Tom Lyons -- The Blog

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• Sailor's kiss goes to next level..accidentally?.
• Pain patients say improved lives are threatened by zealous focus on abusers
• Rats got one-sided coverage?
• Legacy Trailers mostly blame dangers on each other
• But I'll bet there's no chalk in that sewage!
• Dead fish will fly again

News headlines

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  Nokomis attorney top contender for Thaxton's seat 15 min ago
  
• Far fewer students pass FCAT reading exam 51 min ago
  
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  Shipwreck in Gulf of Mexico is 200 years old 2:24 PM
  
• Alligator bites N.C. worker during rescue attempt
  
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  Region's jobless rate falls again in April
  
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  Doctor disavows research on a gay cure 44 min ago
  
• Oak Ford Golf Club to close for course renovations 1:54 PM
  
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  Man accused of choking boy in church with cord 12:23 PM
  
• Man faces cockfighting charges
  
• Woman beaten with bottle in Punta Gorda 'road rage'
  

More columns from Tom Lyons

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  Lyons: Orioles' attendance is tough to figure
  
• Lyons: Handling of police chief hire perplexing
  
• Lyons: Favoritism claim stirs up state attorney race
  
• Lyons: Problem with 'Stand Your Ground' is interpretation
  
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  Lyons: SCF should apologize to student wrongly accused
  
• Lyons: Statistics on pain clinics misleading
  
• Lyons: Absurd to compare Martin, Tyson cases
  
• Lyons: In Trayvon Martin case, probe may not satisfy
  
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  Lyons: Trayvon Martin sparks local comparisons
  
• Lyons: County line muddle won't bring tax break
  
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  Lyons: Siesta beach brawl no reason for alcohol ban
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  Lyons: A thorny debate on Sarasota sidewalks
  
• Lyons: Manatee School Board sin? Secrecy, not rift
  
• Lyons: Falling asleep at gas pump is no crime
  
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  Lyons: In Five Points Park, a permit separates vandalism from art
  
• Lyons: Minor crimes add up to a major rap sheet
  
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  Lyons: Arrest's 'YouTube' moment unnecessary
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• Lyons: Sentence for driver who killed boy seems too light
  
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  Lyons: License revoked, but doctor still practicing
  
• Lyons: In this soap opera, the people are real
  
• Lyons: Small cases can be a big pain
  
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  Lyons: Rare bird alerts draw tourists, too
  
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  Lyons: America, love it or rename it
  
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  Lyons: Parking meter argument falls flat
  
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  Lyons: Riverview basketball penalty tale has a new side
  
• Lyons: Bar's ethics opinion little chill to foreclosures
  
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  Lyons: Parking meter foes have reason to gloat
  
• Lyons: A scene that isn't funny because it's real
  
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  Lyons: Crowd makes Gingrich campaign rally an experience
  
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  Lyons: Charging Kenney in hypnosis case is unfair