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Campus Kitchens Task Force tackles hunger issue locally
By WHITNEY HOLTZMAN | Apr. 10, 2008UF senior Kendra Levine is trying to make sure hunger in Gainesville is stuffed for good.
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UF celebrates National Library Week with Read-A-Thon
By JAMI BAKER | Apr. 10, 2008There is only one place that chocolate wafers and snow peas go together - the Edible Book Contest, where this concoction is known as "War and Peas."
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Friends remember Carmen Peterson at vigil
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Apr. 9, 2008Carmen "Cita" Peterson had a passion to explore. When she arrived on campus in 2006, she wanted to see it all: the campus landmarks, the city hot spots, the local charm.
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Victims sue rapper Plies for 2006 shooting
By WILL PAFFORD | Apr. 9, 2008Five Gainesville residents are suing a Florida rapper, his record label and a local club after they were shot during a 2006 concert.
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Iraq veterans speak out against war
By DREW HARWELL | Apr. 8, 2008Just a few years back, Clifton Hicks was an M1 Abrams tank operator almost 7,000 miles away in Iraq. As an active Army squad member, he'd seen buildings packed with families crumbled and burned. Watched women and children bleed and die. Killed insurgents and civilians alike.
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Cause of 2006 Gainesville airport crash still unknown
By WILL PAFFORD | Apr. 8, 2008A federal investigation into the 2006 crash of a private plane that killed three people in Gainesville has determined the cause of the crash to be inconclusive.
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War protester scuffles with man
By DREW HARWELL | Apr. 8, 2008Fists flew at a peace protest Tuesday when two passers-by grabbed at signs and grappled with an anti-war demonstrator at West University Avenue and 13th Street.
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UF sophomore Carmen Peterson dies in bicycle accident
By KIM WILMATH | Apr. 8, 2008A UF student died early Tuesday evening after she was hit by a car while riding her bike.
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Gainesville may charge property owners fee to support fire rescue
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Apr. 7, 2008Tax breaks to Florida homeowners might mean a new fire assessment fee for Gainesville property owners.
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Drag show celebrates Pride Awareness Month
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Apr. 7, 2008Decked in their drag-queen best, local amateurs and professionals shook their stuff Monday night for a crowd of about 100 in honor of Pride Awareness Month.
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Questions over dog’s death remain for Sheriff Sadie Darnell
By JESSICA PONN | Apr. 7, 2008"You need to be fired."
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SFCC's Annual Spring Arts Festival hurt by rain
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Apr. 6, 2008Bursts of heavy rain may have slowed the people flooding into downtown Gainesville for the SFCC Spring Arts Festival Saturday and Sunday, but it didn't stop them.
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Alachua County focuses on sexual assault awareness in high schools in time for prom
By WILL PAFFORD | Apr. 6, 2008Combining rape prevention lessons with free tuxedo rental and manicures, the Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center spent last week bringing the "Respect Your Date Contest" to local high schools.
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'A-Bomb' on briefcase leads to FSU bomb scare
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 6, 2008A briefcase labeled with an explosive nickname sent part of Florida State University's campus into emergency mode Thursday afternoon, but FSU officials said the scare proved to be nothing more than a good test of its emergency resources.
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GPD's high-tech room dedicated to Corey Dahlem
By JESSICA PONN | Apr. 6, 2008The only time Gainesville Police Lt. Corey Dahlem was ever reprimanded at work was when the life-long Seminoles fan got caught on the job watching a Gators sports game with his colleagues.
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City delays decision on one-stop homeless center
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Apr. 3, 2008After acknowledging imperfections with the proposed site for the city's one-stop homeless center, commissioners voted Thursday not to rule it out but to evaluate other locations as well.
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One year later, family remembers Corey Dahlem
By DREW HARWELL | Apr. 3, 2008Sally Dahlem doesn't have to cry when she talks about her husband anymore.
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Residents discuss traffic, neighborhood quality with city commissioners
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Apr. 2, 2008Citizens of Southwest Gainesville had few complaints Wednesday night at the third of four district City Commission meetings.
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Man arrested for bomb supplies at Orlando airport has local ties
By DREW HARWELL | Apr. 2, 2008A man who was arrested Tuesday at the Orlando International Airport on charges that he stowed the components of a pipe bomb in his luggage told investigators he had purchased the pieces in Gainesville, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.
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Einstein's Notes sued for copying lectures, material
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 1, 2008Einstein's Notes is facing a lawsuit for allegedly selling notes from a UF professor's lectures without permission.
