Crist plan provides 'hope' to help those facing foreclosure
NEW Saying he wants to "offer hope," Gov. Charlie Crist and lending organizations today announced a voluntary plan aimed at preventing home foreclosures during the next 45 days.

Deputies investigating death of 17-year-old
UPDATED 1:15 p.m. Sheriffs investigators are looking into the death of a teenager found in a home just outside New Smyrna Beach this morning.

Police: Man jailed after he stabs, attempts to behead cat
NEW A St. Cloud man was charged with animal cruelty after he fatally stabbed a cat and tried to cut off its head, DeLand police said.
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Many think property-tax reform still needs work To Marvin Miller's way of thinking, the job has not been done on Florida's property-tax system. In fact, part of what has been done simply made the situation worse Super bug stalks area, state hospitals Eighty-five-year-old Oscar Carroll's life is hanging in the balance, his daughter says, and it didn't have to be this way.

Special attention N-J | Nigel Cook Justyn Cooper gets a kick out of operating a fire hose with the help of Port Orange Fire Lt. Todd Traster and teacher Keisha Rentz during a demonstration of fire services to a group of Spruce Creek High School students earlier this fall. Click here to read more.