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Google pushes broadband, Gainesville in the running
By MATT HARRINGER | Mar. 14, 2010Locals compete for Google's newly announced broadband internet experiment.
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County Commission approves 2-cent tax increase
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 4, 2010The Alachua County Commission unanimously approved a 2-cent tourist development tax increase Tuesday evening that will affect motels, hotels, campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks in the region.
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UF parkour practitoners join program to pick up litter
By NATHAN BEAM | Mar. 4, 2010Students involved with American Parkour have started spring cleaning early by incorporating the Leave No Trace campaign into their training regimen.
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Tomato shortage hits Florida
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Mar. 4, 2010Jack Frost’s prolonged and icy grip on Florida farms is now reaching into grocery stores and restaurants across the country.
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Residents react to passed gay-marriage legislation
By ANNIE BOGGS | Mar. 4, 2010Recent legislation passed in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and in Mexico City, Mexico, on Thursday legalizing gay marriage has received many different reactions in Gainesville.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Graduate student in critical, but stable condition after shooting
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 4, 2010Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon, according to Alachua County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Art Forgey.
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Darts and Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 4, 2010Praise whatever God you do or don’t choose to believe in — it’s Spring Break!
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Students show off talent at Upward Bound showcase
By ALLYSON FOX | Mar. 4, 2010Sixteen-year-old Bianka Sanders went to the front of the room, placed her violin on the left side of her chin and filled the air with music.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
UPD had no reason to shoot innocent graduate assistant
By SHANTI WISNIEWSKA | Mar. 4, 2010I’m a student of Kofi Adu-Brempong’s class, Geography of a Changing World. I just want to say that there’s absolutely no valid reason for the police to resort to shooting a handicapped man in the head who has trouble walking with a cane.
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Student uses Facebook to fundraise for service trip
By CHRISTINA STINE | Mar. 4, 2010Wet T-shirt contests. Sandy beaches. Booze. Community service.
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Thomas Center recognized as top wedding venue
By CINDY TAVERAS | Mar. 4, 2010A fainting uncle, temporarily misplaced rings and painful shoes were not enough to keep Adriana Sanchez-Lindsay from having her fairy-tale wedding.
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Gainesville homeless to get new shelter, food center
Mar. 4, 2010The Gainesville City Commission took a step toward realizing Project Grace’s goal to fight homelessness in a meeting Thursday night.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Graduate student shot in the head
Mar. 4, 2010Graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong was shot in the head as he swung a metal rod at the police officers in his apartment, according to a police report filed Friday.
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Cinema celebrates women
By NICOLE MILLER | Mar. 3, 2010In honor of International Women’s Day, “Half the Sky Live” will premiere today at 7:30 p.m. at Gainesville Cinema 14.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Five sue rapper after 2006 club shooting
By Joey Flechas | Mar. 3, 2010After a bullet grazed Dorian Johnson’s face in July 2006, the damage ran deeper than her blurred vision.
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Children read books, paint faces at Dr. Seuss celebration
Mar. 2, 2010The sun did not shine, but it wasn’t too wet to play at a celebration for Dr. Seuss’ 106th birthday Tuesday afternoon at Westside Park.
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UPD shoots international student Tuesday night
By CAROLYN TILLO | Mar. 2, 2010A UF international student is in Shands at UF after being shot by University Police at Corry Village Tuesday at about 9:45 p.m.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Gainesville woman relives past, looks to future
By Jared Misner | Mar. 2, 2010When the neighbors heard her screaming, they thought it was just another stray cat.
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BUSINESS
Hanrahan: Future bright for women
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 2, 2010Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan spoke at the Florida Women in Business and Students in Free Enterprise Women’s History Month event Tuesday night.
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North Florida tobacco trial begins
Mar. 2, 2010South Florida verdicts have reached $300 million in compensations.
