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NSBFD: 3 cats rescued in New Smyrna Beach house fire

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- There's an old proverb that goes something like this: A cat has nine lives. For three it plays, for three it strays and for the last three it stays." Whether that is true was not something New Smyrna Beach firefighters took for granted in rescuing three cats from a residential structure fire over the weekend.

Former NBA exec Lucas Boyce to speak at Daytona State College's Mori Hosseini Center

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Photo for Headline Surfer / Lucas Boyce, former executive with the NBA's Orlando Magic, an author and motivational speaker, shown above, will speak at Daytona State College.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Former NBA executive, author and motivational speaker Lucas Boyce will be the featured speaker on Tuesday, Oct. 18, during the fall 2016 installment of the L. Gale Lemerand Entrepreneurial Speaker Series hosted by the Small Businress Development Center and Daytona State College.

News Briefs: Would safety system have helped in NJ train crash? 

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Here's the latest for Thursday, Sept. 29: Lead item: Would a safety system have helped in the New Jersey train crash? Other news of note: The CDC is urging people to get their flu shots; US Olympians visit the White House and the Royal Family enjoys a children's party. 

Volusia County's beach cam on Dunlawton in Daytona Beach Shores not working

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- One of Volusia County's two beach cams for online viewers is working.

The "Daytona Beach" beach cam at the Dunlawton approach in Daytona Beach Shores shows shows a blackened blackened screen with a brief message that reads: "We are havoing problems with playback. We apologize for the inconvenience."

The cam has been inoperable since last weekend. The audio is fine, but the video feed is off. The other county beach cam on the Flagler Avenue Beach ramp is working fine. 

MORE THAN MERE MORTAL: Mori Hosseini charting course for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's success beyond own lifetime

By HENRY FREDERICK
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- More than ever, the future is dependent on what happens now with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University if it wants to keep its competitive edge as one of the top aerospace institutions of higher learning not only in the US, but in an ever-expanding global marketplace where technology rules.

Nobody is more acutely aware of this than Mori Hosseini, who is doing everything he can to position the private unversity as a dominant force well beyond his lifetime.