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Sorting out the good charities from solicitations and scams

EDGEWATER -- I don't think I am alone in receiving donation mail, receiving address labels, greeting cards, note pads. nickles, dimes and even $2.50 checks, you often wonder how many are scams. Send in a donation once and you are on their list forever.

The band 'Allstar Weekend' talks about touring with Selena Gomez in interview in Lake Buena Vista

Pavlina Osta interviews the boy band 'Allstar Weekend' and asks about touring with Selena Gomez, in the video at left. The band members talk among themselves in the video to the right.

Pavlina OstaBy Pavlina Osta

LAKE BUENA VISTA -- I’m with the headlining band, "Allstar Weekend," at the House of Blues here in Lake Buena Vista.

I did this interview in their tour bus, talking about their "All the Way Tour" with Selena Gomez.

Changing of the guard in how public money is handled in New Smyrna Beach

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The two main taxing agencies in New Smyrna Beach mired in controversy are undergoing a metamorphosis. They are, of course, the Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority and the Community Redevelopment Agency. As the clock ticks closer to April, NSBNews.net will take a closer look in the coming weeks at how scandal took root with both taxing entities and what government leaders are doing -- or not doing -- to clean it up in our continuing investigative project, "Show Me the Money: New Smyrna Beach."

Robert LottAnd having pored through thousands of pages of public government documents and court records and having covered countless public hearings, including a federal bankruptcy hearing in Orlando, NSBNews.net will shed light on a key business figure deeply embedded in the controversy who benefited from thousands of dollars in taxpayer money and has a trail of debt to show for it. His name is Robert Lott, who just four years ago, was among the most powerful and influential businessmen in Southeast Volusia.