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Racial double standard: African-American Richard Sherman's boasting doesn't make him a thug
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By Dr. L. DURHAMGuest Blogger
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DAYTONA BEACH -- Professional sports fans today, at least in the wake of the recent comments made by Seattle Seahawks defensive back Richard Sherman, seem to be cut from a very different mold from fans back in the 1960s and '70s.
Richard Sherman: No thug, but sly fox in marketing himself at opportune time
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By JOE COPENHAVERGuest Blogger
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WOOSTER, Ohio -- To most football fans, the NFC Championship game will likely be remembered more for the post-game ranting of Seahawks DB Richard Sherman than the game itself, which saw Seattle outlast the San Francisco 49ers, 23-17, to punch its ticket to today's Super Bowl match-up with the Denver Broncos.
Waverly Media benches eye catching in Daytona, Deltona, DeLand, Edgewater, Holly Hill, Port Orange & New Smyrna
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Photos for Headline Surfer® / Waverly Media park bench ads like this one at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Dunlawton Avenue in Port Orange, dot the landscape in Volusia County.DAYTONA BEACH -- No matter where you drive along the major roadways in the county, invariably you are going to see more than a few of those eye-catching park bench ads.
Such is the successful advertising medium of Waverly Media, which literally has hundreds of benches dotting the landscape that is home to the world's most famous beach, the Daytona 500 and Florida's first 24/7 internet newspaper, HeadlineSurfer.com.
70. Dolphin washes ashore in Ormond Beach
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Photo forHeadline Surfer® / This dolphin was being cared for with wet towels and buckets of water after it washed ashore on Ormond Beach.ORMOND BEACH -- A dolphin that washed ashore in early November was rescued by SeaWorld in Orlando, beach officials said.
Ormond Beach resident John Meade was among the first beach-goers to come across the dolphin earlier in the day "tumbling and tossing with the surf."
Ormond Beach resident John Meade was among the first beach-goers to come across the dolphin earlier in the day "tumbling and tossing with the surf."
Daytona State College hires Amy Locklear as VP of academic Affairs
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Photo for Headline Surfer / Amy Locklear, hired by Daytona State College, brings instructional and administrative experience to the post of VP of academic affairs.
By HENRY FREDERICK
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DAYTONA BEACH -- Hired earlier this month as vice president of academic affairs foillowing a national search, Daytona State College brings a wealth of knowlege to the position at Daytona State College, considering she's experienced as both a professor and an administrator.
Indelible image of Challenger explosion remains for then-rookie school cop 28 years later & now retired
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YouTube video uploads / Headline Surfer® / Left: raw video with focus on students of teacher Christa McAuliffe and her parents watching in horror as the space shuttle Challenger explodes. Center: Gut-wrenching remembrance of that fateful afternoon. Right: Re-creation explainer on 73 seconds to disaster.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Dorothy Lytle Kirby certainly remembers where she was on this particular day 28 years ago today to be exact, the day millions in Central Florida and countless more glued to television sets to witness the horror that was the space shuttle Challenger.
Florida Supreme Court approves medical marijuana ballot wording; Deltona petition organizer pleased with ruling
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Volusia County petition drive organizer & Democrat Ellen Juliano to Attorney General Pam Bondi: 'Put that in your pipe and smoke it'
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's top court today signed off on the wording of a medical marijuana ballot question that asks Sunshine State voters voters to join nearly two dozen across the country in legalizing the drug for medicinal purposes.
The news was met with excitement by Deltona Democratic Party insider Ellen Juliano, herself a cancer survivor, and a key local organizer in the petition drive to get the medical marijuana ballot initiative drive, who had a personal message for the state attorney general: "Put that in pipe ands smoke it, Pam Bondi!"
Folk music duo Jeni & Billy return to Oak Hill Feb. 8; Deltona on Feb. 9
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Headline Surfer® graphic / Jeni & Billy, the folk singing duo, are shown in this YouTube video upload from a performance in Oak Hill on Jan. 20.
OAK HILL, Fla. -- Folk musicians Jeni & Billy will bring the high lonesome harmonies of the Appalachian Mountains in a return visit to Volusia County's smallest incorporated city 13 months from their last stop here.
They will perform at noon Saturday, Feb. 8, at VIA Hall, 126 E. Halifax Ave., Oak Hill, at noon Saturday, Feb. 8. They will perform 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Deltona Library.
Daytona Beach cops: Body found floating in Halifax River that of homeless man
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Headline Surfer® graphic / The body of a man said to be known by police as homeless was found floating near the shore at Bethune Point Park Sunday afternoon as shown in this locator map.DAYTONA BEACH -- A body found floating in the Halifax River on Sunday is that of a homeless man in his late 50s or early 60s, Daytona Beach cops said.
The body was discovered 3:13 p.m. at Bethune Point Park near the shoreline by a member of the Halifax Sailing Association, police said.
"Officers responded to the above location in regards to a body in the water," Daytona Beach police spokesman Jimmy Flynt said in a press release, adding the victim showed no signs of trauma and was believed to be in his latex 50s or early 60s.