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News headlines

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  Pacers steal Game 2 from Heat, 97-93 0 min ago
  
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  UPDATE: Two arrested after road rage results in gunfire
  
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  Sarasota County FCAT scores beat state averages
  
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  FCAT writing scores improve in Manatee
  
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  Upscale cinema could become part of Southgate reboot
  
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  Jury acquits local artist in DUI arrest case
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  Lawsuit over Sarasota Quay property is settled
  
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  Distraught mom becomes face of OK storm
  
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  Bridge collapse caused by truck strike
  
• Storm surge is top threat, experts say
  

More columns from Tom Lyons

• Lyons: Florida alimony bill brings horror stories
  
• Lyons: Ban not yet in effect, but less street begging already
  
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  Lyons: Thousands in county refunds go to wrong people
  
• Lyons: As owner sleeps, boat has an adventure
  
• Lyons: They should have checked this advocate out
  
• Lyons: Refuse roadside beggars; don't hate them
  
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  Lyons: Just say no to all panhandlers
  
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  Lyons: Mistaken identity turns lunch break into bizarre nightmare
  
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  Lyons: Fireworks fired at Osprey bird rookery
  
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  Lyons: County owes residents $550,000 for work that wasn't done
  
• Lyons: Failure to report sex abuse not always obvious
  
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  Lyons: Prosecutor explains medicinal marijuana
  
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  Lyons: No charges for husband in marijuana case... yet
  
• Lyons: 2 troopers, not seen at their best
  
• Lyons: Dipping into escrow accounts not a crime?
  
• Lyons: Superintendent took shortcut on first assignment
  
• Lyons: What lessons from a Sarasota shooting tragedy?
  
• Lyons: Bill might cloud 'stand your ground' law
  
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  Lyons: Cheetah Club dispute much ado about nothing
  
• Lyons: Be good officers, yes. But also be good ambassadors.
  
• Lyons: One word missing from Sylint report
  
• Lyons: 20 surprise guests strain Salvation Army-police arrangement
  
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  Lyons: Brodsky's hands not tied on medical marijuana
  
• Lyons: In pot seizure, is there an upside?
  
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  UPDATE: Lyons: For homeless, continual migration
  
• Lyons: Deputy seems to lack good judgment
  
• Lyons: There's no word to fit all the homeless
  
• Lyons: Legislative priority: Giving foreign visitors to Florida a headache
  
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  Lyons: The homeless have moved, but where?
  
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  Lyons: Pythons are out there, somewhere