Glen Davis, shown here, delivered big time in the final tuneup for the Magic at home against the Heat before both teams open on the road Christmas Sunday.ORLANDO -- Glen Davis scored 13 of the Magic's team-high 18 points in the third quarter at home Wednesday night to get by the Miami Heat in the final preseason game for both teams.
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ORLANDO -- The Orlando Magic have waived guard Gabe Pruitt, President of Basketball Operations/General Manager Otis Smith announced Wednesday night following the team's preseason game vs. Miami.
Pruitt, who did not appear in either of Orlando's two preseason outings, was third on the depth chart at point guard behind Jameer Nelson and Chris Duhon. He was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2009 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics out of USC.
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If the preseason opener for the Orlando Magic on the road against the Miami Heat is a harbinger of things to come in the NBA regular season, it might not matter if Dwight Howard stays. LeBron, D-Wade and company crushed the Magic, 118-85 on Sunday.
Howard only scored 5 points on 2 for 9 shooting, though he had three blocked shots. Lebron James led the Heat with 19 points in what turned out to be a second half rout.
Vince Carter made his preseason debut for the Dallas Mavericks, shooting 4 for 11 for 9 points, as the Mavs lost on the road to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 106 to 92 Sunday, in preseason action. The Dallas Mavericks open the 2011-'12 NBA regular season at home Christmas Day against the Miami Heat, the team they beat in the finals to win the NBA championship last season.
Headline Surfer (formerly NSBNews.net ) video and photos by Sera King / Edgewater police have a new law officer to help take a bite out of crime: Karma, a Belgian malinois, partnered with officer John Tarr. Karma gets ready for his next command, all of which are given in German, taught to him as a puppy in his native homeland where most police dogs are bred. Below, Karma shows how big his jaws are, carrying the arm protector used in training.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- So what is the most exciting aspect of a police dog's job? Why that's "Catching people," New Smyrna Beach k-9 cop Bruce Holcomb answers.
Headline Surfer photos / Above: A memorial outside the New Smyrna Beach Police Station recognizes police officer Roy L. Nelson Jr. and his k-9 partner, Caesar, killed in the line of duty on Aug. 13, 2005.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Before the new police station was built last year, the only public recognition of canine officer Roy L. Nelson Jr., and his dog, Ceasar, was a photo in the lobby of the former facility.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH --What would a Christmas-themed Wine Walk at Art Walk on Flagler Avenue be without baked goods?
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and running-mate Paul Ryan held a big rally during Biketoberfest at the Daytona Beach Bandshell. So, too, did First Lady Michelle Obama, even closer to the election at the Ocean Center for her husband, the president. Both are among the contenders for Headline Surfer's No 1 story of 2012.NEW SMYRNA -- Join us as we continue our countdown the Top 100 stories of 2012 from here in New Smyrna Beach and across Volusia County. We've only just begun with a few entries as the calendar continues to wind down.
BUNNELL -- A 3-year-old boy was killed after being struck in the head by a tree cut by his 12-year-old brother mid-morning Friday, Flagler County deputies said.
The toddler, Joseph Demillo, was in his grandfather's yard on County Road 304 in western Flagler County when his older brother was cutting down a dead tree that was 6-inches thick. The little boy apparently wandered into the path of the falling tree and was struck in the head by a branch, deputies said of the 9:55 a.m. accident.
The boy was rushed by his grandfather to the intersection of County Road 304 and U.S. 1 where a Flagler County ambulance picked him up and transported him to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
