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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • January 10, 2013
Institute for the Ages focuses on Sarasota's older demographic

Opened six months ago, the offshoot of SCOPE is ready to launch its inaugural study geared toward the aging population.

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Some Laurel Park residents are concerned with large developments. File photo.
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  • January 10, 2013
Commission forwards Laurel Park buffer

The Planning Board will vote on the proposal next. If approved, it would change the development process for projects proposed near Laurel Park.

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With a 14-3 record and six games left in the regular season, the Lady Sailors have their sights set on capturing the No. 1 seed in the Class 7A-District 11 tournament. Courtesy.
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  • January 10, 2013
Sarasota High girls basketball team posts impressive season

The Sarasota High girls basketball team is putting together one of its most impressive seasons in recent years having lost only three games this season.

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  • January 10, 2013
SIDELINES

Sarasota High to hold cheerleading clinic; Booker Tornadoes blow past Sarasota Sailors; ODA girls soccer blanks Bayshore; Lady Rams cruise to basketball victory

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  • January 10, 2013
Just The Stats

9 - The number of shutouts The Out-of-Door Academy girls soccer team has posted so far this season after blanking Bayshore 8-0 Jan. 7.

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  • January 10, 2013
Athlete of the Week: John Taylor

Riverview forward John Taylor has been playing soccer since he was 5 years old. The high school senior describes himself as having a good knowledge of the game. Taylor talked to the Sarasota Observer about his soccer career and post-graduation plans.

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Bryan Moon stands with his son, Christopher, holding a collection of 22 dog tags recovered from the remains of MIA airmen in Papua, New Guinea.
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  • January 10, 2013
No Man Left Behind

Two British-born Sarasota men are heading up the most successful civilian-led MIA recovery group in the country.

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This home at 1368 Harbor Drive has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,484 square feet of living area. It sold for $3 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • January 10, 2013
Four-bedroom home in Harbor Acres sells for $3 million

A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Barbara Edgecombe, of Osprey, sold her home at 1368 Harbor Drive to Rebekah Parker, trustee, of Virginia Beach, Va., for $3 million.

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John Myers submitted this photo of a full moon over Sarasota Bay.
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  • January 10, 2013
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

John Myers submitted this photo of a full moon over Sarasota Bay.

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Join Emily Walsh for the Daily Headlines.
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  • January 9, 2013
Jan. 9: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Two Killed in East County crash; Fugitive captured after more than two decades on the run; One year later: Ranch murder remains unsolved; Commercial property near the Longboat Key Publix is in demand

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  • January 9, 2013
Goodwill Manasota trucks robbed

More than $5,000 in tools was stolen from three Goodwill trucks in the organization's Sarasota facilities parking lot Tuesday night.

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  • Roger Drouin
  • January 9, 2013
Sarasota man charged with multiple burglaries

Nine burglaries took place primarily west of I-75 over the past two weeks.

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Booker High School’s Terrance Bradley, No. 20, guards Sarasota High School’s Blake Haga, No. 12, during Monday night’s game at Sarasota High School.
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  • January 9, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: SHS v. Booker boys varsity basketball

Sarasota High School's boys varsity basketball team played Booker High School's team Monday, Jan. 7, at Sarasota High School's gym. Booker won the game with a final score of 80-50. This is now Booker's second win over Sarasota.

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Richard Verboys was arrested in Pennsylvania.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • January 9, 2013
Sarasota fugitive captured after 24 years on the run

Sarasota authorities have captured a fugitive who in 1988, was convicted in Sarasota County of Lewd and Lascivious Battery on a Child for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl.

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