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An 'Unpremeditated Cultural Clash'

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.20.2013 | Arts
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Knock Out Film Debut from MTO: "FL: Unpremeditated Movie" A brand new homemade documentary film by French street artist MTO shows off his aerosol and...

Florida's Craft Brew Boom

Visit Florida | Posted 12.25.2012 | Travel
Visit Florida

Craft brewers are still relatively small players in the commercial beer world but are helping to create a different sort of Florida tourist attraction.

Your Photos Of Florida: The Towns And Cities

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.04.2012 | Politics

Last week, we put out a call for photos of Florida to mark the third presidential debate happening in Boca Raton tonight. Our readers in the Sunshine ...

On the Front Line for Obama: My Adventures Registering Voters in Florida

Charles Alexander | Posted 12.17.2012 | Politics
Charles Alexander

As an Obama supporter living in Brooklyn, I sometimes feel useless. Even with Romney's recent surge, surely the President has New York in bag. Fortunately, my wife and I have a second home in Sarasota, Fla. That's where the action is.

PHOTOS: Gator Town, U.S.A.

Visit Florida | Posted 12.05.2012 | Travel
Visit Florida

In Palmdale, Fla., alligators outnumber humans by more than 100 to 1.

Thomas Edison's Legacy In Fort Myers

Visit Florida | Posted 11.25.2012 | Travel
Visit Florida

A visit to the estates of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford reveals a different side of Florida.

Hundreds of Caboodle Ranch Cats Rescued by the ASPCA Seeking Homes

Ed Sayres | Posted 10.07.2012 | Green
Ed Sayres

If you've ever considered sharing your home (or barn, in the case of certain animals) with a cat, now would be a great time to adopt. These cats have been through so much.

Fanfare for an Uncommon Man

Stu Kreisman | Posted 06.23.2012 | Fifty
Stu Kreisman

Norman Leonard Kreisman is my father. He is an ordinary man who has led an extraordinary life. To say I'm proud of him would be a vast understatement.

Any Given Child: A Progress Report

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.12.2012 | Home
Michael Kaiser

One challenge that is universally experienced is the shrinking pool of public funding for arts education. No one who works in arts education can ignore this reality.

Man Decapitates Another Man Who Knocked Over Grill

Posted 03.05.2012 | Miami

Three homeless men barbequing steaks and drinking rum in the Sarasota County woods ended with one man decapitated, one man in jail, and one man servin...

A Decade Later, Students With Bush On 9/11 Remember The Day

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 11.07.2011 | Home

SARASOTA, Fla. — The 16 children who shared modern America's darkest moment with President George W. Bush are high school seniors now – fo...

Boost Your Sales and Enhance Your Brand With Little-Known QR Codes

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.12.2011 | Business
Jerry Chautin

Quick response codes have the potential to boost your sales, enhance your brand and turn your plain vanilla print advertisement into an interactive, m...

Trouble, Millionaire Dog, Is Dead

AP | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News

NEW YORK — Leona Helmsley's millionaire Maltese has died. The Helmsley family trust said Thursday that 12-year-old Trouble died Dec. 13 and was c...

Catholic Priest Pulls A Weiner On Florida Beach And Exposes Himself

Posted 09.19.2011 | Weird News

Police arrested a Catholic priest for exposing himself to an undercover detective on a beach in Englewood, Fl., near Sarasota. Rev. Bernard Chojna...

The Future of Seafood? Farming Siberian Sturgeon For More Than Just Caviar

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Liza de Guia

Meet Jim Michaels, of Mote Marine Laboratory's Siberian Sturgeon Program. Jim has been working for over a decade on an eco-friendly and sustainable solution for growing farm-raised sturgeon.

Substitute Teacher Training

Christopher Reeve | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Christopher Reeve

In the absence of their regular teacher, students need and deserve a qualified substitute teacher to ensure that instruction moves forward in a safe environment.

Business Peer Groups, Coaching and Mentoring Can Help Small Businesses Prosper and Create Jobs

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Jerry Chautin

Peer groups, coaching and mentoring are playing important roles in growing small business and creating jobs.

The Obama Administration is Discouraging Entrepreneurship by Preaching That Taking Risk is Evil

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Jerry Chautin

President Barack Obama and his risk-aversive legislators are sending the wrong message to America's entrepreneurs. They equate risk taking with wanton greed and evildoing.

Shining in the Dark: Finding Some Good in the Tragedy of the Oil Spill

Brenda Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Brenda Peterson

We can support the tourist businesses that need our help.

Health Care Public Option Vigil in Sarasota, Florida Brings Out Hundreds of Supporters

Lisa Daily | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lisa Daily

Support for the public option and the President's health care plan was strong and vocal. More than five hundred supporters carried candles, waved signs and chanted "Health Care Now."

Digital Television Delay

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Stephanie Vaughn Hapke

I'm sorry, but if people have not heeded the warnings by now, they either do not watch enough TV for this to be an issue, or they just don't care.