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Social site links local businesses to customers
By Ashley Fierman | Apr. 19, 2011There’s a new way for students to save money.
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Embattled dogsitter now trying to make ends meet
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 14, 2011As Bruce Baber walks four dogs down University Avenue, he listens to “This American Life” and tries not to think about his own.
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Skater views life through a lens
By Kat Bein | Apr. 14, 2011To simply take a walk with Sean Rozycki is impossible. Instead of going for a casual stroll, you’re more likely to take a series of disjointed strides punctured with many starts and stops.
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Florida immigration bill may stall after Arizona court decision
By Daniela Guzman | Apr. 12, 2011A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision Monday on an injunction against the Arizona immigration law might impede efforts to pass SB-136, the sister immigration bill in Florida.
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MCAT to get makeover in 2015
By Morgan Watkins | Apr. 11, 2011Pre-med programs at UF and across the nation may need to revamp their programs if they want their students to master the new MCAT.
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Study finds exposure to hookah raises carbon monoxide levels
By ALLISON BANKO | Apr. 11, 2011Shea Michaels enjoys an infusion of Gator spirit when he lights up.
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For Gainesville comedian, fat jokes are larger than life
By MATT HARRINGER | Apr. 11, 2011From the playground to the stage, Chris Cope knew he could always rely on his obesity to win laughs. Weighing more than 300 pounds, fat jokes, at his own expense, were an easy way to win over a crowd.
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By Kat Bein | Apr. 10, 2011April 12, 1965: The U.S. Department of Education awards UF a $400,000 grant to start up a proposed Graduate School and Center for International Studies. The money comes as good news for the expanding graduate program, which projects its enrollment will be at about 3,000 by 1970.
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Broommaker sticks to dream, follows father’s footsteps
By Alex Orlando | Apr. 10, 2011He could have been an industrial engineer. Like his father, he could have worked for NASA. Instead, Marlow Gates sits wrapping twine around the end of a broom handle with a grin on his face.
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Political posturing may lead to shutdown
By Morgan Watkins | Apr. 7, 2011A political stalemate in Congress over the federal budget may force the federal government to come to a halt if Democrats and Republicans fail to strike a deal.
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Sisters’ clothing site brings old fashions back in style
By Kat Bein | Apr. 7, 2011Clothes get old, fall out of style and are often discarded by their keepers seasons later.
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Gainesville singer, songwriter lives for her music
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 4, 2011Cathy DeWitt, a UF alumna, will bring her music to Gainesville on Sunday when her band, Patchwork, performs at the Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival in the downtown historic district.
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Dixie pride and diversity coexist at Waldo flea market
By Alex Orlando | Apr. 3, 2011It might be racist. It might be heritage. Either way, no one seems to mind why or how Judy Byer gets her shipments of Ku Klux Klan shirts.
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By Kat Bein | Apr. 3, 2011April 7, 1979: About 5,000 people, ranging in age from 16 months old to 72 years old, gather at Lake Alice Field and smoke out in public as part of a “toke-in” benefit concert supporting the legalization of marijuana. A Tallahassee-based lobbying group collects 2,280 signatures in support of a bill proposing that posession of one ounce of marijuana be a violation, as opposed to the existing law, which makes posession of five grams a misdemeanor.
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Bonnie the bunny bounces back after surgery
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 31, 2011When Bonnie got sick that day in March, Karen Malloy didn’t know what to do.
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Bike builder turns work into art
By Kat Bein | Mar. 31, 2011Most people look at a bicycle and see a mode of transportation.
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Study shows cellphones may be a health risk
By Claire Miller | Mar. 30, 2011A device that connects the world could in fact be damaging to our health.
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Research links energy drinks with health risks
By Brianna Donet | Mar. 28, 2011A review of the effects of high-caffeine energy drinks on children and young adults suggests they may be linked to health risks as serious as heart palpitations, high blood pressure, cardiac arrest and death.
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More boots than suits at cowboy church
By Alex Orlando | Mar. 28, 2011In a rodeo arena just off S.R. 41 in Williston, the rugged and the denim-decked have met every Thursday at 7 p.m. for five years to hear sermons from Rev. Billy Keith.
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By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 27, 2011March 31, 1978: Lums, a restaurant that used to be at 1621 SW 13th St., offers a deal of two eggs, two strips of bacon or hash browns and toast for 99 cents. It also offers a deal of a quarter–pound burger, fries and a beer or a soda for $1.50. Cedar River Seafood & Oyster Bar is in that location now.
