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Photo for Headline Surfer / Passenger traffic is up at Daytona Beach International Airport as shown by the 61,062 incoming and outgoing figures, a 1 percent uptick.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport increased 1 percent in March compared with the same month last year, Volusia County officials said.

During March, the county-operated airport recorded 61,062 incoming and outgoing passengers. This compares to 60,406 travelers recorded in March 2012.

Rick Karl, the airport’s director, attributed the passenger traffic increase in March to higher airline passenger loads although slightly fewer seats were available last March. Delta Air Lines and U.S Airways reported 1,508 fewer seats offered this March compared to last year but passenger loads increased from 89 percent in March 2012 compared to 92 percent this March.  

By Douglas Gibson

Headline Surfer photo / While environmentalists complain about the Space X program disturbing a small area of land, they look the other way regarding the pollution of septics pouring into the majestic Mosquito Lagoon.

OAK HILL -- Lets talk about the benefits of the Space X plan for Southeast Volusia County and the folks in Oak Hill, in particular.

DAYTONA BEACH -- For those of you just waking up, there has been a lot of police activity overnight in Boston, in particular, nearby Watertown, where cops and two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing exchanged gunfire. One suspect is confirmed dead and a second remains at large. An MIT campus police officer was shot and killed earlier by the suspects and a suffered critical gunshot wounds in the subsequent shootout. 

-- Henry Frederick, editor/publisher, Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH -- At 8 a.m., Headline Surfer's breaking news compilation on the Boston Marathon bombing shootout published two hours earlier was listed among the top worldwide stories compiled by Google News Directories.

EDGEWATER -- Can you believe what this country went through this past week in Boston and its neighboring communities? Not since 9/11 have we as Americans been so glued to our television sets, and of course, the internet. The media coverage was instant, continuous, and for once, I didn’t disagree with that because events were happening so fast.

By Stan Escudero

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Boston Bombers, brothers Tamerlan and Djokhar Tsaraev, lived up to their violent Chechen heritage, even though neither was raised in Chechnya. Having spent their childhoods in Kyrghistan and the United States, it is not clear if either had ever even been to Chechnya. Yet they proved themselves as gratuitously violent as any of their kinsmen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dear Friend – Last week, you helped me reach over 1,000 Facebook likes, which was a wonderful way to celebrate my first 100 days in Congress! Thank you to everyone who has connected with on Facebook and on Twitter at @RepDeSantis - hearing from you is the most important part of my job.

It is a privilege and an honor to represent Florida's sixth district in Congress! When I announced last week that I had co-sponsored legislation mandating that the new drone medal not be given a higher precedence than the Purple Heart, I also stated that it was my hope that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel would simply handle it himself at the Department of Defense level.

I am pleased to report that Secretary Hagel has discontinued the drone medal entirely.

By Robert Littleton

ORMOND BEACH -- Earlier this month, 16 Republican senators sided with the Democrats to end U.S. Senators Paul, Lee and Cruz’ filibuster of a gun control bill. According to the rules, 60 votes are needed for cloture. They got 68.