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“These tests have been standardized (by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) so every police department tests the same way.”

While it may be easy for you to tell when Aunt Ethel is schnockered, do you know when you've reached your own limit? It's a question many will ask themselves tonight as glasses of champagne are refilled and ... via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

“I used nightsticks and slapjacks.”

Elizabeth Beeland is a yoga instructor in Ormond Beach. On Nov. 26, she went to Best Buy in Daytona Beach to find a CD player for her father. via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

“I think about that more now -- how lucky we are to have some things, how fast things disappear.”

This time last year, 19-year-old Matt Collins was still recuperating from a freak lawn-mower accident that left a hole in his torso and made headlines across Florida.

Today, his father is in disbelief. Doctors themselves were shocked he survived.

For Matt, it's a crazy, you'll-never-believe-this story he likes to tell again and again.

He had simply been walking down the driveway at the home he shares with his parents in Deltona when his brother ran over a metal campaign sign buried in the sand. Read more

Daytona Beach police now say a teenager arrested may not be connected to a car dealership heist after all. via WFTV

A man wanted on suspicion of murder by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office was captured early this morning when DeLand police officers responded to complaints of loud music. via FloridaToday.com

Two men were arrested in Volusia County this morning after police said they stabbed and robbed a man who had gotten into their car to give them directions.

The victim, 26-year-old Michael Maupin of Ormond Beach, was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach with stab wounds to his arm and stomach. He was treated and released, said Brandon Haught, a spokesman for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Now Richard Jones, 35, of Daytona Beach, and Jose Montanez, 37, of Palm Coast, face attempted murder, armed robbery and aggravated battery charges, Haught said. They were booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach. Read more

West Orange High School was evacuated this morning after officials discovered graffiti that suggested there was an explosive device in the school.

Authorities would not describe the graffiti, which was reported shortly before 10 a.m. The school was evacuated, but students returned to class about 12:30 p.m. after a search found nothing.

The FBI is investigating.

Meanwhile, an eighth grader from Heritage Middle School in Deltona has been arrested after he allegedly yelled out there was a bomb on his bus. Read more

The friends and family of a young woman seriously injured by a sport utility vehicle the night of Dec. via The Orlando Sentinel

Three people went to the hospital, including one victim and two criminal defendants, following a chase, carjacking and armed robbery in the Seville area late Sunday afternoon. via Volusia County Sheriff

“The hallmark of any great organization is to learn as much as possible from tragic situations such as this and we have identified opportunities for improvement and made changes to further enhance our already high levels of patient care and safety”

Policies and procedures at Halifax Health Medical Center weren't enough to keep a patient safe -- and contributed to his death at the hands of another patient, a state report concluded.

The Agency for Health Care Administration looked into practices at the Daytona Beach hospital after John Henry Hill was charged with killing Jimmie Lee Douglas while both were patients in the psychiatric unit.

Hill, 21, who was diagnosed with drug-induced psychosis and schizophrenia, told his parents and detectives that God ordered him to strangle Douglas, 64, because he was evil. The murder weapon was a bedsheet. Read more

There's not much joy this holiday season for drug dealers caught up in a December drug operation. via Volusia County Sheriff

A silver 2006 Chevrolet HHR and white Chevrolet truck were stolen from Jerry Hamm Chevrolet at 2600 Philips Highway, but someone had to ram a fence and other vehicles at the dealership to get them out. via Jacksonville.com

A woman severely injured in a crash on Columbine Terrace on Tuesday has been identified, a Volusia County Sheriff's Office spokesman said Thursday. via The News-Journal

Undercover investigators have arrested 10 men and a woman in west Volusia County on charges of selling drugs after a three-week sting dubbed Operation No Crack for Christmas, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office ... via El Sentinel

A Daytona Beach man was arrested Wednesday for attacking a cab driver with a large knife Dec. via Volusia County Sheriff

“If you look at this situation, the officer is summoned there -- she's already there doing another investigation -- to investigate a possible credit card theft”

The Daytona Beach chief of police is standing by one of his officers who used a Taser on a customer who allegedly would not cooperate during an investigation inside a store. via Floridatoday.com

“The last time I saw her was on Thanksgiving”

The mysterious deaths this month of two people -- one, the single mother of a toddler, the other a man who stocked goods at a super store and lived to drive his old Firebird -- have police stumped and friends ... via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

“We knew he was already in jail and when we got his name from the tipster, we matched the fingerprints that we had on file to the fingerprint that had been left on the robber's demand note”

A man suspected of robbing a bank a week ago was arrested the day after the heist -- unbeknownst to police. via The News-Journal

From a press release issued by MOTO-ST: The SunTrust MOTO-ST Series Announces Provisional Schedule for 2008 Daytona Beach, Fla. via Roadracing World