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Seminole County Sheriff's Office: Two juveniles, ages 13 & 14, arrested after several reported car burglaries in Lake Mary

LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Two baby-faced teens, ages 13 and 14,  were hanging around on bicycles in the middle of the night with thw other juveniles when an alert neighbor caught them pilfering pocket change and gift cards from her unlocked vehicle before they were forced to high-tail it on their bikes.

Joint Study by Daytona's Embry-Riddle & Fla Institute of Technology: Driverless ambulances unsettling to more than half respondents; women moreso than men

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Would you ride in a driverless ambulance? In three separate studies, about half of 1,028 US adults polled were significantly less willing to be lifted into an automated ambulance, compared with a conventional one, researchers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Florida Institute of Technology have discovered.

Historian to portray Hamilton at NSB library

By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Historian John Vetter will portray Alexander Hamilton at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.

Vetter will offer insights into the first treasury secretary and founder of America’s financial system as he demonstrates how Hamilton inspired one of the most popular Broadway shows of all times – “Hamilton.” Reservations are not required for the free program. For more information, please call 386-424-2910, option 4. 

Execs at Daytona Beach International Airport help ‘Bring a Meeting Home’

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Executives at Daytona Beach International Airport have helped to ‘Bring a Meeting Home’ with the American Association of Airport Executives Annual Finance and Administration conference, being held at the Hilton Daytona Beach Resort/Ocean Walk Village March 5-7.

Five Daytona State College students earn prestigious Aspen Institute/Siemens scholarships

Photos for Headline Surfer® / Marisha Baker and Susan Carchi, shown above, are two of five Daytona State College students in nursing or other health-related degree programs honored as Siemens Technical Scholars. Baker and Carchi are featured in breakout profiles in this story presentation.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet to release rehabilitated green sea turtle today

PONCE INLET, Fla. -- After two months of rehabilitation at the Marine Science Center turtle hospital, a juvenile green sea turtle named "Adele," is expected to be released back into the Atlantic Ocean today.