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Homeless shelter possible
By JENNIFER EASTMAN | Jan. 16, 2008The Gainesville City Commission will meet tonight to discuss plans for a one-stop homeless center in Alachua County.
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City candidates meet at forum
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 16, 2008About 200 registered voters, including a large percentage of college-aged residents, filled an Emerson Alumni Hall auditorium Wednesday night for the Gainesville City Commission Candidates' Forum.
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Inactive elevator frustrates tenants
By ZACH SEYMOUR | Jan. 16, 2008Every time Mark Musselman, a UF engineering senior, huffs and puffs up the 68 steps to his fifth-floor apartment, he can only think of one thing: the elevator.
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University Avenue accident causes power outages
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 14, 2008A man crashed his car into a utility pole on West University Avenue on Monday, causing major traffic backups on the busy road as well as power outages for about 600 nearby residents.
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UF to host discussion on use of chemical as pesticide
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 14, 2008A highly toxic chemical that has faced strong opposition from farmers and chemists nationwide after it was approved as a pesticide is being reviewed today by the Florida Department of Agriculture in the Reitz Union.
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Churches' right to care for homeless upheld
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Jan. 14, 2008Gainesville churches that nourish the homeless will be able to continue their work undeterred.
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Two University Avenue condo projects put on hold
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 14, 2008Wintertime for developers of two of University Avenue's most promising condo projects has meant more than bigger jackets and heating bills.
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Facebook gets political
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 14, 2008One glance at Kyle Robisch's Facebook profile will tell you the UF freshman cheers for almost every Detroit sports team, scored a 99 percent for extraversion on a personality test and supports Sen. Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, for president.
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Cold to last through Sunday with lows in 30s, 40s
By JESSICA PONN | Jan. 14, 2008Though temperatures this winter season have been abnormally high, meteorologists expect cold weather for the remainder of the week.
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Shelter added at bus stops
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 14, 2008Sometimes during Gainesville's summer and fall, the sun becomes so unbearably hot on Newell Drive that Sarfaraz Suleman, a UF sophomore, has to improvise while waiting for the bus.
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UF celebrates civil rights hero
Jan. 14, 2008As part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday celebration, UF is planning several events over the next week to commemorate the achievements of the civil rights activist.
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Commision approves towing rights draft
By WILL PAFFORD | Jan. 14, 2008Gainesville may soon require towing companies to post in their offices a complete list of the rights of those they tow.
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UF student commits suicide
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 13, 2008Editor's Note: Gainesville Police found the body of a UF student who committed suicide earlier this month. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
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GPD sgt. releases first novel
By APRIL DUDASH | Jan. 13, 2008It took many late nights and working between full-time shifts at the Gainesville Police Department.
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Program makes prom reality for less fortunate girls
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 13, 2008Thirty miles outside of Gainesville, in the back right corner of Storage Unit 91, lay every high school girl's dream.
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18-year-old Alachua Co. inmate dies in apparent suicide
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 13, 2008An 18-year-old Alachua County Jail inmate was found choked with a bed sheet tied around his neck Friday afternoon in an apparent suicide, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
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Two Gainesville cattle escape, lead police on chase
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 13, 2008When Kelly Sweet heard the gunshots firing and the helicopter circling outside of her bedroom window, she thought a murderer was on the loose. Then she and her roommates heard the mooing.
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City candidate stresses change
By DREW HARWELL | Jan. 10, 2008As Gainesville's late-January city elections inch closer, one underdog candidate is hoping his military experience and zeal for change will win him a city commission seat.
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Suspect in child-sex case found dead
By JESSICA PONN | Jan. 10, 2008A Marion County elementary school teacher accused of engaging in sexual activity with a child younger than 12 years old was found dead Wednesday afternoon in his mother's shed, according to the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
