Florida’s First Earthship Sails Toward Completion

In 2008 I visited the site of Florida’s first Earthship home — http://www.roblimo.com/node/329. I’m pleased to report that now, in October, 2009, construction is coming along nicely.Since this idiot NowPublic interface won't let me embed a YouTube video, and has an...

Recovery is here?

Even as various analyst and economists are falling head over heels with claims of economic recovery having started, Friday night marked the tally of US failed banks crossing 100. The number of banks which had...

World's Oldest Manatee in Captivity - 61st Birthday in Florida

This is the 61st birthday bash for Snooty the Manatee. Snooty is the oldest Manatee in captivity. Located at the South Florida museum in Bradenton, Florida. Bradenton is located in Manatee County, on the Gulf Coast...

Man ejected from yacht dies in Gulf

Lesson to passengers on boats, it doesn't take a big wave to eject you from the bow. Maybe this mans tragedy will save lives, maybe not."BRADENTON BEACH -- A Sarasota man died in a boating accident in open waters...

Florida Teens Kicked Out of School Over Body Paint

What is happening to common sense. Or better yet what is in the water in Bradenton, Florida."Two Bradenton, Florida teenagers, Monica Cummings and Jessyca Altenbach, were so excited when they put on bikini tops...

Tornado Watch In Effect For 14 Counties In Central Florida

"Tornado Watch /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.A.0330.070602T1049Z- 070602T1900Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 330 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHARLOTTE LEE IN WEST...

Bradenton man arrested for pointing finger

"A Bradenton man is facing assault charges after police say he pointed his finger and yelled at an off-duty sheriff’s deputy. "

Boat Fire Leaves Owner Badly Burned

" April 18, 2007 Florida - A man was airlifted to a Tampa hospital after suffering severe burns in a boat fire Monday morning. Just after 11:33 a.m., East Manatee Fire Rescue and the Bradenton Fire Department responded to the boat fire, in the 4700 block of Spinnaker Drive,...

Boat Fire Leaves Owner Badly Burned

" April 18, 2007 Florida - A man was airlifted to a Tampa hospital after suffering severe burns in a boat fire Monday morning. Just after 11:33 a.m., East Manatee Fire Rescue and the Bradenton Fire Department responded to the boat fire, in the 4700 block of Spinnaker Drive,...

West Bradenton Women Dies In Suspicious Apartment Fire Overnight

" January 5, 2007 Florida - An apartment fire during the night has killed a 32-year-old woman. The Bradenton Police Department is calling the fire "suspicious" and asking for anyone with information about it to contact a detective. Firefighters pulled Janell Marie Aalberg...

Woman Committed Suicide In Fire

" January 6, 2007 Florida - A 33-year-old woman who died in a late night fire Thursday committed suicide, police say. Firefighters rescued Janell Marie Aalberg, of the 500 block of 19th Street West, from a fire that started at 10:47 p.m. Thursday in her second-story...

WWI vet, recently honored, dies at 111 (AP)

" BRADENTON, Fla. - Ernest Charles Pusey, one of the nation's longest living World War I veterans, died a little over a week after he was honored with a medal for his service to the country, family members said. He was 111. Pusey's death Sunday left fewer than 25 living U.S....

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