METRO
Algae blooms threaten water levels in north Central Florida
By Webb | May 28, 2012Algae blooms now plague the Santa Fe River, blanketing parts of the river in green.
El Caimán
METRO
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Butt Out
May 28, 2012A few weeks ago, the Gainesville City Commission passed a resolution discouraging businesses from selling candy-flavored tobacco products in the area.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
UF should look to Montreal for example
May 28, 2012It is no secret that in our gloomy economic times, one of the first sectors to get hit is education. Due to these budget cuts, many universities, including our own, have resorted to tuition hikes. These tuition hikes are part of the dwindling spiral that is our economy.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Don’t condemn someone’s way of life, confuse hateful remarks for jokes
May 28, 2012Did you know it is the year 2012?
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Media plays increasing role in gay rights issues
By Katherine Hahn | May 28, 2012Gay rights have been making national headlines, and some members of UF’s LGBTQ community think it’s about time.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF students caught in Peruvian strike during group trip abroad
By Michael Scott Davidson | May 28, 2012Rest didn’t come easily for Jose Perez.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Strong performance advances Gators to NCAA Outdoor Championships
By KATIE AGOSTIN | May 27, 2012After competing for the first time since the Tom Jones Memorial Classic, senior Jeff Demps had another strong outing during Thursday’s race. However, due to a troublesome hamstring, Demps didn’t compete on Friday causing him to miss out on going to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gators women's golf coach steps down
By KATIE AGOSTIN | May 27, 2012Within 24 hours of Florida men’s tennis coach Andy Jackson announcing his resignation, Jan Dowling, the women’s golf coach, followed suit.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Vandy uses triple steal to down Florida baseball in SEC Tourney semifinal
May 26, 2012Vanderbilt shortstop Anthony Gomez stole home in the top of ninth, but he took more than just another run from Florida.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Bear and car collide on highway
By Clare Lennon | May 26, 2012The woman was driving her daughter and granddaughter at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday night when he ran into her Toyota Camry.
NEWS
Wildfires in Alachua County might have been intentional
May 26, 2012Five wildfires burned in Alachua County on Friday, and they might have been set by the same person who set similar fires this weekend last year.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE
Season comes to an end for Gators lacrosse
By JOSH JURNOVOY< | May 26, 2012STONY BROOK, N.Y.- The Gators thought they were seconds away from advancing to the NCAA Championship game.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Florida men's tennis coach resigns
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | May 26, 2012University of Florida men’s tennis coach Andy Jackson resigned from his position on Friday.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
UF women's golf finishes 12th at NCAA Championships
By KATIE AGOSTIN | May 26, 2012The Gators looked like they were off to a good start. Entering the NCAA Championships, they had already claimed two more top-five finishes than last year, as well as having a team average of 296.70, which ranked them as the third-best average in school history.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Florida baseball defeats South Carolina, avoids elimination from SEC Tourney
May 25, 2012Brian Johnson kept Florida's streak of stellar starting pitching alive against South Carolina.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Three Gators advance to NCAA Outdoor Championships
By KATIE AGOSTIN | May 25, 2012Coach Mike Holloway has only one goal for the NCAA Preliminary Round: finish in the top 12. On Thursday, that’s exactly what Stipe Zunic, Marquis Dendy and Florence Ngetich did.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gators baseball falls to Commodores in SEC Tourney
May 24, 2012After a strong four-game stretch against Auburn, Florida's bats went cold against Vanderbilt.
METRO
Hawthorne man found with 1.5 pounds of marijuana in car
By Chris Alcantara | May 24, 2012A routine traffic stop by the Gainesville Police Department led to the arrest of a FAMU student who had 1.5 pounds of marijuana in his car.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Florida blanks UCLA, wins second consecutive national championship
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | May 23, 2012Lauren Embree is no stranger to pressure.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Column: Women’s athletics stealing championship spotlight at UF
By JOE MORGAN | May 23, 2012Florida is a girls school. With all due respect to Florida State’s days as a women’s college, UF is the place to be for the fairer sex in the Sunshine State
