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Green movement pushing for Saturday night blackout
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 27, 2008Lights out.
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Future Gator dies after corrective breast surgery
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 26, 2008When Ofir Sarahan last spoke to his high school classmate Stephanie Kuleba on Wednesday, she told Sarahan she was planning a visit with her mother to UF, to which she was recently accepted. But she never got the chance.
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Parents of Sebastian Ferrero pledge $1 million to proposed children's hospital
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 26, 2008The parents of Sebastian Ferrero, the 3-year-old who died after a chemical overdose at Shands at UF's pediatrics unit, pledged Wednesday to match $1 million in donations made this year to their foundation, which aims to create a full-service children's hospital in Gainesville.
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House proposes $110 million in education cuts
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 26, 2008The state education budget passed by a Florida House of Representatives council on Tuesday was kinder to higher education than expected, but UF officials aren't celebrating yet.
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Board of Governors to vote on state university renovations
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 26, 2008UF renovations of more than $24 million, including a major facelift to Southwest Recreation Center, will be considered today by the Florida Board of Governors.
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Residents concerned about homeless center implications
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Mar. 25, 2008Ever since the city proposed building a one-stop homeless center off of North Main Street, neighborhood residents and homeless advocates have been at odds about the plan.
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Lawmakers target legal, hallucinogenic drug
By KAITLYN HASTINGS | Mar. 25, 2008He took a hit and as the smoke filled his lungs, Patrick Kavanaugh said he saw the floor "flow" like a river to his front door.
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Co-hostages of UF student found dead in Iraq
By WILL PAFFORD | Mar. 25, 2008The remains of two men who were captured in Iraq with a former UF student have been recovered and identified, the FBI announced Monday.
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Braddy faces backlash from advocates of homeless
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Mar. 24, 2008By researching the relationship between Gainesville crime and homelessness, Commissioner Ed Braddy has riled a local homeless advocate, who officially denounced Braddy in a public e-mail.
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Breed-specific bans unlikely to affect Alachua County dog owners
By WILL PAFFORD | Mar. 24, 2008Although a new state bill may give local governments the power to ban certain breeds of dogs, local officials say they have not seen evidence that would support banning certain breeds in Alachua County.
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U.S. economy slump affects students studying abroad
By DREW HARWELL | Mar. 24, 2008Study-abroad students, beware: Street peddlers pushing tacky souvenirs won't be your only obstacle as you travel the globe this summer.
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Ordinance increases minimum size of church lots
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Mar. 24, 2008After over a month of controversy and meetings, city commissioners passed an ordinance 6-1 Monday night bringing Gainesville into compliance with a federal law.
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Lunch-box leak leaves UF alumna in a fix
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 24, 2008A first-year Orlando teacher and UF alumna is on paid leave following a sixth-grader's allegations that she told him to hold his urge to use the bathroom or urinate in a lunch box. He chose the latter.
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Argument on FAMU campus Friday ends in gunfire
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 23, 2008Several gunshots rang out on Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University's campus in Tallahassee on Friday.
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Bird-watching Canadian family biking across U.S. stops in Gainesville
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | Mar. 23, 2008The distance between New York City and San Francisco multiplied by four. That is about how far one Canadian family has traveled so far on a cross-continental, bird-watching bike ride.
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Gainesville man charged with murdering employee at Madison
By JESSICA PONN | Mar. 23, 2008A 38-year-old Gainesville man was arrested with charged with first-degree murder Friday after a witness reported the crime to police.
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Iraq war veterans speak about experiences at SFCC
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | Mar. 20, 2008For Anthony Maroun, a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, it was an air conditioner that changed his feelings about fighting in Iraq.
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Commissioners hear praises, complaints at northwest Gainesville meeting
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Mar. 20, 2008City commissioners listened to both gratitude and complaints from citizens of northwest Gainesville's District 2 Thursday night at the second of four district commission meetings.
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Energy-efficient homes come without electric bills
By DREW HARWELL | Mar. 19, 2008Finding a living space that is easy on the environment and uses no electricity is simple - just find a tent.
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Local activism flourishes as nation's falters
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Mar. 19, 2008Though anti-war activism in Gainesville has increased dramatically in the past year, national demonstrations against the ongoing war in Iraq won't attract the same number of participants they once did today on the five-year anniversary of the invasion.
