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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

Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.

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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

Lakeisha Garvin, criminal mishchief, $1,000 bond.

PHOTO GALLERY | Inmates booked in at Manatee jail on May 17, 2013

Some of the latest arrivals at the Manatee County jail.

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.

Opinion

Coquina Beach is one of several pristine beaches on Anna Maria Island. GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

Manatee County, Florida tourism breaking visitor records

Cha-ching! Manatee County enjoyed a sterling 2012 as almost 3 million people visited our fine slice of paradise, a sweet increase of 3.9 percent over...

Living

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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