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Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 in last-lap bump and wreck of race leader Aric Almirola

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Twenty years had passed since Dale Earnhardt ended a career-long drought by winning the Daytona 500 in the famed No. 3 Chevrolet of car owner Richard Childress.

Learn about birds of Indian River Lagoon at New Smyrna Beach library

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Don Picard of the Southeast Volusia Audubon Society will discuss the varied and fascinating birds that live in the Indian River Lagoon at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.
 

BREAKING NEWS: New Smyrna Beach Cops: Known drug peddler gunned down on front porch under cover of darkness

By HENRY FREDERICK
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A known drug peddler was gunned down on a porch under the cover of darkness and cops had little, if anything, to go on in way of suspects or a motive in this popular tourist-driven beachfront city known for its charm.

REWIND: Rolex 24 at Daytona qualifying: Wayne Taylor Racing captures pole for weekend race

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Wayne Taylor Racing’s Renger van der Zande captured the Rolex 24 At Daytona Motul Pole Award over Acura Team Penske and Helio Castroneves on the final lap of the 15-minute qualifying session Thursday at Daytona International Speedway.

Daytona Beach's 'Big Sexy' Kevin Nash won't be on WWE's Raw 25 show tonight on USA network

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--  'Big Sexy' Kevin Nash, WWE Hall of Famer, will not be on the Raw 25th anniversary show tonight on USA network due to recent knee surgery that makes flying too painful for the near 7-footer.

Nash, the Detroit native who calls greater Daytona Beach home, won't be re-uniting with his "Kliq" buddies Triple H or Shawn Michaels on Raw's 25th anniversary show, which begins at 8 p.m. 

Senate ends government shutdown

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YouTube download / AP video / The Senate has advanced a bill reopening federal agencies through Feb. 8 after Democrats relented and lifted their blockade against the legislation. (Jan. 22)

The US Senate voted 81-18 to break the filibuster and reopen the government on this Monday morning. The two sides agreed to keep negotiations towards a settlement on the Dreamers legislation until Feb. 8.

“In a few hours, the government will reopen,” said NY Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader. “We have a lot to do.”

As reported in the New York Times, Schumer  announced that he and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, had “come to an arrangement” to adopt the three-week spending measure while continuing to negotiate a “global agreement” that would include the fate of the dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.