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February 8, 2016

• Organizers will seek Bradenton regatta for 2017, possibly in the spring
• Holiday closings for President's Day Feb. 15, 2016
• Palmetto minister brings a 'A Destiny Call' to Manatee Feb. 26-27
• Lent can be a time for celebration: Faith Matters clergy column for the Rev. Robert Sichta for Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016
• Community sports | Bradenton teams sweep top spots at horseshoe state tournament
• A new shuffleboard organization will be hosting a fun day on Saturday, Feb. 13, to help and honor veterans
• Health Happenings: Feb. 9
• Team of Bradenton city workers a marvel to watch
• Search continues for Myakka City couple missing on Lake Okeeochobee
• Guns, drugs, car crashes: Why Americans die younger
• Canadian airline WestJet expands Bradenton-Sarasota Toronto flights
• Manatee County libraries offer free business database to patrons
• Chipotle urges workers to stay home if they're sick
• Bradenton's Spark Growth to host fourth 3.0 Leaders Conference
• Stocks fall sharply as banks, tech sector take a beating
• Gas prices dip again in Bradenton-Sarasota; end of trend in sight
• Ribbon cutting: Azure Tide Realty
• Investor column: Here's how to avoid tax traps, IRS audits
• Major League Football investor breaches contract, pulls $20M away from Lakewood Ranch-based league
• Florida Legislature studies open school enrollment options
• Florida legislators ready for partisan shootout over school construction spending
• Florida appellate judges consider lifting 24-hour abortion waiting period
• Manatee High cheerleaders place ninth in nation at competition
• Manatee County School bus involved in accident Monday morning
• Gov. Rick Scott appoints two to New College of Florida board of trustees
• Teacher of the Year finalist: Deborah Miele
• Support employee of the year finalist: Tina Lundy
• How Manatee's Excellence in Education selection process works
• Tips for how to live a healthier lifestyle
• Parenting | Teen's electronics need parental control
• Graedons' Pharmacy | Why does soap under the sheets lose its power?
• Medicare to tighten requirements for many home medical devices
• Chronic pain meets worries about opioid addiction
• Navy veteran to run new Manasota Goodwill homeless vet program
• 2015 was the deadliest in 15 years for Manatee County's child abuse victims
• Jury picked for retrial of Bradenton man charged with killing pregnant woman in home invasion
• Manatee Judge John Lakin says inexperience led him to take baseball tickets
• Trial of former Bradenton police deputy chief Warren Merriman starts
• Sarasota police say video shows car in fatal hit-and-run crash
• Bradenton Beach woman charged with punching roommate and best friend of two years
• Sarasota police seek information in shooting at mini mart
• Man, 19, killed in crash in Myakka City
• Child found after Amber Alert issued on reports of car stolen with child inside in Fort Lauderdale
• Numbers Game | A Super Sendoff for Peyton
• A new shuffleboard organization will be hosting a fun day on Saturday, Feb. 13, to help and honor veterans
• Long Bar Pointe needs protection from its owner, Carlos Beruff
• A special thanks goes out to owners of Shake Station
• Land sale to Neal Communities highlights county flaws
• In judge/Rays baseball tickets flap, one law firm stands out
• Two-party system causes gridlock; vote out lawyers, install business people
• Hillary Clinton dismisses question on honesty; issue remains
• World is 'dangerously unprepared' for the next epidemic
• At Sarasota town hall, U.S. government security officials warn people to look out for possible terrorist threats