However a hurricane watch remained in effect for the east coast north of Flagler Beach, Florida, to Altamaha Sound, Georgia.

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Up until early 2005 AFV was known as Dogs International and planned a chain of "bed and biscuit" upscale kennels. (It still owned one in Flagler Beach, Fla. as of its most recent sec filing in November.) Dogs International turned green after Jeffrey Groscost, former speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, took over as chief executive.

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The plane was diverting to Flagler County Airport, near the coast about 30 miles north of Daytona Beach, when it crashed a mile east of the airport, Bergen said.

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The plane was diverting to Flagler County Airport, near the coast about 30 miles north of Daytona Beach, when it crashed a mile east of the airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.

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