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Youngsters reel in shark on Cortez fishing trip

Youngsters reel in shark on Cortez fishing trip 1 hour ago

• Despite website going dark, Manatee County's Henry Lawrence still running for Congress, treasurer says 2 hours ago

• Seats are being saved for Saturday's DeSoto Heritage Festival Grand Parade 1 hour ago

• ShotSpotter speaker impresses Bradenton City Council 1 hour ago

• Symetra Tour | Tough course awaits plethora of budding stars 1 hour ago

Local News

Final witnesses called in hearing for suspended Manatee assistant superintendent Robert Gagnon

Attorney Richard Reinhart hammered Manatee School District investigator Troy Pumphrey for the better part of three hours Wednesday over his inquiry into the Rod Frazier case. 1 hour ago

• ShotSpotter speaker impresses Bradenton City Council 1 hour ago

• Manatee Urban Service Area ordinance now effective after challenge dropped 1 hour ago

• Former Bradenton Herald building sold for $3.3M to Jupiter real estate company 1 hour ago

• Bradenton Save-A-Lot project in peril because of developer's demands 1 hour ago

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Crime

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on April 23, 2014

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

• Final witnesses called in hearing for suspended Manatee assistant superintendent Robert Gagnon 1 hour ago

• Crime rate in Manatee drops 3.6 percent in 2013 1 hour ago

• Sarasota woman, 27, arrested after husband shot near school

• Sarasota children turn tables on 4 burglary suspects

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Sports

Seattle to play host to Green Bay in NFL opener

Picking up where they left off in February, the two teams in Super Bowl XLVIII, Seattle and Denver, open the 2014 NFL season with blockbuster games. 1 hour ago

• Heat go up 2-0, hold off Bobcats 101-97 14 minutes ago

• Symetra Tour | Tough course awaits plethora of budding stars 1 hour ago

• Prep track and field | Lakewood Ranch girls collect more gold at Class 3A region meet 1 hour ago

• Prep baseball | Veteran foursome leads Bayshore past Southeast in 5A-10 semifinal 1 hour ago

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Business

O'Reilly Auto Parts buys Bradenton property for store

O'Reilly Auto Parts spends $550,000 to purchase land for new Bradenton store. O'Reilly's new store is part of a Florida expansion that is expected to open in the late summer. 1 hour ago

• Risque names reap rewards for some companies 29 minutes ago

• Sarasota Memorial CEO resigns to take bigger leadership post 1 hour ago

• Manatee Urban Service Area ordinance now effective after challenge dropped 1 hour ago

• Business briefs: Bridges to Careers offers open house in Bradenton 2 hours ago

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Opinion

• To Florida Legislature, move on vacation rentals, juvenile detention bills

• Affordable Care Act not attracting high enrollment 1 hour ago

• Federal government violates Constitution in Nevada cattle grazing case 1 hour ago

• DCF working hard to improve state's child welfare system 1 hour ago

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Living

Chowder can hold its own for a meal

A good chowder is a simple and delicious one-pot meal. It is almost certainly a culinary discovery from New England, but it has long roots with the French and English settlers, many who were fishermen, and Native Americans.

• Turn your leftover Easter eggs into Scotch eggs

• Walk away from this pulled pork to make it better

• E-cigs closer off limits now for Florida minors 1 hour ago

• Texas quarantine expanded for citrus disease

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Entertainment

John Legend performs at Van Wezel in Sarasota

R&B star John Legend performs a sold-out show in Sarasota. 1 hour ago

• Stomp comes to Tampa's Straz Center 1 hour ago

• Avenged Sevenfold headlines Tampa's 98Rockfest 1 hour ago

• Indian film stars, Bollywood Oscars come to Tampa 1 hour ago

• A sluggish slog through the Hungarian Holocaust 1 hour ago

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Lakewood Ranch

Willowbrook construction completion date still unclear

An anticipated completion date for Willowbrook construction is yet to be determined. 1 hour ago

• Incumbents not rushing to file for LWR election 1 hour ago

• 3 Lakewood Ranch High musicians to perform at Sarasota Music Club luncheon

• Onsite leasing begins at new Creekside Apartments in Lakewood Ranch

• Katherine Harris rallies Manatee for upcoming Pentathlon World Cup Finals

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