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Sarasota

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  • Nick Friedman
  • April 19, 2012
Neighbors: Robert O'Connor

Robert O'Connor, 72, has run marathons on six continents. In July, a marathon in South America will earn him a spot in the elite Seven Continents Club.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

Meet this week's Observer Team Spotlight: Max Fulton

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Courtesy photo
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 19, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Gabby Halula

Gabby Halula, 18, is a senior at Sarasota High School and one of the captains of Sarasota Crew.

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  • April 19, 2012
JUST THE STATS

2 - The number of Out-of-Door Academy girls tennis players who will move on to states this year. Maria Ross and M'Balia Bangoura both earned the honors after being crowned individual champions.

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Unit 9B at La Bellasara features four bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths, 5,469 square feet of living area. It sold for $4.63 million. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 19, 2012
Casey Key home sells for $5.77M

Melissa and Richard Hall, Sarasota, sold their home at 612 S. Casey Key Road to Rajakumari Muppavarapu, Port Charlotte, for $5.77 million.

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Katherine Watkins submitted this sunset photo, which was taken in Sarasota.
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Katherine Watkins submitted this sunset photo, which was taken in Sarasota.

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ZARA BARRIE <br><br> “My mom asked if I wanted a nice piece of jewelry, so I figured House of Harlow head jewelry. It makes me feel like Cleopatra.”
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • April 18, 2012
GUEST FASHION EDITOR: ZARA BARRIE

GUEST FASHION EDITOR: ZARA BARRIE

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Join Emily Walsh for the Observer Daily Headlines. Image shown will not play video.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • April 18, 2012
April 18: Daily Headlines Video

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Between October 2010 and August 2011, Lori Kough, 49 paid eight suspects in cash or pills to fill the fraudulent prescriptions.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 18, 2012
Prescription fraud case nets 10 arrests

A woman was arrested for stealing 11,240 Oxycodone and Hydrocodone pills over a 10-month period currently worth an estimated $225,200 on the street.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 18, 2012
Commission endorses Circle BID extension

St. Armands Business Improvement District Chairman Marty Rappaport's suggested changes for a 10-year BID extension received approval Monday night.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 18, 2012
Our View: Who is he to decide 'fairness'?

We received the following letter on Tax Day from the owner of a local business:

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 18, 2012
Sarasota County 911 reporting system temporarily offline until April 19

The server that processes reports of calls to the Sarasota County 911 Center is offline temporarily through Thursday, April 19. This interruption of service does not impact the ability of the public to reach 911 Emergency Services at any time.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 18, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • April 17, 2012
April 17: Daily Headlines Video

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Art Nadel's cause of death has not been released, but he battled heart problems for years and was in the prison’s hospice unit when he died.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 17, 2012
Sarasota Ponzi scheme leader dies

Art Nadel, the downtown Sarasota money investment manager who bilked 400 area investors out of millions of dollars, died in a federal prison Monday.

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