Bradenton.com: News http://www.bradenton.com/news/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Bradenton.com en-us Copyright 2008 Bradenton.com News 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:29:44 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@bradenton.com Pope apologizes for clergy sexual abuse http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/746055.html http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/746055.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:03 EDT Pope Benedict XVI said he was "deeply sorry' for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Catholic clergy, delivering a strongly-worded apology Saturday that described their acts as evil and a grave betrayal of trust. Crane collapses at Houston refinery, killing 4 http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/747765.html http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/747765.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:28 EDT Hitting the ground with enough force to lift a worker off the ground, one of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others. FBI: Soccer team members help subdue man on flight http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/748035.html http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/748035.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:23 EDT An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said. Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/748265.html http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/748265.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:58 EDT Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games. Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/746518.html http://www.bradenton.com/449/story/746518.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:58 EDT President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more U.S. troops home from the war, a dramatic shift from the administration's once-ironclad unwillingness to talk about any kind of deadline or timetable. State agency fires worker in attempted ID theft http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/747980.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/747980.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:08 EDT The Department of Business and Professional Regulation is notifying 150 people that they should check their credit reports. Leaping sturgeon strikes fishermen in Florida http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/748120.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/748120.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:13 EDT Two north Florida fisherman say they fell victim to a leaping sturgeon during a recent excursion on the Yellow River. Florida's June unemployment rate is 5.5 percent http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746065.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746065.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:21 EDT Florida's preliminary June unemployment rate of 5.5 percent was down slightly from a revised May figure but is still the second-highest in more than five years, state officials said Friday. Fort Myers police officer shot, killed http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746162.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746162.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:08 EDT Authorities said a Fort Myers police officer was killed after responding to a downtown disturbance. No one picks correct Fantasy 5 http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746329.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746329.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:45 EDT No tickets matched all five "Fantasy 5" numbers, meaning the 242 tickets with four numbers correct are worth $1,006.50 each, the Florida Lottery said Friday. Search for Orlando girl perplexes authorities http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746408.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746408.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:48 EDT Sheriff's deputies used cadaver-sniffing dogs to search Friday for a 2-year-old Florida girl who mysteriously vanished more than a month ago, trying to determine what happened to the toddler whose mother was arrested after she came to police this week to report the disappearance. 5 prison guards charged with smuggling drugs http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746608.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746608.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:54 EDT Five guards at a Miami-Dade County prison are charged with smuggling drugs into the facility. 10 monkeys captured, 5 missing in central Florida http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/747859.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/747859.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:03 EDT How many wildlife trappers does it take to catch 15 monkeys running loose in central Florida? Disney guard can't go back to work http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/748055.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/748055.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:48 EDT A former Disney World security guard will not be allowed to go back to work while the court tries to decide whether Disney has the right to ban employees from keeping guns locked in their vehicles. Jacksonville man survives after falling off bridge into river http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746051.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746051.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07 EDT A Jacksonville man survived after tumbling 80-feet over the Acosta Bridge, plummeting into the murky waters of the St. Johns River. Officer fired for demanding free coffee http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746094.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746094.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:17 EDT An internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused. Oldest manatee in captivity turns 60 in Bradenton http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746213.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746213.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:23 EDT The oldest living manatee in captivity will celebrate his 60th birthday at the South Florida Museum's Parker Manatee Aquarium in Bradenton. Fla. police officer, suspect killed in shooting http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746339.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746339.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:13 EDT A former missionary turned police officer was shot and killed along with a suspect after police were called to a disturbance outside a downtown nightclub early Friday. Tribe, Crist ask gambling case reconsideration http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746427.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746427.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:50 EDT The Seminole Tribe and Gov. Charlie Crist want the Florida Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that invalidated a deal expanding gambling at Indian casinos. Cotton farmers face a formidable foe http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746643.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746643.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:05 EDT It's only a few months into the cotton growing season, but already the budding rows of cotton are dwarfed by towering weeds that starve them of sunlight, nutrients and water. Teacher jailed for throwing keg party http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/747876.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/747876.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:08 EDT A former space coast elementary teacher will spend 30 days in jail for hosting a keg party for teenagers. Man sentenced to life for son's death http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/748064.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/748064.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:58 EDT An Ocala man convicted of beating his 5-year-old son to death has been sentenced to life in prison. Woman identified in Tampa small plane crash http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/745395.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/745395.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:25 EDT Authorities say a woman who died in a small plane crash east of Tampa was a cancer patient who was being flown home after being treated at an area hospital. Pot found in toddler's lunch box http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746061.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746061.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:22 EDT Port Charlotte preschool teachers were looking through a two-year-old student's lunch box for a snack and found drugs instead. Elida weakens to tropical storm http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/744274.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/744274.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:17 EDT Tropical Storm Fausto has neared hurricane strength early Friday in the Pacific, while Elida lost its hurricane status. Fort Myers police officer shot, killed http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746160.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746160.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:55 EDT Authorities say a Fort Myers police officer was killed after responding to a downtown disturbance. Jail staff cleared of wrongdoing in inmate's death http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746221.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746221.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:17 EDT An internal investigation has cleared Pinellas County jail staff of any wrongdoing in the death of an inmate. Fla. keeps gator farms full by culling wild nests http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746341.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746341.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:00 EDT It's 7 a.m. in the marsh, and like some sort of cigar-chomping swamp cowboy, biologist Lindsey Hord is about to reach for something that could cost him a few fingers - or worse - if he's not careful. Panel recommends reprimand for Fla. judge http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746607.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/746607.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:38 EDT A Florida appellate judge should be publicly reprimanded for criticizing a colleague in a written opinion, a panel recommended Friday in a first-of-its-kind case. Bertha strengthens back to hurricane http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/747816.html http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/747816.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:48 EDT Forecasters say Bertha has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane in the open Atlantic, but poses no threat to land. Schools: We erred on murder suspect's prior arrest http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/748222.html http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/748222.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:54 EDT Manatee County School District officials admitted Friday they erred in their response to a 2007 arrest of a high school football player now accused of murder. Missing boy found after 12-year search http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/748210.html http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/748210.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:52 EDT With the help of a tip to a national investigation center and an age-projection image based on a 12-year-old photograph, a Sarasota boy who disappeared with his mother during a custody dispute in the mid-1990s was found this week living under an assumed name in north-central Alabama, a Sarasota police spokesman said Friday. Offshore drilling vote? That rests with Pelosi http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/748223.html http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/748223.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:54 EDT A plan to lift the ban on coastal drilling is stalled on Capitol Hill, for one simple reason: A Californian who opposes President Bush's proposal is calling the shots in the House of Representatives.