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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.

96 days ago

FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

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.

96 days ago

LATEST NEWS

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.

97 days ago

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PHOTO GALLERY | 2012 Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival

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97 days ago

LATEST NEWS

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...

97 days ago

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Photos of Cortez fishing festival, Pittsburgh Pirates' return top Bradenton.com

97 days ago

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FAMU police records show hazing complaints

ORLANDO -- Documents show that Florida A&M University police investigated at least 10 complaints about hazing involving the school’s famed marching band between August 2007 and November, when a band member died after being hazed, the Orlando Sentinel reported Saturday.

97 days ago

CRIME

PHOTO GALLERY | The newest inmates at the Manatee County jail

Some of the latest inmates to be booked into the Manatee County jail.

97 days ago