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After Son Drowns, Mom Teaches Swimming To Minority Kids Statistically More At-Risk

Posted 05.15.2012

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After 16-year-old Josh Butts drowned and died, his grieving mother committed to addressing an alarming statistic. Nearly 70 percent of African Ame...

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Three Sorority Sisters Killed On Their Way To Spring Break

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Tragedy, Three Students Dead, Toledo, Car Accident, Sorority Sisters, Alpha Xi Delta, Three Students Killed, Bgsu, Ohio, Wood County Sheriff, AP Report, Sorority Girls, Wasylyshyn, Car Crash, Students Killed, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, College News

Three sorority sisters from Bowling Green State University were killed in a tragic car crash Friday. The students, Rebekkah Blakkolb, 20, Christina...

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A Battleground District in a Battleground State

Rev. Angela Zimmann, Ph.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Politics, Toledo, Angela Zimmann, Democracy for America, Lutheran, Bob Latta, Ohio, Politics News
Rev. Angela Zimmann, Ph.D.

Welcome to the 2012 election cycle in Northwest Ohio's 5th district, a historically Republican area in a battleground state. Enter re-districting (100...

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Kucinich Loves Katy Perry

Roll Call | By Shira Toeplitz | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Rihanna, Toledo, Ohio Congressional Race, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Ohio Congress, Dennis Kucinich, Cleveland, Ohio, Lady GaGa, Roll Call, Rep Dennis Kucinich, Politics News

In his political lifespan, Rep. Dennis Kucinich traveled the globe to meet world leaders, crisscrossed the country to run for president and even flirt...

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WATCH: Botched Trick Play Decides Military Bowl

AP | By JOSEPH WHITE | Posted 12.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Back and forth they went. A kickoff return for 87 yards. A pitch around the left end for 60. Touchdown passes for 49 and 37 yards. Two t...

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CLOSE CALL: Buckeyes Barely Hang On To Beat Toledo

AP | RUSTY MILLER | Posted 11.10.2011

Read More: NCAA Football, Toledo, Oho State Toledo, Ohio State Football, College Football, Ncaaf, Ncaa, Ohio State, Toledo Football, Ohio State Buckeyes, Sports News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — For 90 years, Ohio State has stayed unbeaten against every in-state opponent it's played. On Saturday at Ohio Stadium, the str...

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Top 5 Most Outrageous Shootouts Caught On Camera (VIDEO)

newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Miami Beach, Video, Shootouts, Toledo, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Orlando, Crime News

While shootouts used to be only accessible in movie theaters, surveillance and cell phone cameras allow us to see the real thing: dangerous shootings ...

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Woman Claims Ex-Husband Tied Up Missing Teen

AP | JOHN SEEWER | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Toledo, Ohio Crime, Margaret Bowman, Robert Bowman, Robert Bowman Murder Trial, Missing Persons, Robert Bowman Trial, Eileen Adams, Crime News

TOLEDO, Ohio — The ex-wife of a man accused of killing a schoolgirl in 1967 recounted at his trial Monday that she was hanging baby clothes in t...

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Ohio Man Pleads Guilty To Killing 3 Family Members

AP | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Ohio Crime, Toledo, Guilty Plea, William Liske Guilty Plea, Aggravated Murder, Ohio, Guilty, William Liske Guilty, William Liske, Plea, Port Clinton, Crime News

PORT CLINTON, Ohio — A northern Ohio man accused of killing his father, stepmother and stepbrother pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of aggr...

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Sephardic Spain: Mazel Bueno

Bob Schulman | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Travel to Spain, Sephardic Spain, Travel News
Bob Schulman

2011-07-03-Screenshot20110703at7.21.58PM.jpg Self-described as "Jerusalem West," the 2,000-year-old city of Toledo in central Spain at one time had the country's largest concentration of Jews.

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Norma Lyon, 'Butter Cow Lady,' Dies At 81

AP | By MARGERY A. BECK | Posted 08.28.2011

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-- Norma "Duffy" Lyon, whose life-size butter sculptures of cows, Elvis and even Jesus and his disciples delighted Iowa state fairgoers for nearly ha...

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10 Cities That Will Take A Decade To Recover From Recession

24/7 Wall Street | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Roger and Me, Toledo, Pennsylvania, Flint, South Bend, Morgantown, Third World America, Great Recession, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, North Carolina, Business News

24/7 Wall St.: The Great Recession officially began in December 2007 and ended in July 2009. This doesn’t mean that the economy has returned to wh...

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Chrysler Will Soon Sever Ties With U.S. Government

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 08.02.2011

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DETROIT — Chrysler Group LLC, newly profitable and confident in its revamped products, will soon sever its ties with the U.S. government after m...

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Taco Bell Tests Nacho Cheese Doritos Taco Shells

Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Toledo, Taco Shell Doritos, Taco Bell Doritos, Taco Bell, Doritos, Taco Shell, Doritos Locos Tacos, Toledo Ohio, Food News

Though plenty of college kids have probably had this exact idea late at night (worth noting is the 2009 launch of a new Doritos flavor, Late Night Tac...

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Sisters Act: Siblings Create Petition Against School Budget Cuts

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Layoffs, School Budget Cuts, Teachers, School Budgets, Public Schools, Toledo, Lucy and Tallula Arrigo, Toledo Schools Board of Education, Ohio, Lucy Arrigo, Tallula Arrigo, Arts Education, Video, Education News

In Ohio, two sibling elementary school students created a "kids-only" petition against budget cuts at Toledo public schools. They have collected over ...

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FIU Wins Little Caesars Pizza Bowl With Last-Second FG

AP | NOAH TRISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — Jacob Younger caught the pass near midfield, flipped the ball to his team's top player and hoped for the best. T.Y. Hilton took the l...

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For the Future of Higher Education, Keep Your Eye on Toledo

Kristin Conklin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kristin Conklin

The U.S. is a leader in higher education spending, but ranks only 10th among developed nations in its proportion of younger adults with college degrees. The U.S. is simply not getting enough value out of the money it spends.

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An American in South Africa -- Or, Why Soccer Really Matters

David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christians, Europe, South Africa 2010, David Henry Sterry, Landon Donovan, The Glorious World Cup: A Fanatic's Guide, Johannesburg, Gary Stein, Referee Mistake, USA, Public Enemy, New York, World Cup, Croats, Muslims, Soccer, Slovenia, Referee, Serbs, Toledo, European, Sports News
David Henry Sterry

We bonded when we went to see Brazil play Cameroon during the '94 World Cup. It was one of the great days of my life. It made me understand something about two worlds that I didn't know anything about.

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Losing Toledo Again?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toledo, Nuclear Power, Davis-Besse, Ohio, Green News
Carl Pope

The Davis-Besse nuclear power plant in Toledo, Ohio, became infamous in 2002 when a corrosive leak in the reactor vessel almost led to what could have been a catastrophic radiation release.

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Taking Back Homes From the Banks: Exercising the Human Right to Housing

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toledo, Human Rights, Homelessness, Chicago, Madison Wisconsin, Bank of America, Portland Oregon, Sacramento, Atlanta, Foreclosure, Philadelphia, Housing Crisis, Politics News
Bill Quigley

With the millions of homeless living in our communities and the millions of empty foreclosed houses all across our communities, groups have decided to put them together.

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Moses Maimonides: Arab Jew, Religious Humanist

David Shasha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sephardic, Moses, Arabic, Jewish, Islam and Judiasm, Muslim, Ibn Rushd, Religious Humanism, Jew, Moses Maimonides, Pagan, Judiasm, Toledo, Visionary, Humanism, Spain, Religion, Religion News
David Shasha

The figure of Moses Maimonides (ca. 1138-1204), perhaps the greatest post-Talmudic rabbi, exemplifies the complications and pitfalls involved in the Arabic articulation of Judaism.

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Teabaggers' New Cry: "Mrs. Obama, Hands Off Our Obesity"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama, Constitution, Toledo, Teabaggers, Obesity, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

One day after the passage of an historic health care reform bill, the Tea Party movement turned its attention to a new target today: First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign against obesity.

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Cavaliers owner presses support for Ohio casinos

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Kent-Ohio, Cleveland-Ohio, Home News

KENT, Ohio — The majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers is defending a plan to put casinos in four Ohio cities.

Dan Gilbert is a chief investor in the proposal. He will face an opponent during a televised debate Monday at Kent State University.

Rob Walgate, vice president of the Ohio Roundtable policy group, will represent opponents of Issue 3, a ballot issue that if approved would change Ohio's Constitution and allow one casino in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.

The debate will be taped at 4 p.m. and will air at 10 p.m. on ONN-TV, a news station that is available on cable systems in most Ohio counties.

Supporters of the November ballot amendment say casinos will create 34,000 jobs, while opponents say it will also cause jobs to be lost and would establish a lower tax rate than other states have for their casinos.

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Toledo LIVE On Twitter: Local News, Sports, People

Posted 05.25.2011

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Follow the latest in Toledo LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a tweeter who'...

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Retired Couple Save Abandoned Pets

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abandoned Pets, Unemployed, Toledo, Unemployment, Homelessness, Toledo Free Press, Detroit, Camping, Health Insurance, Campground, Stray-Cats, Pre-Existing-Condition, Tri-City Times, Bearing Witness, Bearing Witness 2.0, Politics News

A retired couple in Eastern Michigan has opened their home and their hearts to desperate cats abandoned by their owners as they were forced out of the...

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