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Courtesy photo / Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students work on a robotics project as shown here. ERAU has reached some new milestones nationwide. 

DAYTONA BEACH -- The 2012 Best Colleges guidebook published by U.S. News & World Report has ranked Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s (ERAU) undergraduate aerospace engineering program tops in the nation for the 12th year in a row.

The guidebook, which hit newsstands in September, ranks 1,400 accredited four-year schools nationwide.

Courtesy photo / Thomas Fey, wanted on two counts of attempted murder in the Sunday stabbings of his parents in the Deltona home they shared, has been apprehended.

DELTONA -- Thomas Fey, the 28-year-old Deltona man wanted on a warrant accusing him of stabbing his parents over the weekend, was apprehended tonight in Hernando County after a chase through four counties, A Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman confirmed.

Orange, Lake, Sumter and Hernando Counties by deputies after he reports earlier in the day had him seen in several Central Florida communities.

"The suspect was captured this evening and has been taken into custody in Hernando County," Gary Davidson, spokesman for Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson, told NSBNews.net.

"Thomas Fey's vehicle was first spotted in Orange County by an Oakland Police Officer. Fey sped from the scene, west into Lake County, where Lake County Sheriff's deputies joined in the pursuit.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Peter Mallory, co-founder of NSBNews.net with Henry Frederick, won an award from the Florida Press Club for blog writing.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Susie Bruner put into perspective the true meaning of the 15th annual New Smyrna Beach Holiday Charity Ball.

Courtesy photo / Thomas Fey of Deltona, shown in this photo, is wanted by law enforcement in connection with a double stabbing earlier tonight. If you see him, please call 9-1-1.

DELTONA -- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is on the scene of a stabbing incident in the 3100-block of Hyder Ave, involving two victims known by the suspected attacker, 28-year-old Thomas Fey.

"Deputies were notified at approximately 5 p.m. that two adults, one man and one woman, had been stabbed multiple times by a person known to them," Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught told NSBNews.net.

Both victims, whose names were not released while the apprehension of their suspected attacker continues, were transported by Sheriff's Office helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach.

Edgewater had a fall festival on Saturday evening, Oct. 29, with a cool breeze and mostly starry skies making it a perfect atmosphere for wearing a costume or long sleeves. This is the second Halloween event in two years and it was held by New Smyrna Beach High School, the Edgewater Police Department and Southeast Volusia YMCA among other local sponsors.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Want to learn computer basics? The New Smyrna Beach Regional Library will offer free computer workshops and a DVD learning course in December.