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Alcohol laws change in Gainesville
By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 8, 2012Team Day Drinking can take a victory lap.
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Grooveshark joins opposition of anti-piracy legislation
By Clare Lennon | Jan. 8, 2012Suppose a UF student were to post a clip from a popular TV show on YouTube.
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Website acknowledges ‘Tebowing' as official word
By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 8, 2012After almost 18 million page views and 18,000 picture submissions, Tebowing.com has given rise to a new word in the English language.
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Rape suspect turns himself in on Christmas Day
Jan. 8, 2012The son of a longtime UF employee was charged with sexual battery after turning himself in on Christmas morning.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Students urged to follow safety tips
By Linda J. Stump | Jan. 8, 2012On behalf of the University of Florida Police Department, allow me to wish all returning students, faculty and staff a Happy New Year and provide you with some information to help start the spring semester on a safe note.
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Bison to be removed to prevent inbreeding
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Jan. 8, 2012Bulls in Paynes Prairie will be taken to farms but will stay off the chopping block.
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Ticketmaster offering credit
By Erin Jester | Jan. 8, 2012After 12 years of charging fees of up to half the price of a ticket, Ticketmaster will soon be repaying customers to the tune of $45 million over four years.
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Lake City toddler recovering after falling into fire pit
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 8, 2012Nola Lee Peterson toddled toward the foot-deep fire pit.
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Four taken to Shands after five-car accident on University Avenue
Jan. 8, 2012A five-car crash at the intersection of 34th Street and University Avenue stopped traffic for about three hours late Sunday afternoon.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Rape suspect turns himself in
By Emily Morrow | Dec. 26, 2011The suspect in the Nov. 29 rape of a UF student turned himself in on Christmas morning.
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Police name sexual assault suspect
By Emily Morrow | Dec. 24, 2011University Police have named the suspect in the Nov. 29 rape of a student near Fraternity Row.
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Gainesville Sun, Ocala Star-Banner to be sold
By Erin Jester | Dec. 21, 2011The New York Times Company is in advanced discussions to sell its regional newspapers, including The Gainesville Sun.
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Police search for gunman after shots fired along Waldo Road
By Emily Morrow | Dec. 21, 2011Gainesville Police are searching for a man wanted on charges of attempted murder after he fired shots at an apartment complex near UF's East Campus Tuesday afternoon.
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Student assaulted Friday near Norman Hall
By Emily Morrow | Dec. 10, 2011Gainesville and University police departments are investigating an armed assault that took place near Sorority Row on Friday night.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Pawn shop owner runs for commission seat for fifth time
By Meredith Rutland | Dec. 6, 2011Deep in his cavern of pearls, acoustic guitars and rifles, Richard Selwach searches for new treasure.
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New scholarship house to open doors in January
By Mary Anne Eades | Dec. 5, 2011The Southern Scholarship Foundation, which has eight houses in Gainesville to lodge scholarship recipients, is opening a ninth house.
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Feds arrest Gainesville fugitive after two years
By Morgan Watkins | Dec. 5, 2011A former Gainesville man who fled Florida in 2009 after he was identified as a top cocaine trafficker was arrested in Rhode Island early Monday morning.
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Man still seeks driver who ran him over
By Morgan Watkins | Dec. 4, 2011James Clark never saw the car coming.
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Marijuana legalization debate reaches new high
By Justin Jones | Dec. 4, 2011Talks about legalizing marijuana for medicinal uses are lighting up across the state.
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Occupy protesters host health care discussion
By Meredith Rutland | Dec. 4, 2011Protesters gathered at a health care speak-out event Saturday afternoon to discuss their grievances with current U.S. health care policies.
