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Lakewood Ranch celebrates being Irish in style at festival

Lakewood Ranch celebrates being Irish in style during the third annual Irish Celtic Festival in Central Park.

• Our Neighborhoods | Central Park in Lakewood Ranch at 'center of universe'

• Some reasons to be grateful for Ireland on St. Patrick's Day

• Q and A: Bradenton's Paul Azinger discusses, Tiger, the future of the game and his own playing career

• Man struck, robbed while picking up girlfriend's dog

Local News

Mannix About Manatee: Turning Points, One Stop Center vital agency

City Council needs to let Turning Points/One Stop Center continue doing its admirable job for homeless, needy.

• 5 superstar women honored by Bradenton women's group

• Our Neighborhoods | Central Park in Lakewood Ranch at 'center of universe'

• Kids fly to finish line in Bradenton's Leprechaun, Shamrock races

• Lakewood Ranch celebrates being Irish in style at festival

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Crime

Gunmen beat, rob man in Bradenton home invasion

Three gunmen beat and robbed a man during a home invasion robbery early Sunday, according Bradenton police.

• Man robbed in Bradenton after catching ride with strangers

• Bradenton woman charged with stabbing husband during fight

• 477 child deaths: How Florida preserved families but lost kids

• Innocent Lost: Maliyah Gartrell

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Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates | Turnaround artist Clint Hurdle vows to 'live it on the edge'

There's a picture of manager Clint Hurdle hanging in the Pittsburgh Pirates' clubhouse at McKechnie Field.

• Q and A: Bradenton's Paul Azinger discusses, Tiger, the future of the game and his own playing career

• Commentary | NFL math proves DRC made good decision, Revis is a genius

• Florida wears down Tennessee 56-49 in SEC semis

• Outdoors | Use kayaks, unconventional tactics to target fish in springtime

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Business

Wind power line proposal irks some Midwest farmers

The windy plains of Kansas could be a treasure trove in the nation's effort to harness clean energy, but a major proposal to move wind-generated electricity eastward is running into a roadblock: Farmers who don't want high-power transmission lines... 4 minutes ago

• RWE to sell oil production unit to LetterOne Group 4 minutes ago

• Allianz to buy business from Italy's UnipolSai 4 minutes ago

• Fetching 'Peabody & Sherman' top box office 4 minutes ago

• Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba gears for US IPO 4 minutes ago

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Opinion

Put more Sunshine into U.S. Senate campaigns

Today marks the beginning of Sunshine Week, the nationwide annual call for greater open government so citizens, voters and taxpayers can keep track of money in politics and other transparency issues.

• Reality on Obamacare myths

• Senseless to invade tribal nations opposed to democracy

• U.S. withdrawal will pluck defeat from the jaws of victory

• Gov. Askew led Florida in many positive developments

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Living

Hall of Famer Schmidt recovering from skin cancer

Mike Schmidt sat down at a picnic table beyond the left-field wall on a sunny morning at Bright House Field, then scooted over to seek the shade of some palm trees and a light tower. 4 minutes ago

• Patient drugs killed nurse at Michigan hospital 9 minutes ago

• EMTs go high-tech to save time, money 15 minutes ago

• EXCHANGE: Motorcycle accident won't keep man down 40 minutes ago

• Newtown struggles to meet mental health demand 1 hour ago

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Entertainment

Bradenton welcomes Sarasota Film Festival

Ever since the Manatee Performing Arts Center opened last year, there's been talk about it becoming the Bradenton home of the Sarasota Film Festival.

• 'Daddy Long Legs' delights in Sarasota

• Some reasons to be grateful for Ireland on St. Patrick's Day

• Best-sellers: March 16

• For some ambitious scribes, it's blog today, book tomorrow

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Lakewood Ranch

Our Neighborhoods | Central Park in Lakewood Ranch at 'center of universe'

Neighborhood Profile featuring Lakewood Ranch's newest community to the North of SR 70, Central Park, which is almost sold to capacity.

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• ArtCenter Manatee brings fine art to life in Lakewood Ranch

• Whiskey festival coming to Sarasota

• Out-of-Door Academy Banyan Bash

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