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13-year-old girl from New York becomes 16th shark-bite victim in NSB surf

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 13-year-old girl from New York became the 16th shark-bite victim of this swimming season when she was bitten on the back of her right leg and shin while in waist-deep water just after noon Tuesday, the Volusia County Beach Patrol Beach.

TV's WESH 2 News of Orlando reported physicians who stitched her up in the emergency room at Bert Fish Medical Center removed a partial shark's tooth from her leg. 

Feeney says independent challenger talked 'sense' at local debate

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New Smyrna Beach PatrolNEW SMYRNA BEACH -- After reading reports of comments from a debate among challengers to his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Tom Feeney said from his Washington office that the only candidate worthy of mention was Gaurav Bhola, an Orlando resident, running as an independent candidate.