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Latest on NYC Explosion: No link yet to terrorism, though pressure cooker found nearby

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YouTube video upload / Lien Cory, an eyewitness gives the Associated Press an accounting of what she saw in the immediate afermath of Saturday's explosion in New York City.

By HENRY FREDERICK
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The explosion Saturday in a Mangattan neighborhood that injured 29 people -- none life threatening -- so far is not being linked toterrorisam, officials have said from the scene on this Sunday afternoon.
 

Mike Chitwood's successful run for sheriff included an ex con who volunteered briefly on his campaign

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Volusia County Sheriff-elect Mike Chitwood apparently wasn't the only candidate for office apparently fooled into accepting the political consulting services of one Gregory Fournier, also known by Texas penitentiary officials as Gregory Noll.

AP News for Sept 26

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Here are the top AP stories for Monday, Sept. 26: Man shoots at drivers in Texas; Mall shooting suspect in court; Debate preperations underway in New York; Washington Monument closed indefinitely.

-- Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer, YouTube vido download, photo shows cops in after math of Texas man shooting at drivers.

Edgewater PD Chief Dave Arcieri On Recovery Of Teen's Body: Hoping forensic pathologist can give family some closure

By HENRY FREDERICK
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EDGEWATER, Fla. -- With the body now positively identified as that of missing 18-year-old Ashlyn Bowman, Edgewater's top cop is looking to science for clues as to the manner and cause of death.

Academian & Civic Giant in Daytona's African-American community seeking countywide political office investigated for alleged 'brutal' rape

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By HENRY FREDERICK
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Willie J. Kimmons, an academian and civic giant in Daytona Beach's African-American community and a candidate for countywide office in the November elections was investigated on allegations by a woman that he "brutally raped" back in February, but because she didn't report her claim for several days and Kimmons represented by legal counsel would not answer questions by cops investigating it, the State Attorney's Office "no info'd" the case in June.  

9/11 Twin Towers re-created at World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- An anonymous sand sculpturer re-created the Manhattan skyline, complete with the Twin Towers, on the Word's Most Famous Beach in Daytona in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It is here where the hard wet sands, nurtured by the incoming surf, make it possible for beach driving to continue along certain stretches of the Atlantic coastline.

 

15th anniversary of 9/11: Never Forget

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By HENRY FREDERICK
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Wendell and Anita Bradford, like millions of Americans, are praying ask for prayers for all of the families, friends and first responders who suffer every day because of the 9/11 attack on our country 15 years ago today. Like millions of Americans across the country and countless people around the globe, they remember the all-too-real horror that came with with two hijacked airliners slamming into the Twin Towers of New York City's World Trade Center, a third airliner striking the Pentagon and a fourth crashing in a vacant field in Shanksville, Penn, by doomed passengers who stormed the cockpit to avert a likely strike on the White House or Capitol Building.

Orange City Mayor Tom Laputka Pushes Candidacy Of Daytona's Patrick Henry

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By HENRY FREDERICK
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Orange City Mayor Tom Laputka's run for Volusia County's top elected office came to a less than stellar conclusion when the final votes were tallied in the Aug. 30 primary. Laputka finished dead last among the five candidates.