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USF trail will open campus to public

A pedestrian and bicycle trail at USF Sarasota-Manatee is in the works. 47 minutes ago

• Seniors come to the YMCA for exercise, stay for the camaraderie 1 hour ago

• Parenting: Potty training solution works if you have patience 1 hour ago

• Graedons' Pharmacy: Special diet plus coconut controls Crohn's 1 hour ago

• Baby Talk: Four stages of learning with help with second baby 1 hour ago

Local News

History Matters: A tour of Manatee County's eight courthouses since 1855

Introducing 'History Matters': A new weekly column in the Bradenton Herald by the Manatee County Historical Library. 1 hour ago

• SMR Farms thrives among big growth in Lakewood Ranch 1 hour ago

• Single mom's cancer fight extends throughout Bradenton community 1 hour ago

• Manatee opens 120-acre Neal Preserve east of Anna Maria Island 1 hour ago

• Manatee County judge considering fate of dogs 1 hour ago

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Crime

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on March 10, 2014

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

• NRA blamed for pushing Stand Your Ground, gun legislation 1 hour ago

• Defiant Justin Bieber answers questions in Miami civil lawsuit 3 hours ago

• BPD stymied in robbery of Bradenton victim 3 hours ago

• Autopsy: Wrong-way driver in fatal I-275 crash in Tampa was drunk

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Sports

Fertile farm system should keep Pittsburgh Pirates competitive

The Pittsburgh Pirates' farm system, which is headquartered at Pirate City in Bradenton, now ranks among the best in the game. 40 minutes ago

• Nadal and Sharapova out at Indian Wells 7 minutes ago

• DiLacqua's mental approach pays off with big senior season 1 hour ago

• Top-ranked Gators get back to work Tuesday, eyeing a SEC Tournament title 48 minutes ago

• Seattle re-signs free agent DE Michael Bennett 3 hours ago

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Business

American Airlines says asset sales totaled $381 million

The CEO of American Airlines says his company is getting $381 million from selling takeoff and landing rights at New York's LaGuardia Airport and Reagan National Airport outside Washington. 51 minutes ago

• Disney World exec retiring, sparking hotel and transportation shakeup 2 hours ago

• Investor's Column: What do I do now? 1 hour ago

• Business briefs: Orange crop forecast drops 1 hour ago

• Ribbon cutting: Auto Go Mobile Service LLC 1 hour ago

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Opinion

• Kudos to Tesla Motors CEO for being environmentally friendly

• Put nutritional labels on beer, wine and all alcohol

• Carl Hiaasen: Florida's IQ exam fails test of justice

• Doyle McManus: Obama and the diplomacy pendulum

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Living

Polo Under the Palms in Lakewood Ranch

Polo Under the Palms, held Saturday at the Sarasota Polo Club, was created by Jamie Uihlein, whose family bought the property that is Lakewood Ranch and who fought and beat cancer with the help of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. ...

• 'Traditional and biblical' Cortez Road Baptist turns 50

• Seniors come to the YMCA for exercise, stay for the camaraderie 1 hour ago

• Parenting: Potty training solution works if you have patience 1 hour ago

• Graedons' Pharmacy: Special diet plus coconut controls Crohn's 1 hour ago

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Entertainment

'300' follow-up conquers box office with $45M

With their abs aglow, the fighters of "300: Rise of an Empire" dominated the box office with $45 million in the movie's opening weekend. 3 minutes ago

• Refurbished Pollock masterpiece goes on display 3 minutes ago

• South By Southwest: Secrets, spying, chef Watson 3 minutes ago

• Pistorius vomits during graphic testimony 7 minutes ago

• Miranda Lambert 'ready to rock' as she preps album 2 hours ago

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Lakewood Ranch

SMR Farms thrives among big growth in Lakewood Ranch

The farms at Lakewood Ranch owned by the developers of the master-planned community are thriving among all the residential and commercial growth. 1 hour ago

• A fourth Starbucks coming to University Park 1 hour ago

• Lakewood Ranch-based Center for Building Hope ventures into business world

• Journalism Next's Brandon Hyunh

• Bradenton's We The Kings builds music career

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