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SARASOTA COUNTY — Tuesday evening, the Sarasota County School Board recognized schools for their recycling efforts and presented custodians with the annual White Glove Awards.
Jon Hampton, one of two school district energy managers, first told board membe...

PUNTA GORDA — Riverdale High School used big runs to overpower Charlotte in the first two games before rallying from behind late to complete a 3-0 win (25-14, 25-13, 25-23) Tuesday in the District 7A-11 opener for both teams.
“Our hitting was better. They...

PORT CHARLOTTE — When DeSoto High School middle hitter Tishonna Riley is on, she’s almost impossible to stop.
That was the case Tuesday night against Port Charlotte, as Riley made 30 kills. And the Bulldogs needed every one of them in a hard-fought 25-20,...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Charlotte endured an ugly first half. It took several adjustments, a lot of effort and plenty of wins, but the Stone Crabs slid into the Florida State League playoffs with 10 wins in the final 15 games of the season.
After that, Charlott...

An injury limited Alyssa Latham’s time on the volleyball court last season.
This year the sophomore setter is healthy and contributing to the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota indoor team.
“I’m feeling great,” the Charlotte High School graduate...

(LA Times) — We’re not the only ones who get summer tans. So do whales — and their DNA gets damaged in the process too, scientists say. The new findings, published Friday in the journal Scientific Reports, could lead to better sunscreens and other sun pro...

WASHINGTON — It was an accident investigators say didn’t have to happen: Five years ago a commuter train collided head-on with a freight train near Los Angeles, killing 25 and injuring more than 100.
Technology is available to prevent the most catastrophi...

NEW YORK — In a case that gave a legal airing to the debate over use of the N-word among blacks, a federal jury has rejected a black manager’s argument that it was a term of love and endearment when he aimed it at a black employee.
Jurors awarded $30,000 ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. is buying Nokia Corp.’s line-up of smartphones and a portfolio of patents and services in an attempt to mount a more formidable challenge to Apple Inc. and Google Inc. as more technological tasks get done on mobile devices...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama gained ground Tuesday in his drive for congressional backing of a military strike against Syria, winning critical support from House Speaker John Boehner while administration officials agreed to explicitly rule out the ...