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'43 Willys arrives 'home' in Bradenton to honor WWII vets

The dwindling number of Manatee and Sarasota World War II survivors get a special gift from a Bradenton car dealership.

• SANCA names two new board members

• It Works! Global gives $25,000 to Vitale for V Foundation

• Bradenton Smooth Jazz Expo set for this weekend

• Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics vaults into the big time

Local News

Manatee School Board candidates respond to texts between Mills, Cantrell

Manatee School Board candidates react to text messages discussions between Superintendent Rick Mills and District 5 candidate Mary Cantrell.

• Manatee County Area Transit to offer free bus rides on election days

• Waste haulers seek chance to bid on Manatee County's estimated $140 million business

• No charges will be filed against Sugg Middle School coach accused of touching students

• Peruvian restaurant Maemi coming to University Park

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Crime

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on July 29, 2014

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

• Bond set at $1 million each for suspects in slaying of 17-year-old girl at Bradenton movie theater

• No charges will be filed against Sugg Middle School coach accused of touching students

• Jailed Manatee man charged in theft of $20,000 in jewelry from Parrish woman

• Bradenton cyclist charged with holding crack pipe

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Sports

Cobb strikes out 12, Rays win 5-1

Alex Cobb pitched, Ben Zobrist hit and the Tampa Bay Rays won again.

• Commentary | Tampa Bay Bucs' Alterraun Verner avoids Darrelle Revis comparison

• Prep football | IMG Academy boasts four Division I commits on offensive line

• Florida Junior Cup | North rises again despite Philip Knowles' 3-0-0 performance

• Byron Scott sees swift title contention for Lakers 7 minutes ago

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Business

It Works! Global gives $25,000 to Vitale for V Foundation

It WORKS! donates $25,000 to the V Foundation.

• Peruvian restaurant Maemi coming to University Park

• Business briefs: Panera to hold job fair for Sarasota County openings

• Faces in business: James Reash

• L'Occitane, Charlotte Russe to open stores in Mall at University Town Center

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Opinion

Bradenton's Village of the Arts continues upward trajectory

Sometimes simple measures mean the world to neighborhood improvement. In the case of Village of the Arts, a small boundary extension would pay big dividends.

• Minimum wage for Social Security recipients, too

• What can you for for your country? Vote for GOP

• 'Black Dog Syndrome': Don't judge a pooch by his color

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Living

MD2U brings 'concierge-like' medical care to Bradenton's homebound

MD2U has just come to the Bradenton and Sarasota area for home-bound patients.

• Many bid farewell to Corcuera, leaving Healthy Start for Manatee Health Dept.

• Dallas-area doctor convicted of health care fraud

• Giants RB Jennings remembers "fat kid"

• Still sparkling: Ellenton woman celebrates 105th birthday Saturday

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Entertainment

'Sharknado' sequel has bite and lots of laughs

Don't worry about me. The Sharknado Evacuation map supplied by Syfy network places me, as a resident of Lower Manhattan, smack in the zone most in peril this sharknado season. But I'll be ready.

• Father, son work on Mississippi monument

• Lincoln, Civil War exhibit to open

• Dining Guide: July 24-30

• Fox won't air men's retry of failed Knievel jump

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Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics vaults into the big time

Lakewood Ranch Gymnastics moves into a new $1.8 million facility as its student population grows.

• Peruvian restaurant Maemi coming to University Park

• L'Occitane, Charlotte Russe to open stores in Mall at University Town Center

• It Works! Global gives $25,000 to Vitale for V Foundation

• SANCA names two new board members

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