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Lakewood Ranch celebrates being Irish in style at festival

Lakewood Ranch celebrates being Irish in style during the third annual Irish Celtic Festival in Central Park.

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• Some reasons to be grateful for Ireland on St. Patrick's Day

• Q and A: Bradenton's Paul Azinger discusses, Tiger, the future of the game and his own playing career

• Man struck, robbed while picking up girlfriend's dog

Local News

Mannix About Manatee: Turning Points, One Stop Center vital agency

City Council needs to let Turning Points/One Stop Center continue doing its admirable job for homeless, needy. 2 hours ago

• 5 superstar women honored by Bradenton women's group

• Our Neighborhoods | Central Park in Lakewood Ranch at 'center of universe'

• Kids fly to finish line in Bradenton's Leprechaun, Shamrock races

• Lakewood Ranch celebrates being Irish in style at festival

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Crime

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on March 15, 2014

The latest arrivals at Manatee County jail.

• Gunmen beat, rob man in Bradenton home invasion 46 minutes ago

• Man robbed in Bradenton after catching ride with strangers 2 hours ago

• Bradenton woman charged with stabbing husband during fight 2 hours ago

• 477 child deaths: How Florida preserved families but lost kids 2 hours ago

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Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates | Turnaround artist Clint Hurdle vows to 'live it on the edge'

There's a picture of manager Clint Hurdle hanging in the Pittsburgh Pirates' clubhouse at McKechnie Field.

• Q and A: Bradenton's Paul Azinger discusses, Tiger, the future of the game and his own playing career

• Commentary | NFL math proves DRC made good decision, Revis is a genius

• Florida wears down Tennessee 56-49 in SEC semis

• Outdoors | Use kayaks, unconventional tactics to target fish in springtime

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Business

US goes high-tech to help oversee Afghan aid work

The main U.S. foreign assistance agency wants to step up use of smartphones, satellite imagery and GPS cameras to oversee tax-funded development projects in Afghanistan that aid workers no longer will be able to observe firsthand as American troops... 6 minutes ago

• Allianz to buy business from Italy's UnipolSai 6 minutes ago

• Missing plane throws spotlight on passport theft 6 minutes ago

• 3 pieces of evidence point to jet's takeover 6 minutes ago

• German minister seeks tougher rules for tax cheats 6 minutes ago

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Opinion

Put more Sunshine into U.S. Senate campaigns

Today marks the beginning of Sunshine Week, the nationwide annual call for greater open government so citizens, voters and taxpayers can keep track of money in politics and other transparency issues.

• Reality on Obamacare myths

• Senseless to invade tribal nations opposed to democracy

• U.S. withdrawal will pluck defeat from the jaws of victory

• Gov. Askew led Florida in many positive developments

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Living

Former Boston Mayor Menino has advanced cancer

Former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has been diagnosed with an advanced form of an unknown cancer, the Boston Globe reported. 6 minutes ago

• UNL to host nutrition science retreat in April 3 hours ago

• NC effort aims to collect meds, prevent poisonings

• Business group: No jobless aid for fired pot users

• Hot Property: DiCaprio buys a renovated Palm Springs estate

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Entertainment

Bradenton welcomes Sarasota Film Festival

Ever since the Manatee Performing Arts Center opened last year, there's been talk about it becoming the Bradenton home of the Sarasota Film Festival.

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• For some ambitious scribes, it's blog today, book tomorrow

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Lakewood Ranch

Our Neighborhoods | Central Park in Lakewood Ranch at 'center of universe'

Neighborhood Profile featuring Lakewood Ranch's newest community to the North of SR 70, Central Park, which is almost sold to capacity.

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• ArtCenter Manatee brings fine art to life in Lakewood Ranch

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