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Locals working to restore historic Cotton Club
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Mar. 30, 2008Though she once lived within sight of southeast Gainesville's Cotton Club, Vivian Filer never went inside.
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Blade-wielding man charged with attempted murder
By WILL PAFFORD | Mar. 30, 2008A man hired to renovate a Gainesville house was charged with attempted murder after police said he attacked the homeowner and her friend with a machete-type blade early Friday morning.
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Scanners help bars weed out fake ID cards
By Valerie Garman | Mar. 27, 2008When checking thousands of IDs a night, it's easy for bartenders to let a fake slip through once in a while.
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BOG OKs $18M for security
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 27, 2008TALLAHASSEE - Florida's Board of Governors approved an $18 million request to boost emergency-notification systems and police departments at the state's 11 public universities during a Thursday meeting here.
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Misleading advertisement nets free burritos for students, headaches for Burrito Bros.
By DIANDRA LAMAS | Mar. 27, 2008It was a hot, spicy mess for Burrito Bros. Taco Co. owner Randy Akerson realized he'd be giving burritos away for free all week.
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Senate votes to limit board
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 27, 2008TALLAHASSEE - The state Senate passed a joint resolution Thursday that would place an elected education commissioner on the Florida Cabinet and take governance powers away from the state's Board of Governors.
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SFCC student, others busted for cocaine possession
By JESSICA PONN | Mar. 27, 2008An SFCC student and two 21-year-old men were arrested early Thursday morning for possession of cocaine when their car was pulled over by a University Police Department officer.
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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.
