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Residents encouraged to create fake $100 bills
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 18, 2010Usually the creation of counterfeit bills is discouraged.
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Countywide scavenger hunt to start Saturday
By RACHEL MANKO | Mar. 18, 2010Michael Lee, a UF mechanical engineering freshman, and three of his friends have spent almost every Friday night this semester driving around Alachua County trying to plan clues for a scavenger hunt.
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12 scarf down ‘nuclear’ wings
By STEPHANIE RAMIREZ | Mar. 18, 2010Sweat, tears and hot wings made for a fiery smackdown Thursday night at the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s on West University Avenue.
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Museum to host 'dig'
By LEANDRA VALENTINE | Mar. 18, 2010Tales about snakes more than 40 feet long will be told, plate tectonics will be explained with Oreos, and stones will become jewelry Saturday at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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Same-sex couples get say in Census
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 17, 2010For the first time in history, gay and lesbian couples will be counted on the U.S. Census form.
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Mobile museum outlines Fla. farmworkers’ poverty
By ERIN O’DEA | Mar. 17, 2010A plain white delivery truck with pictures of fruit was parked near Library West on Wednesday, but the inside of the truck was less plain — chain and news clippings with the word “slavery” in every headline covered the walls.
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Voter turnout disappoints
Mar. 17, 2010Although Tuesday’s city election saw an encouraging increase in voter turnout from the last mayoral race, election officials see room for improvement.
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Mayoral elections not over
Mar. 16, 2010In the race for Gainesville mayor and a District 4 City Commission seat, no candidate received the 50-percent plus one vote necessary to avoid a runoff.
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Students protest UPD
Mar. 16, 2010The rally was organized by members of Students for a Democratic Society, as well as independent Facebook groups created by friends and colleagues of Adu-Brempong.
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Group to bowl to raise funds
By EDEN JOYNER | Mar. 16, 2010Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Florida is bowling to keep its doors open.
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Study says pizza, soda tax would encourage healthier choices
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Mar. 16, 2010Some researchers want to fatten pizza and soda costs in hopes that it will slim America’s waistline.
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Volunteers drive cancer patients to treatment centers for programs
By MEGAN MERRILL | Mar. 15, 2010After winning her battle against breast cancer, Barb Thomas now lives to help drive the disease out of other cancer patients’ lives.
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New program gives students high school diploma earlier
By Emily Morrow | Mar. 15, 2010A new program that will give high school students a head start on college may come to Florida.
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Site helps find empty UF parking spots
By SAMANTHA DELGADO | Mar. 14, 2010A Web site created by UF students could ease the pain associated with finding parking in Gainesville.
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The Lowe Down: Voters should elect Craig Lowe for mayor
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 14, 2010Tuesday, Gainesville voters will decide the city’s next mayor, and residents who live near the UF campus will also decide who will fill a City Commission spot.
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Five Race for District 4
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 14, 2010Gainesville voters will elect a new Gainesville mayor and a new member to the City Commission’s District 4 on Tuesday.
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City fire chief to resign, take county position
By CINDY TAVERAS | Mar. 14, 2010After nearly 25 years with Gainesville Fire Rescue, Fire Chief Bill Northcutt will resign this month to work with the Alachua County Fire Rescue.
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Inmates let the dogs out
By MEG WAGNER | Mar. 14, 2010Keith Skipper has taught MoJo, a 1-year-old Basenji and Italian greyhound mix, everything he knows.
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Students rally against UPD
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 14, 2010Almost two weeks have passed since the University Police Department shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong on March 2, and students plan to show their views on the incident.
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Drag racers hit raceway for Gatornationals event
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 14, 2010About 100,000 tickets were sold for the annual drag race.
