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People bundle up for sunrise Easter services Sunday at the Mosaic Amphitheater on Bradenton's Riverwalk.RICHARD DYMOND/Bradenton Herald

Spirits soar at sunrise Easter service on Bradenton Riverwalk

A crowd estimated at 500 attend a chilly sunrise Sunday Easter service.

Crime

Christian Garcia, resisting arrest, $500 bond.

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

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

Sports

Montreal Canadiens' Tomas Plekanec, centre, celebrates with teammates Brandon Prust, right, and Brendan Gallagher after scoring against the Tampa Bay Lightning during third period NHL Stanley Cup hockey playoff action in Montreal, Sunday, April 20, 2014.

Canadiens grab 3-0 series lead with 3-2 win

The Montreal Canadiens looked as if they would cruise to an easy win when Rene Bourque scored only 11 seconds into the game. 12 minutes ago

Business

Danielle Garrow of Lakewood Ranch is opening a boutique called MalibuFox in the University Park Center in June. Garrow also designs her own clothing line and Nieman Marcus has ordered her clothes for a run. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/Bradenton Herald

MalibuFox designer featured in Neiman Marcus to open University Park boutique

Women's boutique MalibuFox planning to open in June on University Parkway in Manatee County by a Lakewood Ranch woman who has had her clothing featured in Neiman Marcus.

Opinion

FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. An Internet connection, a tax return form and a stolen identity are enough to fuel a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise that has proven too pervasive to stop. Thanks in part to technological simplicity and controls that struggle to keep pace with the crime, thieves are pocketing billions of dollars in stolen federal tax refunds. Over the last year, the IRS paid out $4 billion in bogus tax refunds to fraudsters using someone else’s personal information.

Despite government claim, tax return fraud still too costly

Finally a government official admits it.

Living

Cuba moves to end condom shortage by selling stock with ‘wrong expiration dates’

Hoping to resolve a shortage of condoms that has sparked complaints around Cuba, the island’s public health system has approved the sale of more than one million prophylactics with apparently expired dates.

Entertainment

The new Feld Enterainment Studios facility in Palmetto.2014 Feld Entertainment

Feld Entertainment's move to Palmetto nearly complete

Feld Entertainment has nearly completed its move into its Palmetto headquarters

Lakewood Ranch

The choir sings during Easter services Sunday at Harvest United Methodist Church in Lakewood Ranch.RICHARD DYMOND/Bradenton Herald

Lakewood Ranch Harvest draws 2,000 for Easter Sunday

Two thousand people attend four services at Harvest United Methodist Church in Lakewood Ranch.

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