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DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- Last week the Democrat-controlled Senate passed its first budget resolution in four years. Also there is breaking news of a major snow and ice storm which has blocked...
ORMOND BEACH -- Mayor Ed Kelley gave his city commission colleagues and the public a dose of reality regarding unfunded pension liability issues.
According to the minutes of the April 2 Ormond Beach City Commission meeting, the mayor said Stockton, Calif., recently became the largest city to file for bankruptcy in the U.S. Kelley said Stockton was almost a billion dollars in debt and was driven to that primarily by unfunded pension liabilities.
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ORMOND BEACH -- 9/11/11: Can it be only 10 years ago that I was living in Palm Beach County when a friend called just after 8:30 AM and told me to turn on the television? I watched in horror...
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES -- There are moments which stick in your mind, even when you wish they would go away. For the America of my youth, the most crushing of those moments was the...
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“May you live in interesting times.” Often attributed as “an ancient Chinese curse,” these words are often used to refer to situations beyond your control. And we do indeed live in disturbing...
Question: Do you think Casey Anthony got away with murder in the death of her little girl, Caylee Anthony?
"Yes, I think she did because how do you go a whole month without reporting that your kid is missing to the cops? And all that Zanny the nanny crap? Why did she have to lie? The whole thing is just crap."
Brianna Schmidt, 18, New Smyrna Beach, student at Daytona State College
"Oh yeah. She's had no emotions at all about the kid. She didn't want her; you could tell. All she cared about was going out and partying with her friends."
Cortlin Smith, 28, Holly Hill, cook
NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick; Poll taken at Denny's restaurant, S.R. 44, New Smyrna Beach
ORMOND BEACH -- Mayor Ed Kelley gave his city commission colleagues and the public a dose of reality regarding unfunded pension liability issues.
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"Yes, I think she did because how do you go a whole month without reporting that your kid is missing to the cops? And all that Zanny the nanny crap? Why did she have to lie? The whole thing is just crap."
"Oh yeah. She's had no emotions at all about the kid. She didn't want her; you could tell. All she cared about was going out and partying with her friends."