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Krishnas give cooking lessons
By Rebecca Danta | Feb. 8, 2011A 10-week international vegetarian cooking workshop will begin today.
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City candidates discuss unemployment, ethical behavior
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 8, 2011City candidates spoke over the hiss of latte machines Tuesday as they discussed topics ranging from unemployment among young adults to political ethics.
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City Commission candidate Zeller misses campaigning days due to pneumonia
By Alex Orlando | Feb. 8, 2011Rob Zeller didn’t just miss last week’s campaign forums. He missed three days of work and a piece of his son’s first birthday cake.
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BUSINESS
Gainesville can revitalize its job market with policy changes
By Thomas Hawkins | Feb. 8, 2011What is the city’s role in job creation?
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POLITICS
Student Senate to vote on anti-gun resolution
By Hannah Swerdloff | Feb. 7, 2011If Florida Senate Bill 234 passes, licensed gun owners will be allowed to openly carry firearms at UF.
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Knight fights dirty in Medieval Faire jousting contest
By Alex Orlando | Feb. 6, 2011David Schade, a 34-year-old former UPS employee, dons armor to become Sir William Dudley at the Hoggetowne fair.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Details released in student murder case
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 6, 2011Newly released documents from the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office detail the events leading up to the murder of UF student Saleha Huuda and the arrests of Antonio Drayton and Cassandra Kimbrough.
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Man arrested after pawning a stolen bicycle
By Kat Bein | Feb. 6, 2011Naquel Hall, 19, could have gotten away with it, but he forgot to do one important thing — wait.
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Opponents protest the removal of animals from Paynes Prairie
By Kat Bein | Feb. 6, 2011Lisa Grossman drove all the way from Jacksonville with a few of her friends to stand under an overcast sky and hold signs for the cars whizzing by on Northwest 43rd Street.
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State park program preserves 19th century farm life
By Kaitlynn Floyd | Feb. 6, 2011The only wires at the Dudley Farm Historic State Park are used for the turkey and chicken fencing.
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EPA releases cleanup plan for Cabot-Koppers Superfund site
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 3, 2011After years of debate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finally released an official cleanup plan that will eliminate the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site pollution that has plagued Alachua County for decades.
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City Commission denies local resident to run a dog-walking business from home
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 3, 2011The City Commission overturned an earlier ruling Thursday that allowed Bruce Baber to run his dog-walking business from his house.
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Boyfriend stabbed after bringing home another woman
By Kat Bein | Feb. 3, 2011When Vanessa Downer’s boyfriend came home with another woman, she went for her pocketknife.
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Homeless count up by 38 percent
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 2, 2011Homelessness has risen by 38 percent in Alachua County in the past year despite receiving more attention from city officials.
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Police invoke Baker Act on 74-year-old man after gun goes off
By Kat Bein | Feb. 2, 2011Police invoked the Baker Act on a 74-year-old man Tuesday after he fired a round from his gun when his 29-year-old roommate told him he wanted to move out.
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Sale of some bath salts banned in Florida due to use as drugs
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 2, 2011The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is cracking down on the sale of a bath salt that has been commonly misused as a drug, leading some to compare its effects to those associated with crystal methamphetamine.
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Family challenging dogwalker just wants law enforced
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 2, 2011Michael Bowe is a father. He has put six daughters through school; the last three were UF graduates. Even 3,000-plus miles away in New York, he is there for them.
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Two Gainesville residents charged with murder of UF student
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 2, 2011Police arrested two Gainesville residents Wednesday in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Saleha Huuda.
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Feat Photo: Handle with Care
By Alisa Moody | Feb. 2, 2011Anne Marie Mattison, the founder of Operation CarePak, folds children’s clothing to send to members of the Florida Army National Guard’s Special Forces group.
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Sheriff's office, county commission take dispute to Tallahassee
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 1, 2011The Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday to hire consultants to defend it when the Alachua County Sheriff Office’s roughly $500,000 budget cut appeal goes to Tallahassee.
