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Headline Surfer graphics / The crash of a van into a neighbor's home early Wednesday was the freshest news in the Google News Directories for Orlando as shown in the snapshot graphics at left and below.

ORLANDO -- Headline Surfer demonstrated once again why it truly is the 24/7 internet newspaper, picking up a bizarre motor vehicle crash early this morning under cover while the much bigger media outlets were asleep.

The brief story, headlined, "Florida Highway Patrol: Orlando man falls asleep at wheel of new Dodge Caravan; crashes into neighbor's garage," was filed just after 5 a.m. and picked by by the Google News Directories within 5 minutes where it was trending online as the freshest offering.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Where else can you find up to the minute plans of people you never see in person, photos of the latest haircuts of all your friends, over-used inspirational quotes, and above all else, the central location for complaints, but Facebook?

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Does the high price of movies have you down? Watch some of the year’s most popular films at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library. It won’t cost you a dime.

ORLANDO -- The Orlando Magic will open the 2013 preseason at Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville on Oct. 9 against New Orleans.

The Tip-off is 7 p.m. for the Wednesday game.  This marks the third time that the Orlando Magic have played a preseason game in Jacksonville, with their last trip coming in 2008.

Besides $8,050 in missing or stolen cash, more than 900 other items unaccounted for include guns, ammo, drugs, electronics, jewelry & automobiles

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- While City Manager Pam Brangaccio was fully aware that more than 900 items were missing from the police department's evidence room well before an after-hours press release last month, Headline Surfer has learned she entered into a secret agreement back in October with then-Police Chief Ron Pagano that had him retire at year's end, only to continue to pocket more than $67,000 he didn't even earn.

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OAK HILL -- The students, faculty and staff at Burns Science and Technology Charter School had quite the year -- from students talking to a NASA astronaut via ham radio to the cheerleading squad winning competitions to a student winning a national poster contest. 

DAYTONA BEACH -- Israel has entered a period of greater threat to its existence as a state than any since 1973, as a combination of Iran’s continued reach for nuclear weapons, the Syrian Civil War and the impact on Egypt of the Arab Spring have shattered the manageable regional situation which Israel had established and dramatically increased the vulnerability of the Jewish state.

No details released on circumstances of crash or the vehicle involved

Headline Surfer locator / Steven Pindar was airlifted to Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach after smashing up his vehicle Sunday night. Circumstances of the crash were not released by police.