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December 23, 2015

• Holiday travelers pack U.S. roadways, Tampa Bay skies
• 'Butler' serves up laughs at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota
• Sam Woolf plays post-Christmas show in Bradenton
• Mel Brooks' musical 'The Producers' comes to Sarasota
• World's finest young musicians perform in Sarasota
• Moscow Ballet brings its 'Nutcracker' to Sarasota, St. Petersburg
• Sarasota's Asolo Conservatory stages 'The Liar' by David Ives
• Sailor Circus presents holiday show in Sarasota
• Places to dine for Christmas, New Year's in Manatee and Sarasota
• Community calendar: Dec. 24
• Community calendar: Dec. 23
• Culinary Calendar: Christmas and New Year's Eve dining options in Manatee and Sarasota
• Dave Barry's 2015 Year in Review
• Rubio wrong to support sales of assault rifles
• America no longer a Christian nation
• Compassion lost amid deaths of children, animals
• Remember, there are four stanzas to nation anthem
• Keep affordable housing money in the state budget
• Tornado touches down in Mississippi as 'dangerous' weather racks South
• Former Palmetto basketball coach Butch Hughes dies
• Point Pleasant residents concerned about overlay proposal in downtown Bradenton
• Slicks Garage customer complaints pile up in Palmetto
• Bluetooth technology allows you to unlock a padlock from afar
• Ribbon cutting: The Carpet Cleaners
• Report: Disney to sell its stake in Fusion
• US stocks move higher as the price of crude oil stabilizes
• Faces in business: Chris Pfeffer
• 3 records fall during fourth annual Jingle 5K at Lakewood Ranch
• Bradenton police officer restores couple's holiday cheer, replaces stolen Christmas lights with Santa
• Holiday closings for Christmas, Dec. 24-25
• 'Worst witness sketch in history' not done by Miami-Dade police
• 320,000 endangered turtles likely exposed during toxic BP oil spill
• Florida Highway Patrol wolfpack to prowl Manatee, Sarasota roads
• Eustis man drives Mercedes-Benz to his death off Skyway Fishing Pier into Tampa Bay
• Sarasota police believe Subway robber killed day later in Hernando County
• Records: Knowellan Kelly, three siblings were at risk for abuse three months before Bradenton infant's death
• Florida blasts Virginia decision to no longer recognize its concealed weapons permits
• Investigation into Napiers' daughter, son-in-law for animal cruelty remains ongoing
• Pedestrian hurt, later cited after walking into oncoming traffic on busy Bradenton road
• Bradenton police investigating possible overdose death
• Florida man on video call showing how to clean gun, shoots, kills himself
• A timeless classic editorial: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
• Florida's prison mental health care still abysmal
• 2015 Herald All-Area Football Team | Defense
• 2015 Herald All-Area Football Teams | Offense
• Trump attacks on Mexicans, Muslims dividing Americans
• Manatee County school board wrong to link impact fee to sales tax referendum
• St. Thomas Aquinas High School should be ranked as elite private school in own division
• Keep affordable housing money in the state budget
• Rubio wrong to support sales of assault rifles
• Compassion lost amid deaths of children, animals
• Remember, there are four stanzas to nation anthem
• America no longer a Christian nation
• Santa needs to bring us some sanity before rage consumes our Christmas spirit
• Our constant indignation is wearying, but often necessary
• Christmas stories illustrate holiday's true meaning
• After homeless deaths, 7 ways to help this holiday season
• Whoever Jesus was, there's never been anyone like him since
• Real estate agents count on snowbirds as Manatee-Sarasota sales record looms
• Florida public records law under attack by state Rep. Steube's bill, some First Amendment experts say