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Woman dies after crashing minivan into St. Petersburg pond, landing on submerged car

A woman died early Monday after she drove her minivan into a retention pond off 28th Street North near Roosevelt Boulevard, authorities said.

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

• Newtown gunman's dad opens up in magazine article 29 minutes ago

• Stolen passports probed in Malaysian plane mystery 20 minutes ago

• Florida's orange crop reduced this growing season

Local News

21st Anna Maria Island Tour of Homes set Saturday

Anna Maria Island Tour of Homes

• Manatee's Neal Preserve opens to the public April 9

• Weather alert: Cold front heading towards Bradenton, Tampa Bay

• Gallery | Manatee Sheriff's Office diver never knows what he will find

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

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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.

• Defiant Justin Bieber answers questions in Miami civil lawsuit 42 minutes ago

• BPD stymied in robbery of Bradenton victim 1 hour ago

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

• Mothers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis join Al Sharpton in fight against 'stand your ground'

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Sports

Starter Charlie Morton has found a home with Pittsburgh Pirates

On the day he was traded away from the organization that drafted and had begun developing him, Charlie Morton received a phone call.

• Baltimore Orioles come to Bradenton to take on Pittsburgh Pirates

• USF expected to introduce UCLA's Mark Harlan as athletic director

• Commentary | Tampa Bay Buccaneers expect to be active in free agency

• Keselowski edges Junior on last lap in Las Vegas

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Business

Thavma Bikram Yoga burning up in Lakewood Ranch

Thavma Bikram Yoga, which opened in the Lakewood Ranch Gateway shopping plaza Feb. 28, is a marriage of gym and spa. When Marina Bourantonis opened her yoga studio, she wanted to blow customers away with an upscale feel and stellar customer service.

• 21st Anna Maria Island Tour of Homes set Saturday

• Anna Maria Island Home Tour

• Disney World exec retiring, sparking hotel and transportation shakeup

• Florida political arms race revealed in 'small' election

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Opinion

• Kudos to Tesla Motors CEO for being environmentally friendly

• Put nutritional labels on beer, wine and all alcohol

• McClatchy cartoons for the week of 3/7/14 3 hours ago

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

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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

• Colorado collects $2M in recreational pot taxes 15 minutes ago

• Insurers OK third-party payers through Nov. 15 15 minutes ago

• Holder: Heroin an urgent 'public health crisis' 48 minutes ago

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Entertainment

Pistorius vomits during graphic testimony

Hunched over, vomiting into a bucket by his feet and retching loudly, Oscar Pistorius was vividly reminded at his murder trial Monday of the gruesome injuries he inflicted on his girlfriend when a pathologist described how the Olympian fatally shot... 15 minutes ago

• Rodriguez gives it to viewers straight with El Rey 23 minutes ago

• George Saunders wins Folio Prize for literature 23 minutes ago

• Officer sues over Whitney Houston fallout 23 minutes ago

• Miranda Lambert 'ready to rock' as she preps album 23 minutes ago

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Lakewood Ranch

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

A move into the business world helps Lakewood Ranch nonprofit provide free services to people dealing with cancer.

• Journalism Next's Brandon Hyunh

• Bradenton's We The Kings builds music career

• Women are empowered at International Women's Day celebration in Lakewood Ranch

• 'Leaning Tower of Pizza' can creation is award winner for Manatee architects

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