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Crit-Cross races on track for success
By Kyle Bennett | May 18, 2015A race was at the forefront for many people in Gainesville this weekend.
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Bicycle shop open house hopes to encourage GNV cycling
By Chris Watkins | May 13, 2015One man wants to turn Gainesville into a bicycling hub.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police looking for suspect in homicide
By Melissa Mihm | May 13, 2015Gainesville Police are investigating a homicide that occurred Monday night in the Pine Ridge neighborhood.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: Attempted armed robbery on N. Main St. ends in shooting
By Melissa Mihm | May 12, 2015Gainesville police responded to reports of an armed robbery Tuesday afternoon, which ultimately led to the suspect being shot by police.
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Talk sheds light on riot coverage in media
By Dana Hatchett | May 11, 2015The chant “Black lives matter, Black lives matter” filled the air in the Civic Media Center on Monday.
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$5 CPR and AED training Saturday to promote safety
By GRAHAM HALL | Apr. 21, 2015When Claire Dunlap went into cardiac arrest after a softball game in high school, she needed the shock of an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to save her life.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police: Man tries to break into old apartment, gets wrong one
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Apr. 21, 2015Gainesville Police arrested a local man Monday after he stole a ladder and broke into his former apartment.
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Women’s rights group protests bill regulating abortion
By Cyanne Dunn | Apr. 21, 2015Horns blared and engines revved Tuesday night on the corner of 13th Street and West University Avenue while protesters clustered on the corner of campus cheered.
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UF tech researchers look into gaming, humanoids
By Cresonia Hsieh | Apr. 21, 2015Forget about the Google Glass, Apple Watch or 3-D TV: UF students are coming up with different technology entirely.
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Florida drug monitoring program decreases oxycodone deaths
By Marisa Stelnicki | Apr. 20, 2015There has been a 25 percent decline in deaths from oxycodone overdoses since a drug monitoring program was implemented in Florida.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police: 'one-pot meth lab' found in local men's car
By EMILY COCHRANE< | Apr. 20, 2015Local authorities arrested two men early Sunday after they reportedly had two methamphetamine labs in their car.
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Local pop-up store provides free clothing for trans people
By Emily Cardinali | Apr. 19, 2015Transitioning is expensive.
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Parkinson’s patients connect through Movers & Shakers group
By Michelle Neeley | Apr. 19, 2015Michael Church started to notice a slight tremor in his left pinky in times of high stress when he reached his 30s.
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POLITICS
Millennials must engage in 2016 election season
Apr. 16, 2015With more than a year and a half until Election Day 2016, presidential candidates are announcing their intent to run for the White House. Thus begins silly season. Earlier this week, pundits analyzed, criticized and dissected Hillary Clinton’s and Marco Rubio’s campaign logos because political pundits are now experts in graphic design. What the American people can’t afford is yet another presidential election bogged down in debates over the minutiae and plagued by typical mudslinging.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police called to Dignity Village for two fights
By Melissa Mihm | Apr. 16, 2015Gainesville Police arrested a man early Thursday after he reportedly stabbed and slit the throat of another man over a can of beer at Dignity Village.
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POLITICS
Campaign tactics won’t help Hillary’s track record
Apr. 15, 2015Hillary Clinton decided to shake things up when she announced her presidential campaign Sunday. Instead of launching her candidacy with a forced, painfully rehearsed, one-on-one conversation with a camera like she did in 2007, Clinton released a well-executed video with a diverse cast of characters.
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Pet cannabis raises questions about hemp's legality in Florida
By Alex Harris | Apr. 14, 2015Joy Drawdy has an emergency arrest plan.
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Pet cannabis raises questions about hemp's legality in Florida
By Alex Harris | Apr. 14, 2015Joy Drawdy has an emergency arrest plan.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Budd wins At-Large, Goston upsets Hinson-Rawls for District 1 in runoff
By Alligator Staff report | Apr. 14, 2015Harvey M. Budd and Charles Edward Goston Sr. emerged victorious in the City Commission runoff election Tuesday night.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ASO investigating after video of armored vehicle traffic stop
By Hunter Williamson | Apr. 13, 2015The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office has launched an internal investigation following the release of a video showing officers driving an armored personnel carrier pulling over a Gainesville man.
