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DEBARY -- Several families are in mourning with two dead and three other young people injured early Tuesday when an 18-year-old lost control of his SUV, which rolled over and burst into flames Monday morning on Fort Florida Road in what is likely the most horrific traffic accident of the new year.

The driver of the vehicle, 18-year old Joshua Ritter, was being treated at Halifax Medical Center. Ryan Jenkins, 17, a passenger, was being treated at Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City. A second passenger, 18-year old Kenyanna Hawkins, was being treated at Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford. The extent of their injured were not known, authorities said.

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DEBARY -- Photographs by Daytona State College instructor Gary Monroe will be displayed this month at DeBary Hall Historic Site

His exhibit, “Change and Loss: Highway 17,” will show how the natural Florida landscape has changed. The photographs are part of DeBary Hall’s Featured Artist Program, which honors a local artist each month.

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LAKE HELEN -- An outdoor burn ban issued last month for the cities of Lake Helen, Oak Hill and Pierson, as well as unincorporated areas of Volusia County remains in effect through at least February because of dry conditions.

Deputy Fire Chief Kathy Weaver said the ban is necessary because of severe drought conditions and last month's cold snap that killed vegetation throughout the county.

Round and round it goes and where it stops nobody knows. This sprang to mind when I heard about a federal judge from Florida declaring Obamacare unconstitutional. If I recall correctly President Obama was elected upon his promise to reform health care in this country so everyone had access to it.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A Florida-based federal judge ruled unconstitutional.today President Obama's health-care program, thrusting back into the spotlight what critics have labeled "Obamacare.

You can read the latest developments for Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson's rationale for his ruling by clicking on the following link to OrlandoSentinel.com: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/sns-ap-us-health-overhaul,0,3679478.story.

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You can watch video reports on the judge's ruling and the Obama administrations response on our Home page by clicking on the video segments from the Associated Press, the New York Post and The New York Times

Read Peter Mallory's take supporting the judge's ruling by going to his blog: "The Right Side" or by clicking a direct link here: http://nsbnews.net/content/396519-florida-based-federal-judges-ruling-against-obamacare-unconstitutional-right-point

Read Darlene Vann's take on partisan politics with Obamacare in her blog "Musings" on our Home page under community bloggers or by clicking the direct link here: http://www.nsbnews.net/content/396637-round-and-round-obamacare-debate-continues-unabated-partisan-politics-strong-ever

Read Stan Ecudero's take in support of the judge in his blog "The Guidepost" on our Home page under community bloggers or by clicking the direct link here: http://nsbnews.net/content/396638-judges-ruling-against-obamacare-jolt-leftist-government-leanings-president

Vote in our InstaPoll on our Home page on the left side, which asks: Do you agree with a landmark ruling by a Florida-based federal judge that Obamacare is unconstitutional?

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Video production by Sera Frederick / Daytona Beach police release surveillance video .of an armed robbery early Monday at the  Piublix Supermarket on Beville Road that led to the arrests of Antony Conyers Jr. and Shavonski Shipmon, shown below from in jail mugs, left to right, respectively, on armed robbery charges with a firearm.Click the attachment to read the police report in which one of the accused gunmen tells investigators that he told his cohort "not to chicken out" before the armed robbery went down.

DAYTONA BEACH --It didn't take police long to catch up with two men arrested today on armed robbery charges with a firearm of the Publix supermasrket 1500 Beville Road just before 7:30 a.m..

Police had ample evidence in charging Antony Conyers, Jr., 23, and Shavonski Shipmon, 27.

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Photo courtesy of Grand-Am Road Racing / The 02 of Chip Ganassi Racing was chasing down the 01 sister car with less than two hours to go this afternoon in the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The 2011 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Cask No. 16 is winding down this afternoon with 01 BMW Riley of Chip Ganassi Racing out front with the sister 02 car right behind with two hours to go.

For the first time since 2004, the race was delayed for 2 hours and 47 minutes this morning because of thick fog over the track.

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Photos by Henry Frederick / Former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Jim Vandergrifft and his wife, Pamela, and their miniature poodle, Cooper, stroll down Canal Street towards the Intracoastal Waterway after Saturday's IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts. The festival makes its second and final run today. The event is free to the public where countless works of art are showcased and offered for sale. For more information, please go to http://www.imagesartfestival.org/  

NEW SMYRNA BEACH --Former Mayor Jim Vandergrifft and his wife, Pamela, were impressed by the array of art exhibits and the large crowd during Saturday's opening of the 2011 IMAGES: A Festical of the Arts, on historic Canal Street and Riverside Drive near the beautiful Intracoastal Waterway.