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Brenna Carmichael, motor vehicle theft, $1,500 bond

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on July 27, 2014

Some of the latest inmates booked at Manatee County jail Sunday, July 27, 2014.

Sports

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer delivers to the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 27, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Archer rankled by Ortiz, Bosox end TB's win streak

Chris Archer saved his brushback pitch for David Ortiz until after the game.

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The 41-year-old DeSoto Square mall will be up for auction from Tuesday through Thursday, and even with a high bidder the place could not exchange hands. Community members and experts believe it's time for DeSoto Square to be reimagined.

Opinion

Don Hall, deputy superintendent of operations, right, and Heather Jenkins, director of budget, left, address the Manatee County School Board and district administrators as they present a draft of the 2014-2015 budget during a board meeting on June 24, 2014.PAUL VIDELA/Bradenton Herald

Time for public to scour Manatee County school district budget

As the Manatee County school district moves into a new year, the preliminary budget holds several striking improvements that continue the recovery from financial mismanagement under the previous administration.

Living

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JULY 28 -- FILE - In this March 27, 2014 file photo is a marijuana vaporizer in Bloomington, Minn. After years of failed efforts, Minnesota lawmakers last session passed one of the nation’s strictest medical marijuana laws. Patients can only use a pill, liquid or vaporized form of the drug, and only those who suffer from eight illnesses. The state's real work has now begun, ranging from the mundane, like securing office space, to hiring a research director to help determine dosages and placing eight dispensaries across Minnesota.

Wanted: Manufacturers for new medical pot program

Dr. Marshall Brinton saw the headlines after Minnesota passed a medical marijuana law, looked around at the equipment in his old veterinary laboratory and thought: Yeah, I could do that.