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Volunteers on Sunday evening excavated a sea turtle nest near the Club Bamboo resort on Bradenton Beach and found evidence that 112 baby loggerheads had hatched and crawled to the Gulf of Mexico; another eight eggs did not hatch.
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VIDEO | Volunteers excavate first sea turtle nest of 2014 on Anna Maria Island

Volunteers with Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and beach-goers gathered Sunday for the excavation...

Local News

Walkers stroll along the Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach.
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Bradenton Beach commission OKs pier reconstruction contract

Bradenton Beach officials approve a contract for the long-awaited pier reconstruction project and approve a new city clerk pro tempore.

Crime

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on July 21, 2014

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

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.

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. 54 minutes ago

Keys businesses aren't quite ready to start marketing the islands as a destination for same-sex marriages, but they are closely watching for the results of a lawsuit filed by two Key West bartenders denied a married license in April.

Entertainment

This photo taken Wednesday, July 2, 2014, and released Monday, July 21, 2014, to mark Prince George's first birthday, shows Britain's Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince during a visit to the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London.

Big milestone for Britain's little prince

The palace is releasing special pictures, the Royal Mint is striking a commemorative coin and newspapers are publishing glowing tributes. 3 minutes ago