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Christopher Moody, who ran a hedge fund with alleged Ponzi schemer Art Nadel, is nearing the end of a process in which he is ordered to sell all of his material assets.

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Cat Depot will launch the grand opening of its new 10,000-square-foot, five-star adoption center Jan. 15 through Jan. 17.

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Business Observer 01.07.10

Gerry Radford, chief financial officer of Tidewell Hospice, qualified as a certified hospice executive. The program is only available to hospice, home-care and senior managers with significant experience in the field.

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Weekday farmers market moves into Phillippi Creek

The Phillippi Farmhouse Market is a seasonal market open on Wednesdays that promotes local growers of produce, agricultural products and prepared foods.

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A woman called police, saying she found blood and a latex glove in a neighbor's trash can. When an officer closely inspected the garbage can, he discovered that the substance was not blood - it was red fruit punch or juice.

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Tower Residences condo sells for $3.4 million

Donald Carter, of Dallas, sold his Unit 1704 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Douglas Holder, trustee, for $3.35 million.

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  • January 7, 2010
Unconditional Surrender gets final reprieve

The owner of the bayfront sculpture will have until the end of the month to respond to the city's copyright-lawsuit concerns or else it will be removed before summer.

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Alleged Ponzi schemers appear in court

Sarasota couple John and Marian Morgan faced a federal judge in Tampa a day after being extradited from Virginia.

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Five Points to be four-way stop

A weeklong construction project will put the traffic lights out of order temporarily.

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Car burglars target Greenbrook

Eight vehicles in the Lakewood Ranch community were burglarized during the overnight hours of Jan. 3.

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  • January 4, 2010
TOP STORY, DEC.: Commissioners vary on city manager review

The mayor and the vice mayor appeared to have opposite views of how City Manager Bob Bartolotta performed last year, while the other three commissioners fell somewhere in between.

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  • January 3, 2010
TOP STORY, November: Police chief keeps job

Chief Peter Abbott was suspended for two weeks without pay for his role in the investigation of the videotaped kicking of a handcuffed suspect. The officer who kicked the suspect was fired.

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  • January 3, 2010
Driven to Donate

Pillow drive provides comfort to homeless.

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