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METRO
Fire rips through building, leaves one injured
By KATIE EMMETTS | May 24, 2009A fire at The Laurels apartment complex Sunday night left five apartments damaged and one resident in the hospital with minor injuries.
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
UF buget will lay off 58, close four programs
By THOMAS STEWART | May 24, 2009UF will lay off 58 people and close four programs under its final budget cut plan, which was released Friday.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
Fire at The Laurels guts building
May 24, 2009Fire at The Laurels from Alligator Online on Vimeo.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
Nelson leads flat offense past Cal, into Oklahoma City
By ADAM BERRY | May 23, 2009As Stacey Nelson walked from Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium to postgame interviews, the senior ace asked coach Tim Walton a simple question.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Calathes' surprising move to Greece is not necessarily wrong one
May 23, 2009Touche, Nick Calathes.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Rain-filled week won't stop No. 1 Gators
May 22, 2009With three days left until UF's Super Regional against California, junior slugger Francesca Enea sat inside the O'Connell Center. On a bucket.
SPORTS
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BLOGS
Super Regionals Game 1 postponed
By ADAM BERRY | May 22, 2009No. 1 UF's game against No. 14 California was postponed from Saturday night to Sunday at 10 a.m. due to rain.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
UF needs to learn from Hoover experience to make deep tournament run
May 22, 2009HOOVER, Ala. - Getting sent home is a lot easier to take when you know you'll be staying there for an NCAA regional.
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UF baseball live blog
May 21, 2009Check it out. UF takes on Arkansas in an elimination game of the SEC Baseball Tournament.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Gators eliminated from SEC Tournament with second loss to Razorbacks
May 21, 2009HOOVER, Ala. - In order to win the Southeastern Conference Tournament, UF had to prove it was capable of beating every team in the eight-team field.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Local artist draws from charms of everyday life
By KATRINA GALVEZ | May 20, 2009Art is not where Sergio Castro wanted to take his life when he started at Santa Fe College as a general business major. He started helping his friend with her art homework and unveiled a talent that has changed his career path, earned him local recognition and put some serious money in his pocket.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
California returns to Gainesville a year later in Super Regionals rematch
By ADAM BERRY | May 20, 2009Maybe history does repeat itself.
METRO
Autopsy results support officer's account
By KATIE EMMETS | May 20, 2009New forensics information in the fatal shooting of a man by an Alachua County Sheriff's deputy supports witness statements that the man continued to attack the officer after being Tasered.
THE AVENUE
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FASHION
Ruffles, florals fit for royalty
By REBEKAH GEIER | May 20, 2009This summer you will be feeling more than the heat. Textured fabrics and ruffled pieces are dominating the fashion industry this season, from models on designer runways to students on Gainesville's sidewalks.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Muggy days make for steamy hot nights
By ASHLEY ROSS | May 20, 2009If you're stuck in Gainesville all summer then you definitely won't be splashing around at the beach like Danny and Sandy, but that doesn't mean you can't have your own sexy summer nights-or even days.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF's schools will take part in St. Augustine's art festival
By STEVE JOHNSON | May 20, 2009UF's School of Theatre and Dance took its show on the road this week, headlining Florida's First Coast Arts Festival in St. Augustine.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Pelosi’s cats steal speaker’s spotlight
May 20, 2009Nancy Pelosi may be the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the most powerful woman in the history of American politics, but she is stunningly bad at being a public figure in the digital age. Thankfully, her genius cats communicate so well for her on YouTube.
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ART AND THEATER
Pole restores confidence
By ATTIYA ANTHONY | May 20, 2009A flexible 5-foot-1 inch, 100-pound female twirls upside down on a pole, with her long brown hair sweeping the floor, her 6-inch heels almost scrape the ceiling, before straddling the air and then sliding down onto all fours.
METRO
City Commission examines protection of disadvantaged children
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | May 20, 2009Poor children may get a leg up if Commissioner Jack Donovan has his way.
