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Courtesy photo / Jennifer Filippelli, 35, of DeBary, is charged with child abuse and unlawful tattooing for allowing a 14-year-old girl under her care to get a tattoo, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

DEBARY -- Volusia County Sheriff's deputies charged a DeBary woman early this morning with child abuse for allowing a 14-year-old girl in her care to get a tattoo from an unlicensed artist.

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Courtesy photos / Dwayne Renard Morris, 22,  (as shown in the larger photo) is charged with attempted murder in the near-fatal stabbing of 20-year-old Startavious Antwan Tarpley, who is recovering from a wound to the left side of his chest at Bert Fish Medical Center.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 22-year-old New Smyrna Beach man was arrested this afternoon on a warrant charging him with attempted murder in the near-fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man two days ago in the 500 block of Washington Avenue during a heated argument over a woman, police said.

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Have you ever wondered who plays the role of grass in the oceans? Try diatoms, delicate unicellular organisms that have a yellow-brown chloroplast that enables them to photosynthesize.

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EDGEWATER -- The Edgewater Fire Rescue will conduct a live fire training exercise at a property located between North Old County Road and Pearl Street.

Set up for the training will begin at 8 a.m. Two abandoned buildings on the site will be burned beginning at 10:30 a.m. The second structure will begin to be burned at 1 p.m.

The 2011 Session of the Florida Legislature officially began last week, which means I will now spend the next two months in Tallahassee. I'll be working with other legislators from around Florida as we confront the many challenges that face our state.

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South Daytona's special election gives Ralph Schoenherr, shown at near left, edges Joe Piggotte Jr. by the slimmest of margins -- just 4 votes -- with a very weak voter turnout.

SOUTH DAYTONA – A special election to fill a vacant City Council seat tonight ended so close it triggered an automatic recount, with Ralph Schoenherr on top by four votes over Joe Piggotte Jr.

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Courtesy photos / Not since 1956 has Stetson University fielded a football team as shown here. That's about to change in less than three years. Women's Lacrosse has been added as well.

DELAND -- Are you ready for some football?

Well, then get ready for the return of Hatter Football.

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NSBNews.Net photo by Henry Frederick / Oak Hill Police Chief Diane Young remains at the center of controversy with Vice Mayor Mary Lee Cook continuing to question the veracity of the city's top cop.

OAK HILL -- Vice Mayor Mary Lee Cook announced at tonight's city commission meeting that she is no longer pursuing her complaint with the city personnel board alleging embattled Police Chief Diane Young called her a "liar".

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