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TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Scott released a statement Tuesday on pending legislation dealing with pharmaceutical drugs.

"I applaud Speaker Cannon, Representative Schenck and the Judiciary and Health and Human Services Committees for putting forward legislation that combats prescription drug abuse and criminal pill mills. I am also grateful to the House Appropriations Committee for unanimously passing this bill.

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OAK HILL -- Like a perp being led to jail in front of TV camera crews, City Clerk/Administrator Laura Goodearly used a sheet of paper to try and hide her face from NSBNews.net's video camera during discussion tonight over her request for a pay raise that was tabled by the City Commission after learning she has a DUI conviction.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Three years ago, then-Mayor Sally Mackay had a vision of turning the New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport into a weekend balloon festival. As it turned out she wasn't full of hot air.

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Courtesy photo by Lauren Buzinski / Army Spc. Keith T. Buzinski lost his life on the battlefied Thursday in Afghanistan. He is the epitome of the American hero.  Here is a link to Americans killed in action in Afghanistan http://icasualties.org/oef/

DAYTONA BEACH – Army Spc. Keith T. Buzinski of Daytona Beach was killed when his unit in Afghanistan was attacked by small arms fire, the Department of Defense confirmed Saturday. He was 26 years old when he lost his life.

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Courtesy photo / Volusia County. A Votran bus heads west on Canal Street in New Smyrna Beach in this photo. The county came up with a "flex" schedule to lessen the blow of some routes eliminated for greater New Smyrna Beach resulting from budget cuts.

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Editor's note: The following was sent to NSBNews.net by the office of U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, D-Florida.

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Let me bring you up to date on the government shutdown here in Washington. Thankfully, we've just seen common sense begin to triumph over right-wing extremism.

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DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- A SWAT team was called in several hours after Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety officers received a call 2 p.m. Saturday of a suicidal man in his residence at 3716 S. Atlantic Ave. The man was later found dead inside his home, police said.