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updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:03 pm

Sarasota News

Local news for Sarasota, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | WSRZ

Sarasota Deputies Suspended

Two Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies were suspended following a verbal argument that turned physical.

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13 hrs ago | HeraldTribune.com

Sarasota sheriff has no regrets on leaving

Published Monday, June 30, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Monday, June 30, 2008 at 2:20 a.m. After 32 years on the force, it would be understandable if Sarasota County Sheriff Bill Balkwill was having second ...

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22 hrs ago | Coshocton Tribune

Wallenda awes Kings Island

MASON - Thousands of people spending Independence Day at Kings Island watched in silence as daredevil Rick Wallenda walked 2,000 feet across a cable suspended high above the Cincinnati-area amusement park.

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Yesterday | WWSB

Sarasota art dealer arrested for grand theft

A Sarasota County art dealer is charged with trying to pass off a phony painting, and it's not the first time he's been accused of ugly dealings with art.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

HeraldTribune.com

Sarasota Youth Opera camp teaches all aspects of opera...

Published Monday, June 30, 2008 at 5:05 p.m. Last updated Monday, June 30, 2008 at 5:12 p.m. On Friday I visited the Sarasota Youth Opera camp.

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HeraldTribune.com

Sarasota woman killed at U.S. 41 intersection

Published Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 7:33 a.m. Last updated Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 7:39 a.m. A 47-year-old Sarasota resident was killed last night when she tried to cross a road in Manatee County, the Florida ...

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HeraldTribune.com

Special dog in Sarasota

Published Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 10 a.m. Last updated Monday, June 30, 2008 at 6:35 p.m. Skunk is listed as an American Staffordshire terrier mix, but we think he is probably a Labrador / Black Mouth cur ...

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

HeraldTribune.com

Goodwin joins Sarasota home builders as executive vice president

Published Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 1:52 p.m. Last updated Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 1:52 p.m. Jane Goodwin has joined the Home Builders Association of Sarasota County as its executive vice president.

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Hotel Online

Airport hotel project to break ground in Bradenton, Fla.

Jul. 1--Ground-breaking may take place as soon as Thursday on the first phase of the $100 million SRQ Innovation Green LLC project at the airport, officials said.

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Oldies108.com

Local Lightning Victim Was Saved By Cooling

We told you that Eric Troyer was struck by lightning while fishing in the waters off Siesta Key Beach.

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Related Topix: Siesta Key, FL

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WSRZ

Red Sox Wanna See Sarasota's Cards

The Boston Red Sox are waiting for Sarasota city and county officials to throw the next pitch.

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HeraldTribune.com

Canine Castaways at PetSmart in Sarasota on Saturday

Published Friday, June 27, 2008 at 12 p.m. Last updated Friday, June 27, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. Canine Castaways will be at the Sarasota PetSmart in the Landings from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Special dog in Sarasota

Published Monday, June 30, 2008 at 3 p.m. Last updated Monday, June 30, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. Reba is a female pointer mix who weighs between 45 and 50 pounds.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

WZVN-TV Fort Myers

No deadline from Sox to Sarasota

SARASOTA: The reports continue to fly out of Sarasota about the city's hopes of snatching the Boston Red Sox from Southwest Florida.

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WFTS

Sarasota mom left kids at fast food resturaunt, detectives say

A Sarasota mom is facing child neglect charges after investigators say she left her 2 kids alone at a fast rood restaurant.

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HeraldTribune.com

Sarasota-based Clockwork buys Colorado heating/air-conditioning business

Published Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. Last updated Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 2:16 p.m. Clockwork Home Services Inc., owner and franchiser of home repair in the air-conditioning, electrical and ...

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Special dog in Sarasota

Published Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 10:45 a.m. Last updated Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. Clark is a 3-year-old male, neutered Chinese shar-pei mix who weighs 57 pounds.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

WLTX-TV Columbia

Man's Laser Blinds Chopper Pilot

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office says a 50 year old man nearly caused their helicopter to crash after he pointed a powerful laser light device at the pilot.

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Oldies108.com

Finding Foreclosures May Be Just A Point and Click Away

You may soon be able to bid on a forecloseed home in the comfort of your own home.

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92.1 LiteFM

Words of Dead Woman To Be Heard in Sarasota Trial

A victims death prior to trial usually forces prosecutors to drop charges. But in a rare legal move, jurors will hear the words of the now deceased Dorothy Davis in a Sarasota County courtroom.

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