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Rolex 24 at Daytona: 1st Hour: Alex Gurney takes the green flag as the pole sitter before pitting on lap 25

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Alex Gurney in the No. 99 DP Corvette was the pole sitter for the Rolezx 24 at Daytona / Head;line Surfer®Photo for Headline Surfer® /
Alex Gureney, wheels the No. 99 DP Corvette through the chicayne at Daytona International Speedway in the opening lapa of the Rolex 24 at Daytona Interntional Speedway on Saturday.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Alex Gurney was on the pole for the Rolex 24 in his No. 99 DP Corvette as the 24-hour endurance race got under with rhe dropping of the green flag at this adfternoon at Daytona International Speedway.

74. Daytona State ranked 35th nationally among community colleges in awarding 2-year degrees

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Daytona State College, 35th in associate degrees awarded nationally / Headline Surfer®Daytona State College / Headline Surfer®Photos for Headline Surfer® / Daytona State College has made the grade and then some in awarding associates degrees.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Community College Week, one of the nation’s leading publications focusing on higher education institutions that offer two-year associate degrees, has named Daytona State College among its list of Top 100 Associate Degree Producers. In fact, Daytona State ranked 35th nationally in awarding the two-year associate degree, among some 5,000 public and private institutions.

75. Norman Church wins 2013 Lipton Cup Regatta in New Smyrna Beach

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Obsession wins Lipton Cup in New Smyrna Beach / Headline SurferPhoto for Headline Surfer® / Skipper Norman Church had history on his side and perhaps a little faith Sunday as he repeated as champion in the 2013 Lipton Cup Regatta.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Norman Church was obsessed with winning the Lipton Cup Regatta off the Atlantic waters of New Smyrna Beach. So much so that he skippered "Obsession" into victory April 14 in the Spinnaker Class.

The regatta was held during that weekend with the first day much rougher going in the choppy waters.

Church's Lipton Cup victory comes in at No. 75 in the Headline Surfer® countdown of the top 100 stories of 2013.

Daytona International Speedway to be new home for Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

New facility opening here in January 2016

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Motorsports Hall of Fame of America trustee Al Speyer, Daytona International Speedway President Joie Chitwood and Motorsports Hall of Fame of Amrerica President Ron Watson announce at a press conference today the relocation of the Detroit-area facility relocation to Daytona International Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is moving its operations and memorabilia in two years from Detroit to Daytona International Speedway.

The move coincides with the scheduled January 2016 completion of Daytona Rising, the Speedway's $400 million front stretch renovation project currently underway.

Remembering MLK: Keeping the Dream Alive in Daytona

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Pastor L. Ronald Durham on MLK holiday / Headline Surfer®Headline Surfer® interviewed  Dr. L. Ronald Durham (shown here), the senior pastor of the Greater Friendship Baptist Church of Daytona Beach, on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday and the non-violence espoused by the civil rights leader back then with the message carried forward today in a 21st-century world.
 

DAYTONA BEACH -- And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

Mayor Adam Barringer invisible after KKK furor, but takes center stage in MLK celebration Henry Frederick Mon, 01/20/2014 - 22:48
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Mayor member of all-white, all-male Anglers Club hearkening back to Jim Crow era

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Mayor Adam Barringer speaks during 2014 MLK event / Headline Sufer®MLKcrowd in New Smyrna Beach / Headline Surfer®NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Rev. Lorenzo Laws of the Allen Chapel AME Church and others in the predominantly-African-American Westside community and other parts of this coastal community marched across the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Bridge and into the Old Fort Park downtown for the MLK holiday vigil.

Internet newspaper's reaction to Seattle player's post-game tirade trends with national audience online

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Search for 'Richard Sherman Fox Sports' puts Headline Surfer on first page

NFL conference championships the big story along with R. Sherman rant / Headline Surfer®Seattle Seahhawk Richasrd Sherman in post-game rant a HeadlineSurfer.com analysis / Headline Surfer®Headline Surfer® graphic / The AFC and NFC Championship games that saw the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks advance to the Super Bowl was a big story. So was the post-game rant of Seattle DB Richard Sherman.

LAKE MARY, Fla. -- There's no doubt that HeadlineSurfer.com may very well be the smallest media outlet worldwide, but it nonetheless trends well in the major search engines as demonstrated by its showing in the post-game analysis of Seattle Seahawks defensive bcd Richard Sherman's post-game rant on Fox Sports immediately following the game.

Fan's perspective: Who's worse, Seattle loud-mouth Richard Sherman or Fox Sports with 3 post-game interviews?

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Richard Sherman, the Seattle Seahawks defensive back, turns post-game interview with Fox's Erin Andrews into a rant. So what does Fox Sports producers do? They go to Sherman twice more in post-game coverage.

LAKE MARY, Fla. -- How many of you out there in TV land watching the fast-paced post game with the Seattle' s thrilling victory over the San Francisco 49ers were sickened by defensive back Richard Sherman's rant with Fox's Erin Andrews?