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• Peaceful protest planned in Toledo following police-involved shootings

  08-07-2016 23:32
  A peaceful protest will take place Friday evening in Toledo in response to the fatal police-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota. The protest was organized by the New Order National Human Rights Organization and was scheduled before the event of a shooting at another peaceful protest in Dallas where five officers were killed and others wounded.
  
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• Huntington Bank branch in West Toledo robbed

  08-07-2016 22:11 via toledoblade.com
  A Huntington Bank branch in West Toledo was robbed today of an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities said.
  
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• Rescue crews find body in Ottawa River in northwest Ohio

  08-07-2016 20:46
  Rescue crews say they have found a body in the Ottawa River in northwest Ohio after a jet ski was spotted idling in the water with no one on it.
  
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• UT taps new honors college dean

  08-07-2016 19:50 via toledoblade.com
  
  The University of Toledo announced today a new dean for its honors college.
  
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• Toledo protest planned for this evening

  08-07-2016 18:43 via toledoblade.com
  A peaceful protest is planned for today in response to recent fatal police-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota.
  
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• Toledo plans to send prisoners to Wood County, not CCNO

  08-07-2016 18:21 via toledoblade.com
  The Hicks-Hudson administration intends to send people incarcerated for violations of the Toledo Municipal Code to the Wood County Jail, according to city records released today.
  
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• TPD officers to work in pairs following Dallas shooting

  08-07-2016 17:49 via toledoblade.com
  Many Toledo police will patrol with another officer after an ambush attack in Dallas killed several members of law enforcement late Thursday.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to rape of child

  08-07-2016 17:13 via toledoblade.com
  An Oregon man who had a prior conviction for sexually abusing a child in Canada pleaded guilty today to two counts of rape of a child under the age of 10.
  
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• Annual Lagrange Street Police festival kicks off Friday

  08-07-2016 16:09
  The event put on by United North, a community development non-profit corporation that helps people through generational poverty with housing alternatives and businesses with technical assistance, has been going on now for more than 30 years. The main attraction of the day is the traditional Polish food and beer.
  
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• Police identify body found in Ottawa River

  08-07-2016 15:36 via toledoblade.com
  
  Authorities have identified Charles Swyers of Toledo as the man whose body was found in the Ottawa River in Point Place early today after an apparent jet ski accident.
  
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• Jet skier dies in Ottawa River

  08-07-2016 15:36 via toledoblade.com
  
  A body has been found in the Ottawa River in Point Place this morning after an apparent jet ski accident.
  
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• Body pulled from Ottawa River

  08-07-2016 14:36 via toledoblade.com
  
  A body has been found in the Ottawa River in Point Place this morning after an apparent jet ski accident.
  
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• Former UT vice president out at Akron after 1 year

  08-07-2016 07:40
  
  A former University of Toledo vice president who left last year to follow UT's provost to the University of Akron will leave the post, the most recent administrative shakeup at the university in northeastern Ohio. Lawrence Burns, UT's former vice president for external affairs, was placed on a one-month paid administrative leave Wednesday after Akron's board of trustees met in executive session.
  
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• Love Fest to make debut

  08-07-2016 07:21 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Love Wall mural at 1209 Adams St. clearly tells you something: “Toledo Loves Love.”
  
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• Bakery takes online heat for refusing same-sex pair

  08-07-2016 07:17 via toledoblade.com
  Days after a bakery refused to make a cake for a Toledo same-sex couple, the local business has received a slew of poor online ratings.
  
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• Ex-V.P. at UT leaving Akron

  08-07-2016 07:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  A former University of Toledo vice president who followed UT’s provost to the University of Akron will now follow him out of Akron’s administration, the most recent shakeup at the northeastern Ohio school.
  
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• Lucas County Dogs for Adoption: 7-8

  08-07-2016 07:10 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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• Clinton campaign opens Toledo office

  08-07-2016 06:51 via toledoblade.com
  
  At the Thursday opening of the Hillary for Ohio Toledo campaign office, Shelley Cavalieri pledged that her daughters — Lucia, who turns 1 on Sunday, and Aurelia, who is 3 — would shape their first memories of a president around Hillary Clinton, the first woman who might hold the office.
  
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• Erik Kynard hungry to win gold at Rio Games

  08-07-2016 06:34 via toledoblade.com
  
  EUGENE, Ore. — In sports, a question often asked after an athlete has attained greatness is: “Are you still hungry; is there something more to achieve?” For former Rogers High School and Kansas State high jumper and 2012 Olympian Erik Kynard says he still has an unmet goal — Olympic gold.
  
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• Wolverines, Fighting Irish renew college football rivalry

  08-07-2016 06:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  ANN ARBOR — When the Notre Dame football team trounced Michigan 31-0 on a September night two years ago in South Bend, Ind., many college football fans saw it as an unceremonious end to a storied rivalry.
  
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• Fish need released quickly, carefully

  08-07-2016 06:19 via toledoblade.com
  
  Ask any number of fishermen what they do when they catch fish that are too small to eat, or a species they never intended to keep, and most will respond automatically that they “throw it back.”
  
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• American Legion team looks to defend state title

  08-07-2016 06:18 via toledoblade.com
  
  Although its roster has a decidedly different look from last summer, the Adams Post 553 baseball team is still a formidable squad under coach Dave Harris as it prepares to defend a championship.
  
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• Toledo-built Wrangler accessed by hackers

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo-built vehicles again have become the target of hackers, raising new cybersecurity concerns.
  
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• Thursday noons are enlivened by Lunch at Levis

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  At Levis Square downtown, Thursday afternoons are meant to make any lunch break easy.
  
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• Strickland presents infrastructure plan

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  In a speech Thursday at East Toledo’s Tribute Memorial Park, former Ohio governor and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Ted Strickland outlined a plan to heighten government focus on infrastructure and criticized his opponent, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio), for not supporting similar projects to create jobs.
  
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• Psychiatrist could get prison for tax evasion

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A former Oregon psychiatrist pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to attempted tax evasion for failing to report her income or pay taxes for seven years.
  
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• Ottawa Co. sheriff dog dies of cancer at age 6

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  PORT CLINTON — A K-9 with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office died Thursday after a battle with cancer.
  
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• Newly single, hospital tries a fresh look

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  St. Luke’s Hospital is forging its own identity now that it’s no longer part of ProMedica.
  
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• Man gets 7 years for brutally beating wife

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A Toledo man who beat his wife with a hammer was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison.
  
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• Local threat case one of many for Marshals Service

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  This week’s indictment of a federal inmate for allegedly trying to arrange the murder of the Toledo judge on his case represents one of the hundreds of threats received annually by judges across the country.
  
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• Local casino revenue lowest since January

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  June was Hollywood Casino Toledo’s worst month since January, with monthly revenue dropping from the previous month by nearly $1 million.
  
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• James Klickman: 1940-2016

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  ELMORE — James Klickman, 76, whose farm became pumpkin central on October Saturdays with a fall festival that included wagon rides, contests, and pick-your-own pumpkins died July 1 in MercyHealth St. Vincent Medical Center.
  
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• Dry weather stifles algae bloom, but scientists say runoff still threat

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  GIBRALTAR ISLAND, Ohio — Although near-drought conditions since May 1 will likely suppress western Lake Erie algae this summer, scientists said the probable one-year reprieve simply underscores how strongly the region’s chronic algae problem is associated with agricultural runoff.
  
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• Daily Log: 7-8

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
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• City nears halfway point for mill-and-fill

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The city of Toledo has completed most of the mill-and-fill projects it identified in three council districts — roughly half the work planned for this year, the Hicks-Hudson administration announced.
  
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• Bowersox embraces role as ambassador for diabetes

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Typically at this point in the summer, American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox is in the midst of a nationwide tour of clubs and intimate venues, playing from a set-list that includes tracks from her two major-label albums, 2010’s Farmer’s Daughter and 2013’s All That for This, and 2014’s seven-song EP Promises.
  
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• 'Blizzard' Bill Spencer now on 90-day medical leave

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  On May 30, WTVG-TV, Channel 13, weekday meteorologist “Blizzard” Bill Spencer began a 90-day medical leave from the station after a team of specialists discovered that the top vertebra of his spine collapsed onto his nervous system, causing him almost-daily episodes of losing focus and balance, stuttering, and experiencing sharp stabs of pain in the right side of his head and neck, resulting in temporary bouts of confusion.
  
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• Bell ringers for kettles sought for July drive

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  PORT CLINTON — The Salvation Army is seeking volunteers to ring bells at kettle sites July 22 and 23. Applications are being accepted for volunteers for a Red Kettle campaign titled “Christmas in July” at area Friendship Food Stores and Bassett’s stores.
  
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• Adorably erratic: ‘Secret Life of Pets’ is enjoyable, forgettable

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Most everyone’s met a cute and cuddly puppy you desperately wanted to love — and that desperately wanted to be loved — yet the two of you never fully bonded.
  
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• 10th Dressel Memorial motorcycle ride set

  08-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The 10th annual Detective Keith Dressel Memorial Ride fund-raiser is Saturday.
  
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• Mud Hens score 6 runs in inning, blank Indianapolis

  08-07-2016 04:01 via toledoblade.com
  INDIANAPOLIS — The Mud Hens scored six runs in the seventh inning and Cory Riordan pitched 7⅔ innings of shutout baseball as Toledo topped the Indianapolis Indians 6-0 tonight.
  
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• Man Indicted For Plan to Kill Judge Assigned to His Case

  08-07-2016 03:27
  A former Ohio State University student facing terrorism charges is indicted for plotting to murder the federal judge assigned to his case. Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 37, was charged with first-degree murder of a federal officer, solicitation to commit a crime of violence and use of interstate commerce facilities in commission for murder for hire.
  
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• Armed man holds up pharmacy in Monroe

  08-07-2016 02:20 via toledoblade.com
  MONROE, Mich. — An armed man held up the Hometown Pharmacy, 811 N. Macomb St., today, according to the Monroe Police Department.
  
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