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Spiritual or religious? Are they the same, different or indifferent?

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Community Bloggers

Many of us are and many of us are not. Some of us are different and some are not. Some of us believe we are correct and that the others are wrong. Then there are those who believe there really is a difference. If there is, or if there is not, there still is a difference.

And in being a member of those of, either/or, or, neither/nor, the feeling of belonging to a collective group brings on the mind set of, “we are correct!” And in being so, they are really in a world of their own just as the others.

Sound confusing?

Yes? No? Or just, maybe!

Father charged with giving false statement after toddler shoots himself

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NSBNEWS.net: Volusia County / State
DELTONA -- Volusia County Sheriff's investigators filed a criminal complaint affidavit Thursday with the State Attorney's Office charging 24-year-old Brandon Cardona with child neglect, leaving firearms within access of a minor and other felonies, two days after his 3-year-old son accidentally shot himself with a gun that resulted in a light grazing of the boy's chest, a Sheriff's spokesman said.
 

Blackbeard's Inn is tops in seafood, steaks and salads

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Dining

Blackbeard's Inn is one of my very favorite restaurants in town.

Blackbeard’s features a wide variety of excellent seafood along with some outstanding beef dishes. This is done at very reasonable prices. All of the seafood dishes are good. My personal favorites are the shrimp and crab Louie salads.

Having coverage in time of need is what counts

Create: Fri, 06/13/2008 - 02:00
Author: Jim Tharp
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Business
I am pleased to have an opportunity to write for you on a regular basis about a topic that is near and dear to me: Life and health insurance and mutual fund investments.
 
These are issues that many people do not think about or take for granted until a time of need arises and they then need quick answers to the often complicated issues that pop up.
 

Sheriff: 3-year-old Deltona boy fires gun, grazes himself

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NSBNEWS.net: Volusia County / State

DELTONA -- Sheriff's investigators filed a criminal complaint affidavit Wednesday with the State
Attorney's Office charging 29-year-old Tracy DeCarr, the mother of the 3-year-old injured in Tuesday's accidental shooting incident, with child neglect and leaving firearms within access of a minor.

"The toddler squeezed the trigger and the weapon discharged, causing a grazing wound to the chest," Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said of the 9:22 a.m. Tuesday incident. "Family members drove the boy to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City."

Building our lives around the Bible

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Local News Now
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The message from the pulpit was simple and to the point: "We're a people of the Book."
 
The messenger was The Rev. Don Bremer of the First United Methodist Church of New Smyrna Beach and his message Sunday was in reference to the book of faith -- the Holy Bible as part of Sunday's service, dedicating 120 new pew Holy Bibles.
 

Marijuana growing operation found in Deltona

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NSBNEWS.net: Volusia County / State

DELTONA -- Volusia County narcotics agents found 416 marijuana plants in three homes in Deltona during raids yesterday and earlier today, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. The plants have an approximate combined street value of more than $900,000. A man in one home was arrested, and an investigation is ongoing to find any other people who were involved in the grow operation, Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said.