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Raw: Vets help out rhino
A team of vets in Zimbabwe rescued a wild rhino on Saturday, after the animal got a tire stuck over its snout (Oct. 16).
Today in History: Oct. 16
Pet rescues have 'no kill' policy; can't say the same for pet shelters
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A lot has changed in the years since I've written the column "Fur Real."
Volusia County school children & parents take part in International Walk/ Bike to School Day
DELAND, Fla. -- Hundreds of students and their parents participated in International Walk/ Bike to School Day on Oct. 5, two days before Hurricane Matthew.
Volusia County Supervisor of Elections Lisa Lewis: Voter registration deadline extended through Tuesday
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A federal court judge has ordered the voter registration deadline to be extended through Tuesday.
Today in History: Oct. 14
Highlights of this day in history: Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier; Britain's Battle of Hastings takes place; Martin Luther King, Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize; Former President Theodore Roosevelt shot; Singer Bing Crosby dies (Oct. 14).
Today in History: Oct. 13
Highlights of this day in history: Cornerstone laid for what becomes the White House; Britain's Margaret Thatcher born; Boston wins baseball's first World Series; TV variety show host Ed Sullivan dies; Musician Paul Simon born (Oct. 13).
Ex-county chair candidate & 'retired' AT&T tech Greg Gimbert warns linemen of customers he terms 'eaters' as they work to get greater Daytona power fully restored in Matthew's wake
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- He was once an AT&T outdoor tech himself who "retired" or so he claimed in his failed campaign in the August primary for Volusia County chair. And so Greg Gimbert in a social media treatise to linemen, has nothing but admonition and disdain for utility cutomers he dismisses as "eaters" who have been without electricity since Hurricane Matthew's wrath six days ago.
Sunshine State's Death Toll Mounting in Matthew's Wake: Daytona boy among 3 killed Monday in addition to 5 Floridians who perished in Friday's hurricane
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- How ironic that the parents of 9-year-old Jose Angel Barrios would learn well after the fact that thick grey-colored packing tape affixed to keep windows from breaking during Friday's crush of Hurricane Matthew -- would continue to hold the glass in place three days later as he lay lifeless on his bed in the family's home at 113 Mason Park Drive, the result of acute carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator in another room being used because the electricity had not yet been restored, Daytona Beach cops said.