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“One of the customers cleaned up the candy rack that I knocked over while hopping over the counter. Then another one was basically watching the store, making sure no one else was stealing anything. I was really shocked”

A robber in Volusia County was stopped in his tracks after customers decided they weren't going to let the bandit get away. via WESH-TV

“Whoa!"? Well, yeah. I did that first hand. We call it gris-gris. We have traiteurs, which means "treaters”

On BeauSoleil's latest album, "Live in Louisiana," the Cajun band gallops through "Conja ," a song about the Big Easy's "musical sorcerers" . . . and it's real sorcerers, such as the fabled "voodoo queen" Marie ... via The News-Journal

A budget crunch and a lack of students may force seven schools in Volusia County to close their doors. via Local6.com

Natalia Humm, 50, who pleaded guilty in November to orchestrating the unions between U.S. citizens and immigrants seeking a fast track to citizenship, also was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Anne Conway to ... via El Sentinel

Indian River Community College pitcher Lauren Varsalona was the Florida Community College Activities Association Softball Pitcher of the Week for last week. via The Stuart News

“Sharks, like all predators, tend to go after solitary individuals, the weak and the infirm, and are less likely to attack people or fish in groups.”

A swimmer vacationing in the South Pacific was the only victim of a fatal shark attack in 2007, while the number of shack attacks for the year was up, the University of Florida said Tuesday. via WFTV

The Hawks got two hits each from Brandon Ponder and Gustavo Bonilla, but could only get two other hits from the rest of the lineup. via Rome News - Tribune

“They wait for the optimal moment to strike.”

It wasn't old-fashioned detective work that put some of history's most notorious serial killers behind bars. via News Chief

DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL, February 8 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Brown & Brown, Inc. via Customer Interaction Solutions

A Volusia County sheriff's deputy transporting two prisoners to jail early today pulled the men from the back of his vehicle before it became engulfed in flames following a crash on Interstate 4. Deputy Tyler ... via Floridatoday.com

“When you have coercive laws, the responsible people go away.”

Volusia would be the first county in Central Florida to require cats and dogs to go under the sterilization knife under a proposal council members will discuss today. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The Daytona Beach News-Journal, on how the cost of living in Florida is becoming too expensive for many senior citizens: For decades, Florida has been sold as a golden mecca for those in their golden years: A ... via Bradenton Herald

Firefighters with the South Daytona Fire Department... assisted by engine companies from the Daytona Beach Fire Department are battling a working fire at a popular South Ridgewood restaurant. via WNDB-AM Daytona Beach

From a press release issued by Harley-Davidson: Bike Week 2008 Includes Daily Blogs, Women's Ride, Demos, Ride-In Show and More MILWAUKEE - " Engines will be revving and the fun will be firing on all cylinders ... via Roadracing World

Volusia County Sheriff's Office investigators looking into the Jananuary 26th attack of a man in Ormond-by-the-Sea have identified a suspect connected to the incident and obtained a warrant charging him with ... via WNDB-AM Daytona Beach

Some swift and skilled police work along with a chance encounter at the Volusia Mall in Daytona Beach led to a big break Friday, less than two days after a violent home invasion in Ormond-by-the-Sea that ... via Volusia County Sheriff

A hit-and-run crash in a DeLand neighborhood late yesterday critically injured one man and killed a teen. via Orlando Sentinel

“The I-4 corridor is the new growth part of the state, and the most politically competitive part of the state.”

Interstate 4 slices through Florida's midsection, separating densely populated, boisterous South Florida from the state's more rural and conservative north. via Free Republic

“They want to play it out, not file suits, not spend money. When cases get resolved, they want to jump on the bandwagon”

Hundreds of Florida residents who claim the painkiller Vioxx caused their strokes or heart attacks were squeezed out of a federal court settlement and should be included, their lawyers say in a motion filed in ... via The Orlando Sentinel