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Lilly Sanchez holds up lotto tickets she purchased including a Powerball ticket seeking a payout of around $475 million, Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The prize is the third largest in lottery history, and the winning numbers will be drawn on Saturday.

Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

A little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory.

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Budget woes to shutter Central High School; students will attend neighborhood schools

Central High School's 230 students will be transferred into their neighborhood schools. The move is expected to save the district $1.4 million.

Crime

Higinio Aguilar, violation of domestic injunction, no bond.

PHOTO GALLERY l Inmates booked into the Manatee County jail on May 18, 2013

Some of the inmates booked into the Manatee County jail on May 18, 2013.

Sports

Dick Vitale, left, speaks during a press conference held at the 8th Annual Dick Vitale Gala Benefiting The V Foundation at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. Looking on at right is Bill Self. PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

Commentary | Dick Vitale marks another victory in fight against cancer

Sports celebrities from across the country came at their own expense to donate to a worthy cause and share a night of laughter and tears.

Business

Dave Russell, owner of Rotten Ralph's, center, is assisted by employees as they move walls of a portable refrigeration unit from the restaurant on the Bradenton Beach City Pier.GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

Bradenton Beach sinks Rotten Ralph's

Bradenton Beach commission votes to terminate lease for restaurant on pier.

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Work is nearing completion at IMG Academy's new residence hall. A ribbon cutting is scheduled for late May to celebrate the newest addition to the campus, and the official opening date listed by IMG Academy is June 1. Tandem Construction is the project builder and Fawley Bryant Architects designed the building. PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

IMG Academy no 'turkey,' deserves state aid for its value to economy

IMG Academy, a global sports performance juggernaut deserves state assistance in order to attract additional events from around the country and world...

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We don't need to be afraid of other people

A good portion of the problems we deal with every day have to do with our interactions with other people. But not everyone is nice.

Entertainment

A visitor views the photography of Arne Svenson on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Julie Saul Gallery in New York. Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are upset over the exhibition by Svenson who secretly made their pictures from his window across the street.

NYers furious over photos taken through windows

In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple ...

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USF Sarasota-Manatee sponsors STEM summit for middle-school girls

The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus will be host its fourth annual STEM Summit on Saturday.

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