April 1, 2008
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Ohio News
Ohio's Fisher visit raises possibility of selling Great Lakes water
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher said yesterday the Great Lakes region may have to decide in less than a decade whether to sell water to other parts of the country that need it. Fisher left open the question of whether it would be wise to make the water from the Great Lakes available to other states and even to other countries.
April 1, 2008
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Michigan News
Transcript: Pilots struggled to stabilize plane before crash into Lake Michigan
ANN ARBOR — Conversation between two pilots grew increasingly frantic as they struggled to stabilize their aircraft minutes before a crash that killed six members of a University of Michigan organ transplant team, according to a transcript.
April 1, 2008
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Politics/Elections
Pelosi says superdelegates have right to vote their conscience, Democratic race should go on
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the superdelegates who may ultimately decide the Democratic party's presidential nominee have a right to vote as they wish, and that the drawn-out contest between candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama should be allowed to reach its conclusion.
April 1, 2008
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Weather
NWS issues wind advisory
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for northwest Ohio in effect until 8 this evening.
April 1, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Man struck by train car in Lake Township
A man was hurt early Tuesday when he was struck at CSX’s Stanley Yard in Lake Township by an unattached train car that was moving down the tracks, authorities said.
April 1, 2008
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Medical/Health
National health plan support up
Nearly 60 percent of U.S. doctors want government legislation to establish national health insurance, while another 14 percent instead support incremental reform, according to a study to be published today.
April 1, 2008
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Courts
Lima man pleads guilty before jury trial
LIMA, Ohio - A Lima man whose arrest led to the fatal shooting of his girlfriend entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors yesterday that will require him to go to prison.
April 1, 2008
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K-12 Education
Washington Local Schools due to get overdue $500,000 held by Toledo
Washington Local Schools soon will receive more than $500,000 that was collected over the past seven years on its behalf by the city of Toledo but never transferred to the school system, Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez said.
April 1, 2008
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Weather
Ground is like a sponge after 2nd snowiest March
The sodden aftermath of Toledo's second-snowiest March on record rippled with the breeze yesterday and shimmered in reflections of the overcast sky.
April 1, 2008
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Transportation
TARTA opt-out will hurt region, McNamara says
A Toledo city councilman yesterday said a proposal to give communities the option of voting themselves out of regional transportation systems such as TARTA would hinder regional economic development.
April 1, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Monroe County crash victim had 2 recent tickets in area
ERIE - A Toledo woman killed yesterday in a head-on collision on South Telegraph Road in Monroe County's Erie Township was recently cited for speeding on two occasions on the same stretch of highway.
April 1, 2008
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Courts
Robber using machete faces up to 31 years
A man charged with robbing a pizza delivery driver with a machete pleaded no contest to several charges yesterday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court.
April 1, 2008
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Courts
Couple sent to prison over dog fighting at their home
A Toledo couple whose Belmont Avenue residence housed both their four young children and dog-fighting facilities received prison time yesterday for dog-fighting convictions.
April 1, 2008
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Politics/Elections
Congress nixes possible ban on 'pork' projects
WASHINGTON - Get out the trough, it's feeding time. Congress has decided that an election year with recession written all over it is not the time to be giving up those job-producing "pork" projects bemoaned by both parties' presidential candidates.
April 1, 2008
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Higher Education
Ohio higher-ed plan aims to spur degrees, cut costs
COLUMBUS - Ohio's public universities and community colleges would compete less with each other and play more specialized roles under a proposed 10-year state plan unveiled yesterday to hold down tuition, produce more graduates, and keep them in the state.
April 1, 2008
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Other
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April 1, 2008
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Regional News
3 historic groups to eye Seneca County courthouse artifacts
TIFFIN - The Seneca County commissioners plan to invite representatives of three historical groups to walk through the 1884 courthouse before it is razed to determine what artifacts should be salvaged.
April 1, 2008
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Courts
Bonds set on 4 men in West Toledo burglary
Bond was set in Toledo Municipal Court yesterday for four Toledo men accused of breaking into a West Toledo house Friday morning. Three remained in jail.
April 1, 2008
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Courts
Driver who hit man in Sylvania Township roadway gets prison term
A tearful Justin Pool said in Lucas County Common Pleas Court yesterday his actions the night of June 23 were "the most serious thing" he's done, then admitted to knowing he needs help.
April 1, 2008
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Suburban News
Coking plant's backers say facility still a go
FDS Coke LLC is still committed to building its proposed $800 million coking facility and co-generation power plant near Maumee Bay, despite veering off yet another projected groundbreaking date and being confronted by a new round of appeals.
April 1, 2008
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Police
West Toledo couple on porch attacked, robbed
A West Toledo couple was robbed Sunday after three men forced them into their house at gunpoint and threatened to kill their child, police said.
April 1, 2008
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Police
Man in a Tigers cap robs bank in Springfield Township
Hours before the team’s season opener yesterday, a man wearing a Detroit Tigers ball cap robbed a bank in Springfield Township, authorities said.
April 1, 2008
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Medical/Health
Simpler CPR: Drop the mouth-to-mouth
NEW YORK - You can skip the mouth-to-mouth breathing and just press on the chest to save a life.
April 1, 2008
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Courts
Family of teen claiming assault appeals MySpace ruling
NEW ORLEANS - The family of a teenage girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met on MySpace.com asked a federal appeals court yesterday to revive their lawsuit against the social networking Web site.
April 1, 2008
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Regional News
Wood County may regulate residential wind turbines
BOWLING GREEN - The Wood County Planning Commission is to meet at 5:30 p.m. today to review a plan to regulate construction of wind turbines for residential use in Milton Township.
April 1, 2008
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K-12 Education
Oregon schools still could cut up to 24 posts
Having cut Lucas County Educational Service Center teachers from their staff, Oregon City Schools administrators yesterday said more cuts are imminent as they work to trim the district's budget by $1.2 million before next school year.
April 1, 2008
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Courts
$100,000 bond set in stabbing case
A North Toledo man accused of stabbing his girlfriend last week was arraigned yesterday in Toledo Municipal Court.
April 1, 2008
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Obituaries - News
Roofing firm's leader active in Waterville rehab
Donald Frederick Entenman, head of a local roofing company and former president of the Historical Society of Grand Rapids, Ohio, died of complications from a stroke Thursday in the Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Toledo. He was 84.
April 1, 2008
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Police
2 men wanted in shooting in East Toledo
Toledo police issued arrest warrants for two men believed to be involved in a shooting early Sunday in East Toledo, authorities said.
March 31, 2008
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City of Toledo
Dead deals put property in limbo; Toledo orders rubble at Haughton Elevator site removed
Where once stood a champion of Toledo industry, now rests piles of broken concrete and twisted metal. Curious motorists along the Anthony Wayne Trail crane their necks toward the rubble resting inside the chain-link fence. Nearby residents, meanwhile, continue shaking their heads over the wreckage outside their doors.
March 31, 2008
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Ohio News
Lt. Gov. Fisher raises possibility of Great Lakes water sales
Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, speaking to an economic development summit in Lucas County Monday, said the Great Lakes region may have to decide in less than a decade whether to sell water to other parts of the country that need it.
March 31, 2008
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Regional News
Man pleads guilty to drug charges in deadly Lima police raid
LIMA, Ohio – A Lima man whose arrest resulted in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend pleaded guilty today to reduced charges in Allen County Common Pleas Court.
March 31, 2008
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Politics/Elections
McCain highlights military heritage at start of the 'Service to America tour'
MERIDIAN, Miss. — Republican Sen. John McCain embarked on a carefully crafted tour to introduce himself to a wider election audience on Monday, but quickly veered off script to express surprise at the Iraqi government's crackdown on Shiite militias.
March 31, 2008
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Accidents/Vehicular
Woman killed, man hurt in head-on crash near Erie
ERIE — A Toledo woman was killed and a Monroe man was hurt when two cars collided head-on early Monday on South Telegraph Road near this Monroe County community, authorities said.
March 31, 2008
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Politics/Elections
Pennsylvania politicians talk about a potential Michigan revote
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is predicting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lead over Senator Barack Obama will shrink before the April 22 primary.
March 31, 2008
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Medical/Health
$415,000 to be given for cancer education
The payoff is coming tomorrow for all the organizations that benefit from the hard work that thousands of walkers and runners put in last fall at the annual Race for the Cure.
March 31, 2008
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Politics/Elections
Clinton pledges to continue fight until convention
WASHINGTON - Supporters of Barack Obama backed away yesterday from calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the presidential race as Democrats faced a long summer of bitter fighting to win the party's White House nomination.
March 31, 2008
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Other
Weekend in review: Top stories, multimedia
The Ohio Turnpike's plan to begin offering electronic toll collection by August, 2009, will provide many Toledo-area motorists with an introduction to E-ZPass, but not Mark Cisek. He already has it. For two years, Mr. Cisek has commuted from his Toledo home to Park Ridge, Ill., on Monday mornings and returned on Friday evenings to work a banking job in suburban Chicago.
March 31, 2008
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Ohio News
Remains of Ohio soldier missing since ’04 found in Iraq
BATAVIA, Ohio — The parents of Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin, a soldier who had been listed as missing-captured in Iraq since 2004, vowed to never let the U.S. Army forget about finding their son.
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