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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 61-year-old motorcyclist was killed last night and his passenger critically injured in a collision with a Jeep, New Smyrna Beach police said.

The loggerhead sea turtle is an oceanic turtle found throughout the world, including the Sunshine State. This marine reptile belongs to the family Cheloniidae (which includes all sea turtles except the leather-back sea turtle). They weigh around 300 pounds when fully grown and can be up to 7 feet long.

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DAYTONA BEACH -- Police are on the look-out for a white four-door vehicle in a that struck three pedestrians -- killing one of them -- while they were standing in the median in the 900 block of Ridgewood Avenue this afternoon.

The deadly hit-and-run occurred at 4:49 p.m. The vehicle was described as possibly a Buick or Nissan and should have a broken window as a result of striking the person killed.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The victims from Wednesday's plane crash have been identified as two residents of Norway who had been living locally.

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Photo by Dale Smith / Divers with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office recovered the two bodies in the cabin of a small plane that crashed Wednesday night in the ocean about 200 yards from the New Smyrna Beach shoreline.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The bodies of the two victims from Wednesday's plane crash were recovered at approximately 10:20 this morning.

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Courtesy photo / Children ages 7 and up can enjoy Wonderland camp sponsored by the Little Theatre as demonstrated by this unidentified child at last year's event.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Little Theatre's WonderLand program has scheduled two Monday thru Friday five day camps for young thespians during the week of March 14.

During the last election, Florida Governor Rick Scott promised bold action to get our struggling economy back on track. Scott said he would run the state more like a business, by increasing accountability in government, streamlining public programs, and shifting some government functions to the private sector.

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UPDATED at 11:10 p.m.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A single-engine Cessna carrying two people, "went straight down" into the ocean off New Smyrna Beach tonight, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.

FAA pokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the Cessna 172 Skyhawk flew out of Sarasota and was on its way to Daytona Beach International Airport when it crashed off New Smyrna Beach.

No survivors were found following the 6:30 p.m. incident with eyewitnesses reporting "the plane went spiraling down into the ocean several yards from the shore, Sheriff's spokeswoman Priscilla Ress confirmed for NSBNews.Net.

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Photo by Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR / Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. spin in the grass after an incident during Daytona 500 practice Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Dale Earnhardt Jr, wrecked his car in practice today at Daytona International Speedway, and in doing so, knocked himself off the pole for Sunday's Daytona 500.