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Manatee County Animal Services adoptable animals of the week, June 18, 2013. Please give us a second chance to live and love. Adopt, transfer or foster us today!

PHOTO GALLERY | Adoptable cats of the week, June 18, 2013

Manatee County Animal Services adoptable animals of the week, June 18, 2013. Please give us a second...

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Roadside signs advertise the issues to be decided in Tuesday's election. SARA KENNEDY/Bradenton Herald

Manatee voters reject sales tax hike to pay for health care

Manatee voters overwhelming rejected a proposed half-cent increase in the sales tax to finance health care for the poor during a special election Tuesday...

Crime

Alonzo Hatcher, probation violation, $200 bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on June 19, 2013

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

Sports

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price works against the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Rays' David Price to make rehab start Friday at McKechnie Field

Rays manager Joe Maddon says it will be a short outing against the Bradenton Marauders as Price sees his first game action since May 15. The game starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday. 2 hours ago

Business

Tarpon Point Grill will continue to operate as it goes through a dispute with the City of Bradenton and its landlord, R. Scott Tibbetts, after news that they were threatened to be shut down caught owner Bruce Bottorff and manager Kelly Gotha by surprise. The restaurant plans to install eight additional restrooms, pending permits signed by Tibbetts. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

Bradenton's Tarpon Pointe stays open despite landlord-tenant dispute

A battle is brewing over Tarpon Pointe Grill's tenant rights.

Opinion

Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Michael Bennett, standing at center, talks with Manatee County Canvassing Board members Commissioner Larry Bustle, left, and Judge Mark Singer at the elections office Tuesday night. PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

Editorial | Manatee County's message on sales tax referendum failed to inspire voters

Manatee County voters spoke loud and clear on Tuesday by thrashing the referendum on a half-cent sales tax increase to pay for indigent health care.

Living

(KRT8) KRT FOOD STORY SLUGGED: OLIVEOIL KRT PHOTO BY NICK KOON/ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER (July 24) Extra virgin olive oil is poured over herbed goat cheese. The taste of extra virgin olive oils varies by season, harvest time and growing region and can be tasted like fine wines to pick the best. (OC) AP PL KD 2000 (Vert) (gsb) (Additional photos available on KRT Direct, KRT/PressLink or upon request) -- NO MAGS, NO SALES --

De-mystifying olive oil

Olive oil is the staff of life to people in the Mediterranean and every nation that borders that great sea makes olive oil and each claims theirs is the best.

Entertainment

FILE - This Sept. 21, 2003 file photo shows actors Edie Falco, left, and James Gandolfini with the awards they won for outstanding lead actress and actor in a drama series for their work on The Sopranos at the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. HBO and the managers for Gandolfini say the actor died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Italy. He was 51.

Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" helped create one of TV's greatest drama series... 23 minutes ago

Lakewood Ranch

Cars drive through the intersection of State Road 70 and Tara Boulevard on Tuesday. A new red light camera at this location is being activated. PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

Manatee County activates more red-light cameras

Manatee County added four new red light cameras on Tuesday after the commission meeting. The county is planning on adding at least one more additional...

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