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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...

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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.

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Commentary | Palmetto Little League's softball team continues historic run

Opinion

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2012 file photo, Todd Akin, then a Missouri Republican Senate candidate, campaigns in Florissant, Mo. Akin, whose “legitimate rape” comments during the 2012 U.S. Senate campaign were roundly criticized now says he was wrong to apologize. Akin says in a new book that his remarks on whether abortion should be legal in cases of rape were taken out of context and led to his “political assassination” and betrayal by GOP allies. Akin lost to Democrat Claire McCaskill.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: GOP can't get out of its own way

So, Todd Akin is back and he's talking rape again.

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 provided by courtesy of Mattel, Inc. shows a detail of the "Hot Wheels Life-Sized Darth Vader Car." When it comes to designing the highly coveted collectible toys for sale at Comic-Con, the annual celebration of pop culture lifting off Thursday, July 24, 2014, in San Diego, the sky's the limit for the designers at Mattel. Fittingly, the building where Mattel's dreamers conceive of their limited-edition playthings is just down the street from the Los Angeles International Airport.

Star Wars Car, a Doomsday doll: Toys of Comic-Con

When it comes to designing coveted collectible toys for sale at Comic-Con, the annual celebration of pop culture lifting off Thursday in San Diego, the sky's the limit for the designers at Mattel. Fittingly, the building where Mattel's dreamers conceive... 36 minutes ago