Bradenton.com: Breaking News http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Bradenton.com en-us Copyright 2008 Bradenton.com Breaking News 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:24:06 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@bradenton.com Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746319.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746319.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:23 EDT The price of oil recorded its biggest weekly drop ever, and a gallon of gas finally pulled back from its record high. So is it time to declare the energy bubble popped? Pope apologizes for clergy sex abuse in Australia http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746055.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746055.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:08 EDT Pope Benedict XVI used some of the strongest language yet in his apology Saturday for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy, but his words were just more of the same for the victims. Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746518.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/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. 5 prison guards charged with drug-smuggling http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748255.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748255.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35 EDT MIAMI - Five guards at a Miami-Dade County prison are charged with smuggling drugs into the facility. Credit theft warning issued http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748253.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748253.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35 EDT TALLAHASSEE - The Department of Business and Professional Regulation is notifying 150 people that they should check their credit reports. Teacher jailed for keg party for teens http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748252.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748252.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35 EDT MELBOURNE - A former space coast elementary teacher will spend 30 days in jail for hosting a keg party for teenagers. Guard barred from Disney return http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748250.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748250.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35 EDT ORLANDO - 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. Man gets life in son's death http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748251.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748251.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35 EDT OCALA - An Ocala man convicted of beating his 5-year-old son to death has been sentenced to life in prison. Leaping sturgeon hits fishermen http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748249.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748249.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35 EDT MILTON - Two north Florida fisherman say they fell victim to a leaping sturgeon during a recent excursion on the Yellow River. Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746524.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746524.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:28 EDT With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border. They aim to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press on Friday. Many ills found at Chicago jail, nation's biggest http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746372.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746372.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:23 EDT A federal investigation of the nation's largest single-site county jail has uncovered serious sanitation and medical care problems, as well as violence against prisoners who clashed with guards or failed to follow commands, officials said. Mandela beams at grandchildren's 'Happy Birthday' http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746143.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746143.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:08 EDT Nelson Mandela sat beaming in a yellow armchair, his legs propped up on a large stool and covered with a pale yellow blanket. Ten grandchildren crowded around to serenade him with "Happy Birthday" and then smothered him with hugs and kisses. Wall Street mixed after earnings reports http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746195.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746195.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:08 EDT Wall Street closed out an impressive week with a mixed performance Friday after disappointing high-tech earnings punctured some of investors' enthusiasm over better-than-expected bank earnings reports. But the major indexes still ended the week with big gains, the result of rising optimism about the troubled financial sector. McCain pledges to help auto industry rebuild http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746422.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746422.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:33 EDT Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Friday to help auto workers rebuild their industry and in the process jump-start the entire U.S. economy. Tomato scare ending; fears linger for many people http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746142.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746142.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:28 EDT The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll - it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods. One killed in U.S. 301 crash http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748104.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/748104.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:50 EDT The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a motorcycle crash that left one dead at 28th Avenue East and U.S. 301 in Palmetto. Freddie Mac takes step toward issuing stock http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746371.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746371.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:23 EDT Mortgage financier Freddie Mac took a step toward issuing common and preferred stock to help bolster its balance sheet Friday when the Securities and Exchange Commission accepted its registration statement filed earlier in the day. Army shoots live pigs for medical drill http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746064.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746064.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:33 EDT The Army says it's critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated. Citigroup posts $2.5B loss, but beats expectations http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746173.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746173.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:03 EDT Citigroup has become the latest big bank to quell Wall Street's worries about a financial sector implosion, posting a $2.5 billion second-quarter loss that was smaller than expected. Search for Orlando girl perplexes authorities http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/story/746408.html http://www.bradenton.com/breakingnews/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.