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Numbers Game: Lawmakers give UF less
By KIM WILMATH | Oct. 18, 2007It's no secret that Florida's public universities, including UF, are grappling with massive budget shortfalls.
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Event promotes breast-cancer awareness, features wet T-shirt contest
By KATIE EMMETS | Oct. 17, 2007Diana Koutoulas said that because guys can get breast cancer too, the male wet T-shirt contest was a good way to get them involved.
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Tow companies may soon post 'bill of rights'
By APRIL DUDASH | Oct. 17, 2007A new list of rights for people whose cars have been towed may be in every Gainesville towing office if the Gainesville City Commission approves it.
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Growing farmers' market moves to new venue
By CASEY BROOKE LAWSON | Oct. 17, 2007The sweet melodies of a band and the fresh smell of food drifted over a dozen children who danced and twirled barefoot in a grassy courtyard.
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Sexual assault victims find peace with yoga
By OLEE FOWLER | Oct. 17, 2007Yoga has been known to improve health and center one's mind, which are attributes the Alachua County Victim Services & Rape Crisis Center hopes to impart to those in need.
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Kangaroo Express robbed
By APRIL DUDASH | Oct. 16, 2007A convenience store in southeast Gainesville was robbed earlier this week.
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GPD cracks down on towing
By KORI FREDERICK | Oct. 16, 2007When Ashley Durden walked out of her University Commons apartment, she faced many Gainesville residents' worst nightmare: her car was gone.
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ChompMenus celebrates second anniversary with specials
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Oct. 15, 2007ChompMenus.com, a Web site that consolidates local restaurant menus, is celebrating its second anniversary with online specials during its Eat Cheap Week through Wednesday.
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Drinking event to raise money for breast cancer foundation
By KATIE EMMETS | Oct. 15, 2007Free shots, ,2 well drinks and draft beers and a male wet T-shirt contest.
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Southwest 20th Avenue faces lane closures
By APRIL DUDASH | Oct. 15, 2007Southwest 20th Avenue lane closures began Monday as part of a Southwest 24th Avenue two-lane construction project.
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Donation meters take in ,101 in first two months
By APRIL DUDASH | Oct. 15, 2007The city of Gainesville unveiled six donation meters in August with the intention of collecting spare change for local homeless shelters.
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Football player, UF student die in motorcycle accident early Friday
By KIM WILMATH | Oct. 14, 2007Two UF students, one a UF football player, died early Friday morning in a motorcycle accident.
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GPD arrests man in connection with three sexual battery cases
By APRIL DUDASH | Oct. 14, 2007Gainesville Police Department arrested and charged a man with the sexual battery of three Gainesville women since August.
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Friends of the Library book sale begins over weekend
By ANDREW TAN | Oct. 14, 2007The line of people snaked its way through the parking lot and up the sidewalk of North Main Street.
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Love Thy Neighbor festival educates 400 people about Krishna faith
By CASEY BROOKE LAWSON | Oct. 14, 2007ALACHUA - The scent of incense wafted through the air of the ornately decorated temple.
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Festival celebrates gay pride with activities, drag show
By HEATHER STRANGE | Oct. 14, 2007Members of local pride organizations and their supporters cheered in celebration while marching down University Avenue on Saturday, holding colorful signs and waving water noodles, as part of Gainesville's Sixth annual Pride Parade.
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Friends of student killed Friday try to cope with death
By KIM WILMATH | Oct. 14, 2007In the past two days, Allison Cecchini has called her best friend 17 times though she knows Ashley Slonina will never pick up her phone again.
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Farmer's market moves to new location
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Oct. 11, 2007The Union Street Farmers' Market will open Wednesday at its new location in the Downtown Community Plaza.
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Friends of the Library book sale to begin Saturday
By KATIE GALLAGHER | Oct. 11, 2007About 350,000 books fill the Friends of the Library building as members prepare for the semiannual book sale.
