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Daytona 500 trophy named for Harley J. Earl, General Motors automobile designer, who died on this date in 1969

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --  Harley J. Earl, an American automobile designer (b. 1893), died on this date: April 10, 1969. Why is this worth noting? Because a replica of the trophy is given to the winning driver of the annual running of the Great American Race: The Daytona 500. That's why!

Edgewater man reacts to Palm Sunday bombings of Christian (coptic) churches in Egypt

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- Phil Madsen of Edgewater is saddened by the terrorist bombings of two Egyptian Coptic churches on this Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days of the year for Christian worshippers.