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Follies Goes to the Movies…The Sequel, at the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. -- Follies Goes to the Movies -- The Sequel -- will be held at the Omond Beach Performing Arts Center March 27-29 .

The multiple award winning Follies Dancers troupe will join the entire Follies cast at the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center on the three consecutives nights.

80. Sanford cops: Alleged chicken dinner for sex with undercover officer posing as a prostitute lands man in jail

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Sanford cops say Steve Torres tried to barter chicken for sex / Headline Surfer®SANFORD, Fla. -- A man who was cash-strapped offered an undercover woman police officer posing as a prostitute a chicken dinner and $3 n exchange for sex during a sting in early November, Sanford cop said.

Of the seven men arrested in the sex sting, the offer by 32-year-old Steven Torres of Melbourne was the lone barter offer leading to his arrest for solicitation of sex, police said.

The chicken for sex offer comes in at No. 80 in the HeadlineSurfer.com countdown of the top 100 local stories of 2014.

79. Orlando Magic's out-of-shape 'Big Baby' Glenn Davis shipped off to Los Angeles Clippers

Top 100 Local Stories of 2014 in Central Florida / Headline Surfer®

Glen Davis leaves Orlando Magic and is signed by LA Clippers / Headline Surfer®

ORLANDO -- The Orlando Magic weren't going anywhere last season while the Los Angeles Clippers had a chance to come out of the Western conference for the NBA finals, which made for a new lease on life for "Big Baby" Glen Davis.

78. Dr. Thomas Murphy, Chicago-area cardiac surgeon, who raced in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1999, dies

Top 100 Local Stories of 2014 in Central Florida / Headline Surfer®

Tom Murphy, Chicago-area heart surgeon who aced in Rolex 24 at Daytona in 1999, died Nov. 21 /  Headline Surfer®DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dr. Thomas Murphy, a Chicago-area cardiac surgeon who raced in the 24 Hours of Daytona, now known as the Rolex 24, at Daytona International Speedway, died Nov. 21. He was 80 years old.

Murphy was on the Specter Werks Sports Team that droves a Chevrolet Corvette and finished 28th overall in the 1999 Rolex 24 sports car endurance race. Other drivers on the team were Jeff Nowicki, Rick Mancuso and Mike Farmer. It was Murphy's lone time in the world class sports car race.

Remembrance of Murphy's run in the 1999 Daytona sports car endurance race and his death comes in at No. 78 in the HeadlineSurfer.com countdown of the top 100 stories of 2014.

New Smyrna Beach cops: Elderly woman found beaten to death in home; search under way for victim's car

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A 64-year-old woman was found beaten to death in her home at 405 DeSoto Drive by her grown son, New Smyrna Beach police said.

Here is a synopsis of the what occurred after NSBPD received a 9-1-1 call at 10:24 a.m. as described by police spookesman Sgt. Shane Riggle: Earlier this morning, the son of Darlene Robertson responded to her residence at after she did not show up for work today. "

Windemere's Roger Stevens re-appointed by governor to Fla's Continuing Care Advisory Council

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Roger Stevens, 64, of Windemere, re-appointed to state advisrory council by Gov. Rick Scott / Headline Surfer®WINDEMERE, Fla. - Roger Stevens, 64, of Windemere, the chief executive officer of Westminster Communities of Florida, has been re-appointed by Gov. Scott to the Continuing Care Advisory Council. Stevens' new term ends Sept 30, 2017. He was among three re-appointed to the state advisory panel.

Gov. Rick Scott appoints private attorney Gisela Laurent of Winter Garden to state juvenile justice panel

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Attorney Gisela Laurent of Winter Garden appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to jjuvenile justice panel / Headline Surfer®WINTER GARDEN, Fla. -- Gisela Laurent, 38, of Winter Garden, president of Laurent Law Firm PA, has been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to fill an open seat on the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention State Advisory Group. Her term ends at the discretion of the governor.

Located in Orlando, the Laurent law firm specializes in criminal defense, family law and immigration law.

77. South Daytona cops: Man attacks ATM with hatchet

Top 100 Local Stories of 2014 in Central Florida / Headline Surfer®

YouTube download / Scene from movie, 'Burn After Reading' with scene starring Brad Pitt as dim-witted Chad Feldheimer, John Malkovich as Osbourne Cox and Frances McDormand s Linda Litzke. Warning: Video clip contains raw language.

Phillip Moore arrested om vandalism charges in 2014 for allegedly whacking an ATM with a hatchet / Headline Surfer®SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. -- "Appearances can be deceptive." So goes the one-liner in the comedy spoof on espionage in the 2008 movie, "Burn After Reading." Such a one-liner could apply to local resident Phillip Moore, who rides a biycle like the dim-witted Brad Pitt character, Chad Feldheimer.

Has NSB man who allegedly murdered his grandma set up insanity defense by turning himself in to the FBI in Daytona?

Patrick Campbell escorted from FBI in Daytona by New Smyrna Beach cops chargd with murdering his grandmother / Headline Surfer®Patrick Campbell jail mug charged with 1st degree murder / Headline Surfer®Photos for Headline Surfer® /
Patrick Campbell is escorted in handcuffs Thursday from the office of the FBI in Daytona Beach to a waiting New Smyrna Beach PD squad car and a short time later charged with first-degree murder in the bludgeoning of his 64-year-old grandmother, Darlene Robertson. Inset: Campbell's mugshot  is shown at the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach where he's being held without bail.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The last place anyone perhaps might have thought a man wanted for questioning by New Smyrna Beach police in the bludgeoning death of his grandmother would re-surface within the next 48 hours would be the FBI in Daytona Beach. But that's exactly what Patrick Campbell did Thursday morning just before high noon.