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• 3 Walleye players to join Grand Rapids

  29-04-2016 23:44 via toledoblade.com
  Three Walleye players will join Toledo's American Hockey League affiliate in Grand Rapids.
  
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• Perrysburg police respond to bank robbery

  29-04-2016 22:25 via toledoblade.com
  Perrysburg police responded to a bank robbery today at State Bank and Trust on South Boundary Street.
  
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• Crashes slow I-75 north, southbound traffic

  29-04-2016 20:56 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo police are responding to crashes on both I-75 north and southbound.
  
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• Ohio Republican Party chairman urges unity

  29-04-2016 20:34 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — The chairman of the Ohio Republican Party today urged a divided party state committee to put internal disputes aside to unite going into the November election.
  
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• Perrysburg, Sylvania schools pull chicken products

  29-04-2016 20:29 via toledoblade.com
  
  Possible tainted chicken products have been pulled from Sylvania and Perrysburg schools.
  
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• 4th of July festivities moving to Marina District

  29-04-2016 18:53 via toledoblade.com
  The Blade's Red, White, KABOOM Independence Day event is moving across the Maumee River, with festivities taking place at the Marina District this year.
  
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• Youth job fair at SeaGate Centre Saturday

  29-04-2016 17:47 via toledoblade.com
  The city of Toledo’s annual youth job fair for 16 to-24-year-olds will be Saturday.
  
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• Annual drug take-back day set for Saturday

  29-04-2016 17:38 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Lucas County annual prescription drug take-back day will be Saturday, county officials announced today.
  
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• Two dogs shot in central Toledo

  29-04-2016 15:17 via toledoblade.com
  Two dogs were shot early today in central Toledo after allegedly killing a third dog and biting a person.
  
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• Dog shot in central Toledo

  29-04-2016 15:17 via toledoblade.com
  A dog was shot early today in central Toledo.
  
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• Cooper Tire reports higher profit

  29-04-2016 13:31 via toledoblade.com
  FINDLAY -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. today reported a higher profit but lower sales for its first quarter.
  
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• Library approves land donation for Mott Branch

  29-04-2016 07:15 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo Lucas County Public Library on Thursday approved the donation of land from the city of Toledo for a new Mott Branch Library in Smith Park on Dorr Street.
  
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• Bosa, Elliott leads OSU hit parade on draft night

  29-04-2016 06:16 via toledoblade.com
  Ezekiel Elliott swaggered across a red carpet that may as well have been scarlet Thursday, wearing a baby blue suit coat with a bow tie as he and a parade of NFL draft hopefuls preened for the cameras outside the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago.
  
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• NCAA ban overturned on satellite camps

  29-04-2016 06:15 via toledoblade.com
  ANN ARBOR — The NCAA announced Thursday that the ban on college football satellite camps has been rescinded.
  
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• Mud Hens bobble away victory

  29-04-2016 06:15 via toledoblade.com
  The Mud Hens followed up a bad game Wednesday with another bad game on Thursday that also featured a bad break.
  
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• Thumbs up to LPGA revival, NCAA decision

  29-04-2016 06:14 via toledoblade.com
  Friday fricassee:
  
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• Talented UT players could get drafted

  29-04-2016 06:12 via toledoblade.com
  Despite the steady stream of former University of Toledo players who have made the jump to the National Football League successfully, the Rockets are in a bit of a slump when it comes to the NFL draft.
  
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• Walleye on road to start next season

  29-04-2016 06:11 via toledoblade.com
  Just as they were this season, the Toledo Walleye will be road warriors to start next season.
  
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• Richard L. Kaplin (1925-2016): Hotel, real estate investor assisted symphony, zoo

  29-04-2016 06:07 via toledoblade.com
  Richard L. Kaplin, who helped manage his family’s business interests, which included hotels, office buildings, and real estate, and who was a low-key benefactor and adviser to cultural, civic, and charitable groups, died March 9 in his Ottawa Hills home. He was 90.
  
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• 4 finalists for UT’s next finance officer to visit

  29-04-2016 06:05 via toledoblade.com
  Four finalists seeking to be the University of Toledo’s next chief financial officer will visit campus in the coming weeks, after UT reopened its search for a top finance administrator.
  
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• Port board OKs grants for variety of area projects

  29-04-2016 06:01 via toledoblade.com
  The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Board of Directors on Thursday approved a mission statement, a new committee structure, and a series of grants that will pay for a driver’s training class in Spencer Township, summer employment in Toledo city pools, and new wetlands.
  
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• Welltower declares dividend of 86 cents

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Welltower Inc., a Toledo real estate investment trust, declared Thursday a quarterly cash dividend of 86 cents a share, payable May 20 to holders of record on May 10.
  
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• VOICES aims at civic engagement

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A new program hoping to spark discussion and action among young professional African-Americans in Toledo kicked off Thursday with a social event and discussion about the importance of civic engagement during the 2016 election.
  
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• UT allays fears of ProMedica deal

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  As the University of Toledo and ProMedica move forward with plans to partner and train medical residents at Toledo Hospital, the university administration is working to tamp fears the agreement will have a negative effect on school’s medical college.
  
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• Trustees dismissed from UF lawsuit

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Trustees at the University of Findlay have been dismissed from a federal lawsuit brought by two former student-athletes who were expelled following an alleged sexual assault.
  
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• Straight No Chaser coming to Toledo

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Straight No Chaser has proved that there is no song or beat they can’t harmonize into a melodic a cappella song. Since the group’s formation in 1996 at Indiana University it has transformed hits into vocal theatrics, with the most recent being the Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face,” Radiohead’s “Creep,” and Hozier’s “Take Me to Church.”
  
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• Pups continue recovery

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  MONROE — Five puppies are recovering with a Michigan rescue while Monroe County authorities seek information regarding their abandonment.
  
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• Profit, sales down for Libbey

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo tableware maker Libbey Inc. said Thursday that its profit and sales were down for the first quarter.
  
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• Port board member threatened at meeting

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Bernard “Pete” Culp, a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board, threatened violence against board Chairman James Tuschman at Thursday’s port board meeting, leading to the start of a campaign to have Mr. Culp removed from the board.
  
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• Perrysburg, Macomb counter firms combine

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Cutting Edge Countertops Inc. of Perrysburg and Surface enCounters LLC of Macomb, Mich., will merge Sunday and will use the Cutting Edge Countertops name.
  
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• Military enlisteesreceive salutefrom community

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Saluting will become second nature to the would-be military enlistees assembled at Maumee High School.
  
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• Marathon profits plunge during a weak 1st quarter

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  FINDLAY — Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s profits nearly evaporated in the year’s first quarter as the company dealt with higher operating costs and significantly lower profit margins in its keystone refining segment.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 4-29

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Dogs remain available at the Lucas County Canine Care & Control Office, 410 South Erie St., Toledo. For information, call 419-213-2800.
  
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• K100 leads stations in listeners

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The winter, 2016, local radio ratings picked up where fall, 2015, ended, with country station WKKO-FM, 99.9 (K100) tops in the morning among listeners 12 and older.
  
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• How does his garden grow? Work, luck

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Selby Thames, 83, puts away his tiller after working on his garden on York Street in East Toledo, where he grows a variety of vegetables. ‘You name it, I plant it,’ he says. In 1940, he plowed some of this area for an uncle and, as he says, ‘I'm still farming.’ He has snow peas in and is set to get them growing. ‘I’ll have it up, if it’s God’s will.’
  
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• Groups pledge for equality

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Lucas County commissioners and Toledo city officials pledged to stand against racism during a news conference Thursday at One Government Center.
  
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• Fremont councilman’s charge of disorderly conduct dismissed

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  FREMONT — A disorderly conduct charge filed against a Fremont City Council member was dismissed Thursday.
  
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• First quarter profit, sales down for Libbey

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Toledo tableware maker Libbey Inc. said Thursday that its profit and sales were down for the first quarter.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler, Google in self-driving car talks

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Google’s self-driving car project are in advanced talks to form a technical partnership.
  
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• EPA seeks tips in cemetery dumping

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  State authorities are trying to determine who illegally dumped bags of waste from a disgraced North Toledo funeral home into a nearby city cemetery.
  
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• Enlistees saluted by community

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Saluting will become second nature to the would-be military enlistees assembled at Maumee High School.
  
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• Charges added in videotape incident

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — A 14-year-old Perrysburg youth who was charged with a felony for videotaping a student in a bathroom is now facing additional charges.
  
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• Charges added in video incident

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  BOWLING GREEN — A 14-year-old Perrysburg youth who was charged with a felony for videotaping a student in a bathroom is now facing additional charges.
  
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• $8.6M to transform Howard Marsh into park

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Nearly eight years after buying the land, Metroparks of the Toledo Area has given the go-ahead for the initial phase of Howard Marsh Metropark in Jerusalem Township.
  
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• $8.6M to transform Howard Beach farmland into 700-acre coastal park

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Nearly eight years after buying the land, Metroparks of the Toledo Area has given the go-ahead for the initial phase of Howard Marsh Metropark in Jerusalem Township.
  
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• 2 NW Ohio vets to join Military Hall of Fame

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Two veterans from northwest Ohio are among this year’s class to be inducted into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame for Valor at a Statehouse ceremony today.
  
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• 2 northwest Ohio veterans to join Military Hall of Fame

  29-04-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Two veterans from northwest Ohio are among this year’s class to be inducted into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame for Valor at a Statehouse ceremony today.
  
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