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SARASOTA - A jury needed little time to reach a verdict in a case against a Michigan woman charged with trying to escape arrest in Sarasota.

SARASOTA COUNTY - Memorial Day weekend kicked off with a solemn tradition: placing flags at the resting site of those who served.  Friday in Venice they did just that, along with song and ceremony.

MYAKKA CITY - A Hazmat team was called out to a vehicle crash scene in Myakka City Friday afternoon.

TALLAHASSEE - The founder of the Asolo Repertory Theatre is being remembered by colleagues and friends.

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have moved pitcher J.A. Happ to the 60-day disabled list as the left-hander recovers from injuries after being hit in the head with a line drive earlier in this month.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Trea Turner and Bryan Adametz each drove in two runs to help North Carolina State beat Miami 7-1 on Friday in pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask says he won't dwell too much on his comical mistake in Game 4 against the Rangers that helped New York get back into the Eastern Conference semifinals.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The towels are showing up all around Memphis, hanging over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.