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January 20, 2016

• Bradenton's Palm Cove condo units sell for $31 million
• Alan Cumming performs in Tampa
• August Wilson's 'Jitney' opens in St. Petersburg
• SaraSolo features 16 one-person performances over two weeks in Sarasota
• Sarasota company stages new comedies about love and romance
• Billy Joel returns to Tampa's Amalie Arena
• New Orleans funk band Galactic plays St. Petersburg
• Renee Fleming performs in Sarasota
• 'Ah, Wilderness!' opens in Sarasota
• Things to do: Jan. 21-27
• Dining Guide: Jan. 21-27
• Attraction briefs: Jan. 21-27
• Galleries & Museums: Jan. 21-27
• Attractions: Jan. 21-27
• Bars & Clubs: Jan. 21-27
• Manatee County Fair ends Sunday
• John Grisham and Stephen King entertain Bradenton crowd
• Steer Show champions crowned at Manatee County Fair
• Manatee County Fair steer judging results
• Community calendar: Jan. 20 and beyond
• Concerts: Jan. 21-27
• Outdoors: Jan. 21-27
• Performing arts: Jan. 21-27
• Religion Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016
• Lovina's Amish Kitchen | All hands on deck cleaning house for church services
• Polenta: Trendy dish was first a fad for the poor
• Local versus state control is central issue for charter school bill
• Southeastern guide dog returns to work after attack in Bradenton
• Boys soccer | Ben Espinal's hat trick leads Palmetto to romp of Venice in district semifinal
• Pesticide explosion at Palmetto business briefly shuts down U.S. 41
• Warning of 'great challenges' this year, IMF cuts world economic growth forecast
• Man shot to death on East Bradenton street
• Swiss-owned SpecPage moves North American office to West Bradenton
• Rod & Reel Pier, other dockside restaurants sustain damage from Sunday storms in Manatee County
• Countdown to green: Bradenton Area River Regatta sets final plans
• Manatee County School Board presented with school options, wants more time to mull options
• Travis Seawright, founder of Manatee County youth livestock fair and an ag hall of fame member, dies at 76
• Faces in business: Suzanne Willis
• Medical community voices concern about on-site health clinic for Manatee County government employees
• Bradenton Mayor Wayne Poston will seek fifth term
• Manatee County developer Carlos Beruff weighing late entry into U.S. Senate's GOP primary
• SunCoast reports shortage of O, A and B negative; Manatee blood bank appeals to public for rare blood types
• Kudos on disability bill passage in Florida Legislature
• Punishing winter storm threatens every major city from Washington to New York
• Walmart to give pay raises to most of its workers
• White House adviser: Florida stands to lose most from global warming
• Bradenton Planning Commission narrowly forwards Point Pleasant Conservation District proposal
• Markets close rocky trading day down 1 percent as oil prices plummet
• Ribbon cutting: Lyteworks
• Tiny Bluetooth speaker delivers big sound
• US stocks hit lowest levels since 2014 as price of oil slumps
• Port Tampa Bay focused on growing cargo, sharing business growth with Port Manatee
• Wakeland Elementary parents worried Manatee County school will be closed
• Gov. Rick Scott appoints Peter Logan of Bradenton to SCF District Board of Trustees
• Local versus state control is central issue for charter school bill
• Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte school boards talk coalitions, associations
• American Association of University Women to host fundraiser for scholarships
• Saint Stephens to host open house in Lakewood Ranch
• Manatee YMCA to give free books to students at Manatee Elementary
• Manatee County students show goats at annual goat show
• Southeastern guide dog returns to work after attack in Bradenton
• Bradenton officials look to cut lease payments for Twin Dolphin marina to spur improvements
• Silt fences marking start of $1M Fort Hamer Park improvements come down, for now
• For more than 25 minutes, neighbors detail terror in 911 call right after tornado in Duette
• Manatee County burns prescribed fire at Rye Preserve
• State Bandmasters presents MHS band director 'lifetime achievement' award to Manatee High School's Jim Bruce
• Funeral arrangements set for Duette grandparents killed in tornado Sunday
• Thousands ask union to end lawsuit against voucher program
• With arrival of cold weather, Salvation Army opened Bradenton shelter at 6 p.m.
• House advances bill to limit term of justices and appellate judges
• Sarasota state Rep. Greg Steube's conceal-carry gun bill muzzled
• Sarasota police make arrest in Jan. 15 homicide
• Manatee County drug bust ends one-month probe
• Detectives say 2 Manatee County homicides connected
• Body of Bradenton woman found near Terra Ceia Preserve State Park
• Sara Bay Country Club prepares for 90th anniversary celebration
• Braden River crashes out in region quarterfinals
• ODA girls can't quite finish in 2-1 overtime loss as season ends
• Prep track and field | IMG near deal with FHSAA to host state championships
• Former outfielder Al Corbeil, former president Sarah Pappas lead State College of Florida Hall of Fame class
• Bradenton Blitz for Jan. 19
• Rinkers look forward to title defenses at February's Riverwalk Regatta
• Alan Dell: Ex Florida coach Galen Hall good choice to lead Orlando MLFB team
• Lakewood Ranch-based Major League Football to begin stocking its teams next week with its inaugural draft
• Prep roundup: Hester leads way as Ranch clinches top seed
• Boys soccer | Bayshore's season ends with blowout loss to Boca Ciega in Gulfport
• Manatee boys soccer season ends with another loss to Riverview
• Golf Plus
• A dark cloud over Florida's Sunshine law
• Proof that a price on carbon emissions works
• Florida's children sacrificed for political contributions
• A realistic court ruling: Developer Carlos Beruff fails to invalidate Manatee County development rules
• Put youth to work to ensure non-entitlement mentality
• Pat Neal wrong to destroy wetlands, mangroves for housing project
• Al Jazeera America news channel will be missed
• Donald Trump's attitude, successes are reasons for his election
• Robert Pelot most deserving of Manatee County Citizen of Year award
• State Rep. Greg Steube's bill to limit award of attorney fees in public records lawsuits passes first subcommittee
• Special interests flood Florida legislative campaigns with $28 million in 6 months
• Carl Hiaasen: Polluters win again in Florida Legislature
• GOP presidential debate to be held at University of Miami; Will Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush be there?
• Florida Gov. Rick Scott discusses job creation in third Manatee-Sarasota visit within a week