces with rainbows, horses or flowers.
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UF students volunteer to mentor elementary school students
By JACKIE HORSTMANN | Nov. 15, 2007Children at Metcalfe Elementary School giggled with excitement Wednesday when a group of UF students stepped into their cafeteria.
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Temperatures expected to drop below freezing this weekend
By APRIL DUDASH | Nov. 15, 2007Temperatures are expected to fall to or below freezing late tonight into early Saturday morning.
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Report blasts Gainesville for restricting meals provided to homeless
By APRIL DUDASH | Nov. 15, 2007Gainesville was added to a list of 22 cities that restrict providing meals to the homeless in a November homeless advocacy report.
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UF to help pay for buses' switch to biodiesel
By ILEANA MORALES | Nov. 14, 2007Regional Transit System buses will be getting a makeover next fall, but UF students won't be able to tell just by looking.
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Homeless people's pets find friend in vet
By JENNIFER BINGAMAN | Nov. 14, 2007Crow Wilds named his squirrels after Nordic warriors.
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FSU police to bike 150 miles to promote safety at UF-FSU game
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Nov. 14, 2007Although UF will clash with Florida State University on the football field Nov. 24, police officers from both universities are working on a new campaign to discourage drunken driving and alcohol abuse during the game.
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Walking Wonder: Boy stops in Gainesville during 250-mile walk
By KORI FREDERICK | Nov. 13, 2007Ask 9-year-old Zach Bonner what he'll be doing to celebrate his birthday and you'll get this response: "I'll be walking."
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UF student sees increased interest in helping homeless
By APRIL DUDASH | Nov. 13, 2007Dirk Sampselle said he didn't expect 1,000 college students to care about homeless issues.
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Plan aims to hire more qualified math, science teachers
By KIM WILMATH | Nov. 13, 2007UF and Florida State University could start preparing future science and mathematics teachers for elementary public schools in a new way.
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UF group collects canned goods for local food bank
By APRIL DUDASH | Nov. 12, 2007This week is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, and the UF Students in Free Enterprise, or SIFE, class is helping to fill the shelves of a local food bank.
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Boy to stop in Gainesville during statewide walk for homeless awareness
By KORI FREDERICK | Nov. 12, 2007A 9-year-old boy walking across the state to raise awareness for homeless children will stop in Gainesville today.
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Former Student Senate President asks supporters to give ,20 to commission campaign
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Nov. 12, 2007In an effort to be elected to the Gainesville City Commission, former Student Senate President Robert Agrusa is asking fellow students and Gainesville residents for help in his new fundraising strategy.
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More than 100,000 people attend annual downtown art festival
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Nov. 12, 2007Downtown Gainesville transformed into a bustling bazaar of white tents Saturday and Sunday.
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Motorcycle parade raises about ,74,000 for veterans' causes
By CASEY BROOKE LAWSON | Nov. 12, 2007More than 1,500 motorcycles clad in chrome, rubber and leather lined up in rows in an SFCC parking lot Sunday for the Seventh Annual Bikers on Parade for the USA.
