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February 18, 2016

• Theater review | Sarasota's Urbanite Theatre stages a fresh take on Chekhov
• Community calendar: Feb. 19
• Club meetings: Feb. 19
• Jobless claims decline to lowest level since November
• Pets of the week: Feb. 19
• Outward-looking Alive Church opens in Bradenton's Bayshore community
• Billy Graham column for Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016: Which side of good and evil are you on?
• Humanist Jennifer Hancock column for Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016
• 45M acres added to Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease options
• Bradenton officials consider new deal for RiverSong developer's lack of progress for a new restaurant
• Tired of renting a cable set-top box? The FCC is looking for alternatives
• US Stocks open mostly lower as earnings news disappoints
• Bloomin' Brands closing 14 Bonefish Grill locations; specific restaurants not disclosed yet
• Duke Energy's fourth quarter profit jumps, but falls short of forecasts
• Good manners make a difference in your business
• A record 105 million tourists visited Florida in 2015
• Marriott buys Edgewater Hotel in South Beach for $23.5 million
• Green thumbs at Lakewood Ranch should be planting in community garden soon
• Charter schools, open enrollment among education bills to pass Florida House
• Saint Stephen's Episcopal School in Bradenton opens marine science center
• 29th cross-state Cracker Trail ride leaves from East Manatee
• Manatee County residents to have chance to see EMS unit in action Friday
• Heritage Days Open House to include beard, mustache event
• Prescribed fire to take place at Rye Preserve in Parrish
• Miami police union boss 'bomb-throwing' at Beyonce backfires in black community
• Florida House votes to revive state death penalty in compromise deal with Senate
• Manatee deputies end standoff peacefully at Palmetto RV park with gas assault
• Bradenton police say they found no evidence Manatee High School staff member was dating student
• State will not seek death penalty for Keishanna Thomas, mother charged with killing 11-year-old daughter in Bradenton
• Manatee man tells deputies Peek-A-Boo Lounge stripper robbed him
• Man, 28, shot in Palmetto
• In search, Manatee deputies seize drug paraphernalia, single morphine pill
• Self-described 'crackhead' caught breaking into Sarasota charity
• Bradenton fire destroys shed
• Local roundup | Kimsey fires complete game to lead Pirates
• Local round-up | Palmetto baseball holds off Riverview to continue perfect start to season
• Golf Plus | Nelly Korda turns pro
• Rays, Pirates announce ticket, game promotions
• Rays optimistic about playing meaningful games in September
• Manatee edges Southeast in tennis
• Pirates begin 2016 grind with first spring workout
• Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect Jameson Taillon prepared for a healthy season after injuries cost him the last two years
• Florida Legislature, adhere to Amendment 1's land purchase-conservation goal
• To Florida Senate, join House in cutting business rent tax
• Cost of 30-day addiction recovery therapy prohibitive
• Original 1796 Barbary State treaty did not cite Christianity in the U.S.
• Democrats, Republicans mainly serve rich donors
• Tenured professors can enrich learning without fear
• Beyonce's Super Bowl show disrespects law officers
• Cortez Fishing Festival great, but lacking in hand-wash stations
• Black bear hunts will threaten species anew
• Florida state Sen. Bill Galvano ignores will of the people, Constitution in axing land-purchase money
• Kudos to Manatee County's Creekwood Dental for free dental day, gifts
• Apple's iPhone battle with the government will likely be a privacy setback
• David Brooks: Alter emotional tone of presidential races
• Clog makers buy Longboat Key home for $4.3 million