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Courtesy photo/NASA.  This view of the port side of space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay was recorded after separation from the International Space Station on Feb. 19, 2010, as the STS-130 astronauts prepared for a Feb. 21 landing, after spending over a week working in tandem with the Expedition 22 crew members aboard the station. Other than the docking system hardware, the cargo bay is empty after delivering the Tranquility node and the new cupola to the orbital outpost.

Editor's Note: Information for this report was taken from NASA's shuttle blog.

CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Endeavour landed at Kennedy Space Center at 10:20 p.m. Sunday without a hitch.

DAYTONA BEACH -- A 24-year-old Port Orange motorist was killed early Saturday when she veered off Interstate 95 while northbound near the U.S. 92 interchange and struck several pine trees, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

DELAND -- The Volusia County Council will have a workshop at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, to consider alternatives to the economic development system in the county. The proposed Metro Daytona Volusia Economic Development Corp. will make a presentation.

DEBARY -- Joseph Marcial will discuss historic architecture at 2 p.m. Saturday, at DeBary Hall Historic Site, 210 Sunrise Blvd.

DELTONA -- The victim who died in Thursday's three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Saxon Boulevard and Alladin Drive is 76-year-old Joseph Freed, Jr. of 1129 Madura Drive, a Volusia County Sheriff's spokesman said.

Courtesy photo. Gov. Charlie Crist.

Editor's Note: The following was written by Gov. Charlie Crist as part of his weekly online message, "Notes from the Capitiol:"

Dear Friends,

As Governor, I continue my efforts to promote Florida as a premiere travel destination. We are very fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful places on the earth.

DELTONA -- A local man lost his life Thursday afternoon in a three-car crash in Deltona and a second person suffered minor injuries in the accident, which is under investigation by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Courtesy photo. Martin Edward Grossman, 45, shown here in this Florida Department of Corrections mugshot,  was put to death Tuesday night by the state of Florida for the 1984 slaying of a wildlife officer, shot in the basck of the head with her own fun when he was 19.

STARKE - A Florida Death Row inmate was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday for gunning down a state wildlife officer with her own gun more than 25 years ago, a spokesman for Gov. Charlie Crist announced.

ORLANDO -- The federal judge overseeing the possible sale of the Daytona Beach News-Journal held off Friday on a deal for the newsspaper to be sold for $20 million because he wants at least two independent appraisals done, according to a story published in today's News-Journal.