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Headline Surfer, greater Daytona Beach's 24/7 internet newspaper, among 3 dozen media outlets with seating for high profile case

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SANFORD -- Security will be extremely tight when jury selection gets under way this morning at the Seminole County Courthouse for George Zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin -- the high profile case that galvanized the nation with gun rights advocates on one side and claims of racism on the other side since the victim was a 17-year-old black youth and an arrest wasn't immediately forthcoming leading to nationwide protests.

This snapshot graphic shows Headline Surfer's advance coverage of the start of the George Zimmerman trial at the top of the Google News Directories for Sanford, FL., just after 6 a.m. this morning. It also topped the Google search engine using keywords 'Zimmernan' 'jury' and 'selection.'

SANFORD -- Headline Surfer's advance story on today's expected start of jury selection for the George Zimmerman murder trial didn't take long to climb to the top of the Google news directories and search engines before dawn.

Just after 7:15 a.m. today, Headline Surfer, by far smallest of the 400-plus media outlets with a lone staffer, was atop Google News Directories' national coverage of the coverage of the George Zimmerman trial with the Los Angeles Times second and CBS News third. 

SANFORD -- Between 6 and 7 o'clock this morning, more than 400 media outlets had filed stories on the George Zimmerman murder trial with the focus squarely on jury selection expected to get under way today at the Seminole County Courthouse.

SANFORD -- Before jury selection was scheduled to get under way today for George Zimmerman, who stands accused of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Tracy Martin, father of the shooting victim, addressed the media, saying he and the boy's mother were "relieved" the trial is now a reality.

Whereabouts unknown since Monday

Photos for Headline Surfer / Be on the lookout: If you see this Deltona woman, Tonia Schurman, or her three young children, an 8-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl, all shown here, or her youngest, a 4-month-old baby girl, then please call Volusia County Sheriff's deputies at 386-736-5999. If you can't remember the number, then dial 9-1-1. The mother is believed to be traveling in a black, 2003 Isuzu Ascender SUV, with Florida tag BKM195. 

DELTONA -- A 27-year-old Deltona mother who was court-ordered to relinquish parental rights to her three small children -- ages 8, 6 and 4 months -- and hand them over to DCF, instead has fled and Volusia County Sheriff's deputies are asking for the public's help in finding her and her kids, an agency official said this afternoon.

Headline Surfer videos / Michele & Robert Lott, former owners of the Observer filed bankruptcy to stave off creditors. Realtor Tom Alcorn is bringing the paper back in print as a monthly, having languished with an online version for 9 months.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A year after Tom Alcorn bought the defunct weekly Observer newspaper off the scrap heat of federal bankruptcy for $2,500 after then-owners Michele and Robert Lott sought protection from creditors owed half a million, the real estate broker has opted to bring it back as a free monthly print publication.

DAYTONA BEACH. Fla. -- Dist. 26 State Rep. Dwayne Taylor, D-Daytona Beach, received the Florida Professional Firefighters 2013 "Legislator of the Year" award during the 69th annual conference for professional firefighters at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort.