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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Simple dreams

Erin Coleman, 28, of Venice, has a few goals in life. “I really want to do my own laundry, stand in the kitchen and devote time to cooking a meal,” she said, “and — this is the girl part of me coming out — but I want to try on … Find out how to read more Online.

LATEST LOCAL NEWS

Survey: Council doing a good job
Sat Feb 4 2012 08:00AM

When Mayor John Holic distributed his “Get It Done 2012 Survey,” he wasn’t expecting scientific results. Still, the responses now in are probably a reasonable representation of the city’s populace, … Find out how to read more Online.

Buchanan talks jobs, spending
Wed Feb 1 2012 08:00AM

During a town hall meeting Saturday, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, focused on two hot-button items affecting Americans: jobs and spending. About 70 people filled council chambers at Venice … Find out how to read more Online.

City getting tough with contractors
Sat Feb 4 2012 08:00AM

A reconstituted city construction board that was dormant for several years heard its first case this week, signaling a new crackdown on unlicensed contractors in the city. The Construction Board … Find out how to read more Online.

Email deletion results in new system
Sat Feb 4 2012 08:00AM

Reading emails sent between county officials is a favorite pastime for some residents. In January, users of the county’s webmail public access system accessed it via the county’s home page, … Find out how to read more Online.

State, National and World News

‘Chronicle’ edges Radcliffe’s ‘Woman’ with $22M
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the actor who plays the world’s most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office. The 20th Century Fox release “Chronicle,” featuring a relatively unknown cast as youths … Find out how to read more Online.

Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

JERUSALEM — For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent — an action that many fear … Find out how to read more Online.

US floats coalition on Syria
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

BEIRUT — The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria’s opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears that violence will escalate. Rebel soldiers said force was … Find out how to read more Online.

Rubio pushes back at contraception rules under health care law
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

WASHINGTON — Sitting in his pew at St. Louis Catholic Church in Miami one recent Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio heard the same homily as other parishioners who were urged by church leaders nationwide to contact Congress about the use of … Find out how to read more Online.

Campaign pressure mounts
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney’s big win in Nevada four days after his breakthrough victory in Florida spells big trouble for his remaining rivals. Simply put: Is there any way to stop Romney now? There is no question now that … Find out how to read more Online.

Undersea prep resumes for ship’s oil removal
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

ROME (AP) — Underwater operations have resumed aimed at readying the shipwrecked Costa Concordia for the removal of tons of oil from its tanks. After days of stormy weather, seas off the Tuscan island of Giglio were calm enough Sunday … Find out how to read more Online.

No. 2 Greek party opposes austerity demands
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leader of Greece’s No. 2 party said rescue creditors were demanding measures that would deepen the country’s recession, and promised to oppose them “with all means.” Conservative leader Antonis Samaras met leaders of other parties … Find out how to read more Online.

Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

CAIRO (AP) — Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest … Find out how to read more Online.

Breakthroughs abound in sequencing
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

(Bloomberg) — Sequencing efficiency is racing ahead. Clifford Reid, CEO of Complete Genomics Inc. in Mountain View, Calif., said his capacity will increase 100 times in the coming years. The next challenge is developing software and gadgets to help put … Find out how to read more Online.

NYC protest gets heated when Yemen leader is seen
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A protest of the embattled president of Yemen outside the New York hotel where he’s staying got heated when demonstrators saw him leave the building. The dozen protesters had been kept across the street from the … Find out how to read more Online.

Stun gun used on woman at drive-thru
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say they used a stun gun on a woman motorist who blocked a McDonald’s drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she cut in line. Authorities say 37-year-old … Find out how to read more Online.

Md. mall closed as unruly crowd awaits new Nikes
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a Hagerstown, Md., mall was closed temporarily after a crowd became unruly while waiting for a shoe store to open and begin selling Nike’s new Foamposite sneaker. The Washington County Sheriff’s office says officers … Find out how to read more Online.

8 inmates injured in transport crash
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

LIVE OAK (AP) — Eight inmates are being treated for various injuries at the hospital after the private prison transport van they were riding in crashed in north central Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol tells WTXL TV that all eight … Find out how to read more Online.

6 injured as car hits ambulance in Pensacola
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

PENSACOLA (AP) — Five people are being treated with minor injuries after a car hit an ambulance on its way to an emergency in Pensacola. A child who was watching ran into the street and was hit by a car, … Find out how to read more Online.

Traffic stop leads to human trafficking case
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

RIVERVIEW (AP) — A traffic stop in Florida led to a human trafficking case that authorities say started in Alabama. A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office report says a deputy stopped a car without a tag Saturday afternoon. The driver, 21-year-old … Find out how to read more Online.

Bill would ban buying sweets with food stamps
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

FORT LAUDERDALE (AP) — Florida’s poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and Jell-O and snack foods like chips, something a … Find out how to read more Online.

Spending boosts health-care jobs
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — Health-care expenditures grew at an annual rate of 4.5 percent through November 2011, up from 3.9 percent in 2010, according to the nonprofit Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending, based in Ann Arbor, Mich. They accounted … Find out how to read more Online.

Government may turn up heat on cyberthreats
Sun Feb 5 2012 07:38PM

WASHINGTON — A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government’s ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe … Find out how to read more Online.

Syria action vetoed
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:26PM

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council failed again Saturday to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan that calls for President Bashar Assad to … Find out how to read more Online.

Romney takes strong lead in Nevada
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:26PM

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Iran begins military exercises
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:26PM

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran began ground military exercises Saturday and defiantly warned that it could cut off oil exports to “hostile” European nations as tensions rise over suggestions that military strikes are an increasing possibility if sanctions fail to rein … Find out how to read more Online.

Lives intersected on deadly stretch of I-75
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:24PM

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — There was a single mom who loved to dance, in the car with a boyfriend who had moved from Virginia to be with her. A pastor and members of his family, originally from Brazil, returning home to … Find out how to read more Online.

Some former Komen supporters can’t forgive, forget
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:24PM

NEW YORK (AP) — When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — “a sea of pink” traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. — she was so moved she sat in her car … Find out how to read more Online.

For Facebook ‘Hacker Way’ is way of life
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:22PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a “hacker.” For most people, that word means something malicious — shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains who cripple websites and break into email … Find out how to read more Online.

Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in New York
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:22PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” … Find out how to read more Online.

Heavy snow traps Bosnians
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:22PM

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, and hundreds of people remained trapped in their homes and vehicles throughout the country. After a weeklong cold … Find out how to read more Online.

200 cruise passengers struck by norovirus
Sat Feb 4 2012 09:22PM

MIAMI (AP) — More than 200 passengers on two cruise ships headed to South Florida have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness. Officials with Princess Cruise Lines say two of its ships were struck with a norovirus that can cause … Find out how to read more Online.

Fla. House nips casino bill
Fri Feb 3 2012 09:48PM

TALLAHASSEE — The push to transform Florida into an East Coast version of Las Vegas fell apart on Friday after state legislators rejected a plan to bring three major casinos to the state. A House panel postponed a vote on … Find out how to read more Online.

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Sarasota tourism up in fall
Fri Feb 3 2012 09:50PM

Tourism increased countywide during the final quarter of 2011. There was a 10.2 percent increase in visitors and a 13.9 percent increase in their spending, in addition to a 16.3 percent increase in European visitation, compared to October through December … Find out how to read more Online.

Renter utility deposits may be lowered
Wed Feb 1 2012 08:00AM

When the Venice City Council adopted new utilities rates last week they also adopted a recommendation by a stakeholder group to keep utilities deposits for renters right where they are — almost three times higher than those required from property … Find out how to read more Online.

Beaches, pensions targeted
Sat Jan 28 2012 08:10AM

This week’s closure of Venice Beach due to high levels of bacteria in the Gulf helped elevate the importance of the issue for city officials considering a strategic plan this week. Venice City Council members spent Friday in a workshop … Find out how to read more Online.

Home prices rising
Wed Feb 1 2012 08:00AM

Prices of homes sold last month in Venice were up almost 7 percent said Roxie Larain, president of the Venice Area Board of Realtors. The average price increased to $165,664 during December 2011, compared to $154,933 the previous year. Listings in … Find out how to read more Online.

Venice city manager contract approved
Sun Jan 29 2012 08:10AM

VENICE — The city of Venice officially has a new city manager. Edward F. Lavallee, retired Newport, R.I., city manager and longtime police administrator, led city council in the Pledge of Allegiance Friday morning after a 10-minute special meeting to … Find out how to read more Online.

Woodley announces retirement
Sat Jan 21 2012 08:08AM

Outgoing Acting City Manager Nancy Woodley didn’t waste any time this week clearing out her desk to make room for the next city manager. On Tuesday she announced her retirement. Her last day in office was Friday. She will be … Find out how to read more Online.

Coach Terry passes away
Sat Jan 28 2012 08:10AM

For Terry Tritschler, it was always all about the kids. Without a kid or grandchild involved, the 65-year-old Tritschler worked tirelessly for the last 33 years out of dedication to Venice Little League. Tritschler, who retired from VLL last year, … Find out how to read more Online.

Water advisory in effect at Venice Beach
Sat Jan 28 2012 07:18AM

A beach water advisory has been issued for Venice Beach, at the west end of Venice Avenue, one mile west of U.S. 41 Business. Sarasota County Health Department officials received testing results from beach water samples taken Wednesday that show an … Find out how to read more Online.

City manager contract approved
Sat Jan 28 2012 09:52AM

The city of Venice officially has a new city manager. Edward F. Lavallee, retired Newport, R.I., city manager and longtime police administrator, led city council in the Pledge of Allegiance Friday morning after a 10-minute special meeting to confirm and … Find out how to read more Online.

Term-limits case sent to high court
Wed Jan 25 2012 08:09AM

The state Supreme Court is a step closer to deciding whether term limits are constitutional for Sarasota County commissioners. The Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland on Tuesday handed to the high court the case filed by 16 county … Find out how to read more Online.

New utility rates set
Wed Jan 25 2012 08:09AM

Look for Venice water/sewer utility rates to increase 6 percent overall in 2012 and 3 percent annually for the next four years. That was the recommendation of a stakeholder group and utilities rate consultant that was adopted unanimously by Venice City Council … Find out how to read more Online.

VHS baseball team fined, sanctioned for rules violations
Wed Jan 25 2012 08:09AM

After more than nine months of investigation, the Florida High School Athletic Association levied fines totally more than $10,000 on the Venice High baseball program for violations dating as far back as 2008. According to the FHSAA, Venice received a … Find out how to read more Online.

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