METRO
Car booting gets mixed reviews from Midtown
By ABBIE PARKER | June 3, 2009Parking illegally in Midtown may result in a boot instead of a tow, and some say it's for the better.
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METRO
County celebrates rock legend
By ABBIE PARKER | June 3, 2009A year after his death, Bo Diddley is still giving back to the Florida community where he spent the last years of his life.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG appoints Patrone, Brevda to the Supreme Court
By SARA WATSON | June 3, 2009In the shortest Student Government Senate meeting of the summer, Senators approved judiciary appointments and passed resolutions before 9 p.m.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Study finds brains trump beauty for success
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | June 3, 2009It turns out those Jimmy Choos can't be considered an investment.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Six-year struggle inspires baseball senior to volunteer
By Harrison Diamond | June 3, 2009When he came to Gainesville to play for the UF baseball team, Brandon McArthur did not plan to stay for six years.
METRO
Suspects at large after home invasion
By KATIE EMMETS | June 3, 2009At about 8:30 p.m. two men attempted a home invasion in the 1100 block of Southwest 3rd Avenue.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF ends contract with Russel Athletic
By THOMAS STEWART | June 3, 2009UF is not revealing the reason it ended its contract with Russell Athletic, which has come under fire recently for closing a factory in Honduras where employees formed a union.
METRO
City may extend response time to denied parking appeals
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | June 3, 2009Students may get more time to think up a good excuse when contesting city parking tickets.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
Gators swept by Huskies, fall short of national championship
By ADAM BERRY | June 2, 2009OKLAHOMA CITY - Two nights after triumphantly rounding the bases and getting buried at the bottom of a dogpile following her walk-off grand slam against Alabama, Ali Gardiner fell to her knees beside home plate with her head in her hands.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Guest columnist exhibits clear lack of maturity
By Megan Mount | June 1, 2009In Thursday's guest column, Matthew Meltzer's use of trite warnings and sweeping generalizations served to demonstrate his estimation that if he is not ready for marriage in his 20s, no one else can be.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
UF hands Miami surpising early exit
June 1, 2009Miami isn't used to the scene that played out Sunday night.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Freshman Tucker takes home Regional MVP, single-season RBI record
June 1, 2009When Miami last came to town during the final weekend of February, UF freshman Preston Tucker was fighting for playing time and hitting sixth or seventh in the lineup. The 'Canes swept the Gators on that trip.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
UF blown out by Washington in Game 1 of WCWS finals
By ADAM BERRY | June 1, 2009OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Three big plays and one dominant pitcher put the UF softball team one loss away from falling short of its season-long goal of a national championship.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Eco-awareness hitting the mainstream
June 1, 2009In these heady times of global awareness and eco-knowledge, it seems the bad eco-news comes at you from every angle. Nobody is safe from the onslaught of negative press if even Google is under eco-scrutiny. A researcher this year claimed that a single Google search is worse for the environment than driving a car, mostly because of the way Google's "cloud computing" uses clusters of servers together at once to achieve superfast results for every single search.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
UF men's golf season ends in disappointment
By ANTHONY CHIANG | June 1, 2009The Gators entered the NCAA Championships full of confidence after a win at the Southwest Regional, but that quickly changed as a dismal first round left the team searching for its swagger.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Washington's blowout win shows different side of UF
June 1, 2009OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Washington didn't just punch UF in the stomach; the Huskies reached into the Gators' collective chest and pulled out their still-beating heart like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
New garage adds 950 spaces, six levels
By LINDSEY DURANT | June 1, 2009UF's new $17 million parking complex will open its gates Aug. 24 to UF students, faculty and staff.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
UF men win NCAA East Regional, women finish fourth
By JESSICA ETTER | June 1, 2009While some sports fans know UF athletics only for basketball and football, there is another sport on campus hoping for championship glory.
METRO
Gainesville Community Jazz Band revives love for music
By STEVE JOHNSON | June 1, 2009It had been 20 years since John Leibach had picked up his tenor saxophone.
