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In this May 4, 2013 police mug provided by the Orange County Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando. Todashev, who was being questioned in Orlando by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot Wednesday, May 22, 2013 when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said. (AP Photo/Orange County Corrections Department)

FBI shoots man in Orlando being questioned about Boston slayings

The Central Florida man who was shot and killed by an FBI agent early Wednesday was being questioned about a 2011 triple-slaying in Massachusetts and about his relationship with the Boston Marathon bombings suspects, federal law enforcement officials...

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Sarasota card fraud suspects sought

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying a man and a woman who used a stolen card at Target on Fruitville Road in Sarasota.
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Manatee rolls in semifinal match, 56-7

Manatee High School cruised to a Class 7A-Region 3 semifinal victory over Venice, 56-7 Friday.
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Investigation sought into spy agency’s polygraph tactics

WASHINGTON -- Pentagon officials are scrambling to look into allegations of abusive polygraph techniques by a spy agency but so far they aren't heeding calls for a more in-depth investigation.
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Photos of jail inmates, Cortez fishing festival, Mardi Gras top Bradenton.com

Photos of Cortez fishing festival, the funeral for Whitney Houston were among most-viewed items on Bradenton.com, Feb. 21, 2012.
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PHOTO GALLERY | The newest inmates at the Manatee County jail
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Florida Senate budget panel OKs texting-while-driving ban

TALLAHASSEE A statewide texting-while-driving ban bill that has eluded passage for several years cleared the Senate’s budget panel on Tuesday.
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Florida Senate bill that would require schools to teach Sept. 11 passes committee

Schools would be required to teach about the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 under a bill that passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday.
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PHOTO GALLERY | 2012 Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival

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Capitol Buzz: 5 things to watch today in Tallahassee

* A ban on texting while driving will get its fourth Senate hearing in the Budget Committee. The measure, SB 416, sponsored by Venice Republican Sen. Nancy Detert, has moved through the Senate with just two no votes. Its House companion, though, has languished without attention despite recent pleas...
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Photos of Cortez fishing festival, Pittsburgh Pirates' return top Bradenton.com