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UN Envoy: UN Workers Killed Running From Bunker

KABUL, Afghanistan - Fearing for their lives, the U.N. workers dashed into a dark bunker hoping to escape the mob of Afghan protesters angry over the burning of a Quran by a Florida church. Hope wasn't enough for three of them. They were hunted down and brutally slain - their bodies found later in three different parts of...

Cops: Man Bought Printer From Walmart to Make Fake Money

For many shoppers, a trip to Walmart can be a way to save money. But for Douglas Brian Osborne, it was allegedly a way to make money -- using a printer to counterfeit $600 in funny money. Investigators in Gainesville, Fla., say Osborne purchased a printer from the Lake City megastore on March 10 and promptly attempted...

Fla. Battles Yet Another Invasive Species at Annual Air Potato Roundup

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- "Potatoes" and "devastating infestation" might not sound like they go hand in hand. But in Florida, they can be so dangerous that a thousand people take to the forest to root through thorn-infested vines and bramble just to grab what tubers they can and run them out of town. That's what happened this...

Did Media Devote Too Much Attention to Quran Burning?

(Sept. 9) -- The Rev. Terry Jones has about 50 members in his church, but his bully pulpit is much, much larger. News of the preacher's plan to burn the Quran on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, dominated the 24-hour news cycle. It sparked fears of violence and prompted public figures ranging from...

Obama Urges Fla. Pastor to Cancel Quran Burning

(Sept. 9) -- President Barack Obama called upon a Florida pastor not to burn the Quran, denouncing the act as "completely contrary to our values" and warning that it could become a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaida. "If he's listening, I just hope he understands that what he's proposing to do is completely contrary to...

Background on gainesville florida

Gainesville is the county seat and largest city in Alachua County in the U.S. state of Florida, and the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

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