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Early city voting begins
Apr. 4, 2010Gainesville residents can now vote in the runoff election for their next mayor and District 4 city commissioner.
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Former mayoral hopefuls move on
By Alex Orlando | Apr. 4, 2010Their yard signs may be down, their support stickers thrown away, but the three Gainesville mayoral candidates who didn’t make the runoff election aren’t calling it quits.
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Gator grad creates video game
By Andrew Wyzan | Apr. 4, 2010When Jeremy Stieglitz was an undergraduate student at UF, he didn’t spend his weekends partying. He was sitting in his apartment coding for video games.
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Gainesville’s Lady Pearl performs final show tonight
By ALISON SCHWARTZ | Apr. 1, 2010For nearly 20 years, Lady Pearl has entertained, picked on and partied with generations of college students and local club-goers.
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Local charity to relocate
By ASHLEY LARA MOSES | Apr. 1, 2010Big Brothers Big Sisters has helped youth in need for more than a 100 years.
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Student group hosts job fair for about 30 women
By PAIGE LACY | Mar. 31, 2010Barbara Fair started her first job at 16, and she continued working for more than 40 years before getting fired in 2009.
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'Twilight' novella announced
By Emily Morrow | Mar. 30, 2010“Twilight” fans thirsty for more vampire stories have a reason to celebrate.
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Grooveshark faces suit
By Andrew Wyzan | Mar. 30, 2010Grooveshark may not care too much for money, but it could be forced to pay for oldies.
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City golf course closes for $1.3-million reconstruction
By ROXANNE FRASER | Mar. 30, 2010Beginning Tuesday, Ironwood Golf Course is temporarily closed for reconstruction.
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Weather helps butterflies
By LAUREN LEGE | Mar. 30, 2010The turn of seasons is allowing the Miami blue butterfly population to thrive at UF.
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Mayor recalls climate summit at coffee house
By Alex Orlando | Mar. 29, 2010Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan was one of 80 mayors the White House invited to attend the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December, and she almost missed her chance to attend the international summit.
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New Alachua County health program director takes office
By CAITLIN E. O’CONNER | Mar. 29, 2010The Alachua County health program Choices (Community Health Offering Innovative Care and Educational Services), which provides health care services to the county’s working uninsured, got a new director Monday afternoon.
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Program helps cancer patients look good, feel better
By MEGAN MERRILL | Mar. 28, 2010Judy Kenne has been teaching women how to put makeup on and face the day for the past five years.
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Health Care bill increases funding for Pell Grants
By MATT HARRINGER | Mar. 28, 2010Hidden within the health care legislation passed by Congress Thursday was a big bonus for college students — more money.
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Fiverr.com offers marketplace for $5 tasks
By LYDIA ROSENFELDT | Mar. 28, 2010For five bucks, you can have a fake Facebook boyfriend.
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About 6,000 people ‘march’ 8.5 miles for babies
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 28, 2010Organizers estimate the event raised $815,000.
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Local Relay for Life raises $114,000
By SAMANTHA DELGADO | Mar. 28, 2010The money was raised from donations leading up to the event and donations made during it.
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Environmental group discusses cleanup of Koppers
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 25, 2010Seven members of Protect Gainesville’s Citizens Inc. met Thursday at Wild Iris Books to discuss their next move in the 27-year-long battle for a cleanup of the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site.
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Fla. is most dangerous state for bicyclists
By KRISTEN BURKE | Mar. 25, 2010According to a study done by USA Today, Florida has the highest percentage of pedestrian and cyclist deaths.
