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Children line up for lunch Monday at a converted school bus parked in Lincoln Park in Palmetto. Manatee County School District converted the school bus to feed hungry children.
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Retrofitted school bus serves hungry Manatee children lunch

Halfway through the summer, the converted and decorated school bus is feeding hungry kids from all over Manatee County.

Crime

William Valladares Soler, probation violation, $1,500 bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on July 22, 2014

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail. 3 hours ago

Autistic twin men locked up in Maryland home 1 hour ago
Man convicted of enslaving woman gets 30 years 2 hours ago
Police: Tampa boy killed in crash, did not fall from car 3 hours ago
Sarasota police: Video shows public safety danger along MLK Way

Sports

IMG Academy football players Miki Fifita, left, and Mirko Jurkovic, right, gather Monday with Chris Weinke, director of the IMG's Madden Football Academy in Bradenton.PROVIDED PHOTO

IMG Academy's top linemen commit to Nebraska and Oregon State

The summer offseason continues to be a great haul for IMG Academy's football team in the amount of college commitments its players have racked up.

Business

Attorneys Michael J. Prohidney, left, and Jesse Tilden work at their firm's offices at 431 12th St. W. in downtown Bradenton. Their firm, Tilden, Prohidney & DiPasquale, is on the verge of a move to larger accommodations inside the same building.
PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

Downtown Bradenton leasing more office space

A vacancy climate that gave some of Bradenton's biggest office properties the feel of ghost towns just a few years ago may soon see office lobby directories filling with names again.

Opinion

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a recording of nationwide TV address at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow early Monday, July 21, 2014. Putin has lambasted those who use the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for "mercenary objectives," the Kremlin said Monday. In a statement posted on the Kremlin website, Putin again lashed out at Ukraine for ongoing violence with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern part of the country. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Trudy Rubin: After plane horror, Europe must stand up to Putin

Vladimir Putin has become a global menace.

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Entertainment

A New York City Police officer carries a bag with a white flag that was removed from atop the Brooklyn Bridge, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Two large American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge were replaced sometime during the night with white banners. Police crime scene and intelligence detectives were investigating how the flags were switched out on the famed span that connects Brooklyn and Manhattan, and there were no reports of suspicious activity, police said.

Police probing Brooklyn Bridge flag switch

Two large American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge — one of New York City's most heavily secured landmarks — were replaced sometime during the night with white banners that were spotted Tuesday morning fluttering in the wind. 3 minutes ago