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The green flag is waved to start the Coke Zero 400, but there would be no checkered flag for race winner Aric Almirola in the rain-shortened Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway

DAYTONA BEACH -- Aric who? And no checkered flag? That's right. The Coke Zero 400 race winner, Aric Almirola, was decided by NASCAR. Not by the competition on the track in Sunday's rain-shortened race.

By ANDEW SPAR

DAYTONA BEACH -- There has been a lot of talk about due process for teachers over the past few years.

Recently, a California court struck down a state law that provides teachers with due process, also known as tenure. Florida, which really has never had tenure, did away with continuing contracts in 2011, for anyone who did not have that right already.

Tenure is often misunderstood. It is often characterized as a job-for-life status. That is simply not true. Tenure means that before a teacher can be fired, the administration must have a valid reason for terminating the teacher.

Tenure is often misunderstood. It is often characterized as a job-for-life status. That is simply not true. Tenure means that before a teacher can be fired, the administration must have a valid reason for terminating the teacher.

NASCAR marketing executive Brett Jewkes tweets farewell to Daytona International Speedway senior spokesman Lenny Santiago on Sunday. Santiago was the Speedway official who denied media credentials to Headline Surfer® for the Fourth of July races. Santiago quit his job to take  similsr post with the Orlando professional soccer league team. His departure had nothing to do with his earlier media ban after the internet newspaper began reporting on extensive campaign contributions by the Speedway to politicians who approved millions in taxpayer subsidies for two big projects.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The senior spokesman for Daytona International Speedway who denied media credentials for one of Florida's top award-winning reporters and publisher of HeadlineSurfer.com, is no longer employed with DIS. He took a similar job with the Orlando professional soccer team.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The following is a database of election campaign contributions from principals of Waverly Media to candidates for public offices in Volusia County in the 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013 election cycles. The source of information is the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections candidate reports.

Joshua Wagner, District 2 County Council

Hearing planned next month in federal court in Orlando for possible new trial

Photo for Headline Surfer® / Ramara Garrett, shown at far left, was found 'not guilty', but her live-in boyfriend, and father of their baby girl, Joim Sotolongo, was found guilty in a mortgage fraud  trial and is awaiting sentencing.

ORLANDO -- The scheduled July 28 sentencing hearings for Jim Sotolongo and Stephanie Musselwhite have been re-scheduled to Sept. 13 in U.S. District Court in Orlando with a hearing on the possibility of a new trial sandwiched in between.

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WINTER GARDEN -- Orange County Sheriff's deputies are investigating what may have caused the death of a 9-month-old baby found unresponsive Saturday when they responded to a 9-1-1 call at the Lake Tiki Village resort six miles away from Walt Disney World.

The unidentified child died shortly after transport to a local hospital after deputies responded to to emergency call at 9:10 a.m. at the resort spread across 64 acres on US 192 -- a 10-minute commute from Disney.  It's a family setting with paddle boats, barbecue grills, tennis courts, and a playground. And the victim's family was visiting here from Louisiana when the incident occurred.