EDGEWATER -- I don’t understand why we allow Americans to be employed in embassies in volatile countries without better protection. ABC News with Diane Sawyer recently showed diagrams of the compound where we lost four American lives and how poorly they were protected.

Even the so called safe house which was far behind the outside walls was broken and burned. They didn’t have a place to go until help could arrive.

Headline Surfer videos produced by Serafina Frederick / Our panelists take a critical look at the successes and failures at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.

Say hello to Alyssa Bellows of Ormond Beach. She's a model who loves to surf. She's also an Aquarius.

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The first anniversary of New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer's marriage to Shannon Sumner on the beach with a spin on the topless photo flap involving royals William and Kate was the most visited story Wednesday on Headline Surfer. The story is in the third main news rotator. Here is a link for quicker access: http://headlinesurfer.com/content/410137-new-smyrna-beachs-royal-couple-celebrates-1-year-anniversary

The initial general election campaign story of dist. 8 State Senate candidate Frank Bruno, featuring his embedded TV commercial,

Liberal newspapers, media pundits and others of the loony left have had a field day because -- ta dah -- Mitt Romney told the truth. They have unearthed a secret video and splashed it all over the Internet.

They are furious and not holding back. This from NewsMax quoting New York Times columnist David Brooks who “called Romney's economic vision "a country-club fantasy." What? Get an education? Get a job? Own a home? Plan for the future? Be self-sufficient, reliable? Of course not. Those goals aren’t part of Obama’s plan for America.

Flashback: Mayor Adam Barringer weds Shannon Sumner on the beach

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- They aren't in the same league as William and Kate when it comes to royalty. Then again, they don't have to deal with global attention to Kate's topless beach photos.

Adam Barringer and his wife, Shannon Sumner-Barringer, are as royal as it gets around here. After all, Barringer is the face of New Smyrna Beach as mayor, newly re-elected without opposition.

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- Dorothy Hukill, the outgoing state representative and dist. 8 State Senate candidate, addresses more than 200 Republican supports Sunday at her kickoff event at the Lakeside Community Center in Port Orange.

We’ve voted in the primaries, the nominations are completed and now the general election looms ahead. Responsible citizen-voters are seriously studying the candidates and their positions on issues of interest to them. Hopefully, they are looking at the positions and voting records of those who have previously held office.