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How you voted: Top stories of 2015

Jeffrey Meesey
FLORIDA TODAY

FLORIDA TODAY held an online vote and the results are in. We asked our readers their thoughts on 2015's top stories in Brevard County. With more than 1,000 votes cast, here are the percent of respondents who voted for each of the stories in our poll:​

  1. Teens accused in crowbar attack over marijuana, 29.8%
  2. Palm Bay mother admits to killing her 3 children, 28.4%
  3. Northrop Grumman wins new bomber contract worth billions, 27.4%
  4. Harris headquarters staying in Brevard, 25.3%
  5. New superintendent takes over Brevard schools, 24%
  6. Agent Casey Smith shot23.6%
  7. Indian River Lagoon in crisis22.9%
  8. Shooting at Melbourne Square mall20.2%
  9. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will build, launch rockets in Brevard, 17.8%
  10. SpaceX rocket blows up after lift-off, 17.8%
  11. ‘Shawshank’ fugitive captured after 56 years, 17.5%
  12. Gaige Robbins meets idol Adam Sandler, dies from cancer weeks later, 14.4%
  13. SpaceX lands rocket booster back on Cape Canaveral landing pad, 13.7%
  14. Millions in golden sunken treasure found off Florida, 13%
  15. Thousands of coffee cans wash up on Brevard beaches11.3%
  16. Soccer legend Fidgi Haig dies, 10.3%
  17. Port Canaveral CEO resigns9.9%
  18. Matt Reed anti-corruption bill gets sponsored, 9.6%
  19. Young Brevard killer Catherine Jones released from prison, 7.5%
  20. Florida Tech football defeats no. 1 team, 5.8%
  21. Spotters count a record number of manatees in Florida, 5.5%
  22. Brevard's Prince Fielder wins the American League Player of the Year, 3.1%

New schools superintendent Blackburn, 'Shawshank' fugitive, Northrop Grumman bomber and SpaceX are among the top stories of 2015. Vote for your choice at http://on.flatoday.com/top2015