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Special Report: How Safe Are We In East Central Florida?

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Never in his worst nightmare did Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett ever dream he'd make national headlines of his own 3 1/2 years after a jury in Seminole County acquitted George Zimmerman of second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Florida Highway Patrol: VCSO Senior Deputy Frank Scofield struck & killed while riding bicycle

Photo for Headline Surfer / Volusia County Sheriff's Senior Deputy Frank Scofield, who was struck and killed Sunday morning by a motorist while riding his bicycle  is shown here in this pic with the VCSO Marine Unit, which he had been assigned for 22 years.  
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
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Today in History for June 2: Timothy McVeigh 'guilty' in Oklahoma City bombing

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YouTube download / AP video / Highlights of this day in history for June 2: 1997: A federal jury finds Timothy McVeigh guilty in the Oklahoma City bombing resulting in 168 deaths. He's executred four years later; 1953: Coronation day for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II; 1979: Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland; 1941: Baseball's Lou Gehrig dies of the dreaded disease that bears hids name at age 37. 
 

991. Takashi Yokoyama killed in 1997 Formula 3 race in Japan after airborne car strikes signboard & disintegrates

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A crash that brought out the safety car in the final race of the 1997 Formula 3 racing season in Fuji, Japan, where a young driver moving up fast from the back, Takashi Yokoyama, had failed to slow down in time, hitting a car in front of him and launching his own racing machine into the air before it tore through a signboard killing him instantly.

Child hit by line drive at Houston Astros game hospitalized

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YouTube download / AP video / A young fan was taken to the hospital after getting struck by a foul ball during Wednesday night's game between the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. hit a line drive into the stands, where it struck the girl. Almora and other ballplayers were emotionally distraught.