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New online dating site geared toward college students
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 22, 2009It starts with a flirt.
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Krispy Kreme and IHOP shootings related, police said
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 22, 2009Officials believe two shootings at two 24-hour food businesses early Saturday morning are related.
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Alachua County high school students set the brain bar
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Feb. 22, 2009Watch out, college students - there are some smart high-schoolers in Alachua County moving into the spotlight.
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City vote to keep golf course, passes traffic safety act
Feb. 19, 2009Gainesville City Commissioners approved an act that will allow for the installation of red light cameras at congested intersections at their meeting Thursday.
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Low salaries don't stop workers from improving city
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 19, 2009Gainesville civil servants have their own motivations for public work, but money is not one of them.
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Festival showcases avant–garde films
By MARY MANCHESS | Feb. 18, 2009Random blurs of colors and images. There is static. The screen goes blank. The audience is confused.
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Voters have big decisions to make before March election
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Feb. 18, 2009With two open commission seats and two proposed charter amendments on the ballot for the upcoming city election, voters have a lot to wade through on their way to the polls.
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Economic condition does not affect marijuana sales
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 18, 2009He pushes the sawed-off top half of a Canada Dry 2-liter into a container of water, forcing smoke into his lungs.
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Authorities ask community's help in finding missing man
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 18, 2009Authorities are looking for a Gainesville man who has been missing for a week.
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Local greeting card stores suffer from economic woes
By KATHRYNE STOLARZ | Feb. 18, 2009Some of Gainesville's specialty card stores' sales dropped in 2009, despite Valentine's Day, causing some store owners to close their doors for good.
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Gainesville escapes the worst of economic troubles
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Feb. 18, 2009Gainesville has dodged the worst of the economic downturn so far, aided by the stability that Shands and UF provide, according to Jenny DuRant, a chamber of commerce spokeswoman.
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Local activists speak about Venezuela trip at CMC
By YVONNE AYALA | Feb. 18, 2009Nescafe, El Mundo and Pepsi labels dominate the Caracas skyline. Multi-colored homes form haphazard piles in the barrios climb up the city's hillsides.
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Changes to Facebook contract don't deter students
By KATHRYN STOLARZ | Feb. 17, 2009Facebook made a quiet change in its user contract on Feb. 4, but most UF students are not concerned or informed enough to change their posting habits.
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Man accused of huffing stolen product in Wal–Mart bathroom
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 17, 2009A Gainesville man was arrested for petit theft after he was accused of taking six cans of a computer keyboard-cleaning product into a Wal-Mart bathroom.
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Author, activist donates books to Civic Media Center
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 17, 2009Award-winning author and civil rights activist Stetson Kennedy is donating his personal library to Gainesville's Civic Media Center.
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Ocala horse owner enjoys benefits of UF animal hospital
By YVONNE AYALA | Feb. 17, 2009When Ocala resident Irene Bryan first purchased Skippa Secret, she knew the mare had a surprise in store.
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Organization joins with GPD to combat youth crime
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 16, 2009To combat youth violence in Gainesville, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) is partnering with the Gainesville Police Department and the State Attorney's Office.
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Man charged with prostitution, impersonating officer
By KATIE EMMETS | Feb. 16, 2009A police impersonator was arrested after he was accused of holding a female escort captive in his house. The escort was sent to the house of Rickie Keith, 55, during the early morning of Feb. 6.
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Switch to digital postponed, but concerns continue
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Feb. 16, 2009Maurice watches TV at Safety Cab headquarters, a Gainesville taxi company, in between dispatching drivers.
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Rent, growth makes Civic Media Center move its locale
By John Lockett | Feb. 15, 2009After 15 years on West University Avenue, the Civic Media Center packed up its books and moved into a bigger space more than a mile away.
