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Daytona newspaper claims Turkey Run car show had record turnout, but its photos show otherwise

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The display photo of the green hot rod demonstrates a moderate turnout for the Turkey Run car show over the Thanksgiving weekend. It's far from the record-breaking attendance claims in a Daytona Beach News-Journal story of the event as shown in this inset snapshot of the print newspaper's coverage showing the owner of a muscle car standing alone.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- Yet again, the Daytona Beach News-Journal has taken the liberty of claiming a tourism event has drawn record crowds -- this time the Daytona Turkey Run.

But the newspaper's own photos of the event don't back up the claim, which is attributed to the event's PR flak. Here is what was written in part the story headlined, Car show draws record turnout:"Sunday marked the conclusion of the 42nd Annual Daytona Turkey Run, which drew the biggest turnout the classic car show and swap meet has seen."

37. Kyle Busch edges Timothy Peters at the line to win 2014 Speedweeks truck race at Daytona

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Kyle Busch edged Timothy Peters at the line by a race-record .016 seconds to win the 2014 NextEra Energy Resources 250 truck race at Daytona International Speedway during February's Speedweeks, leading up to the Daytona 500.

Beach safety patrol reports thefts in area of Bandshell on the World's Most Famous Beach® in Daytona

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This map shows the location of the Daytona Beach Bandshell as shown in this photo as well, in the vicinity of where Volusia County Beach Safety Patrols reported thefts on Friday, Nov. 27. The Volusia County public safety agency did not elaborate as to how many or what kind of thefts were reported.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- On this Black Friday, one day removed from Thanksgiving, an official with the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue said there were reports of thefts in the vicinity of the Daytona Beach Bandshell.

VCSO: Deltona man arrested on robbery charges involving a hold-up at Circle K and drive-thru at Burger King in DeBary

DeBARY, Fla. -- A Deltona man wanted to have it his way at a Burger King drive-thru on Thanksgiving eve -- 10:27 p.m. EWednesday -- when he ordered two cheeseburgers and some fries, /*
ut he didn't ask them to hold the pickles or the lettuce. And he wanted money from the cash register.
But, of course, the manager stepped in and decided he was not going to have it his way. The window was pushed closed and he drove off like a schlep.
But that wasn' the end of this man's attempt at having it his way, a Volusia County Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

Sandy Adams suspends GOP Congressional campaign citing undisclosed illness; puts Adam Barringer in driver's seat

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Former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer, shown on the far right, has a much easier ride to the Republican nomination for the 6th Congressional seat with the stunning announcement by Sandy Adams that she has suspended her campaign due to illness. The only candidate Barringer has to get by, though it's still early in the race and others could enter, is GG Galloway, an Ormond Realtor, who has never held nor sought public office prior to beginning his maiden run earlier this month

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Sandy Adams, the former one-term Republican Congresswoman vying for a return to Washington has suspended her campaign, citing an undisclosed "serious health issue health that demands  (her) focus and attention."

Deltona Democrat Ellen Watkins Juliano nauseated by cut-throat social media rhetoric on Thanksgiving eve

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DELTONA. Fla. -- The way local Democratic Party insider Ellen Watkins Juliano sees it, everyone needs to take a chill pill with the social media rants of gloom and doom as America readies for the Thanksgiving holiday.

 

2 Deltona teens killed 10 days ago, but VCSO has yet to release initial crash report

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Brandon Schmid, 17 (shown in the forefront of the image far left, the driver of a 2007 Ford Focus, and his friend, Jordan Golaszewski, 16 (shown in the background), and in the front passenger seat, were both killed Sunday, Nov. 15, when for yet unknown reasons, left the roadway in the 1500 block of Providence Boulevard and rollover over before coming to rest against a tree in the median on Sunday , Nov. 15. A third occupant, 23-year-old  Samuel Bengochea, 23, survived the crash, despite being ejected from the sedan.  Law enforcement responded to the double fatality at 3:23 a.m. 

DELTONA, Fla. -- Two Deltona teens were killed 10 days ago ago in a single-vehicle accident while a third occupant in his early 20s survived, despite being thrown from the vehicle which overturned and came to rest against a tree in the median in the middle of the night.

Atrocities in Paris means ISIS terrorists will continue until or unless they are wiped out

EDGEWATER, Fla. -- From what we've learned of all the atrocities in Paris and the continuing search for the ringleader, I am sickened by what these ISIS terrorists will do. I see and know in my heart they will keep spreading unless the world’s countries get together en masse  and work together to conquer them.