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• Harbaugh: Michael Jordan will be honorary captain Sept. 3

  15-07-2016 21:10 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Michigan football team will have an honorary captain for its season opener in September, and it's one familiar not only to college football fans but to sports fans around the world.
  
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• Parts of UT campus shut for tower work

  15-07-2016 20:58 via toledoblade.com
  Prime spots on the University of Toledo’s main campus will be closed for four hours today while a helicopter crane lifts steel beams to the 205-foot tall tower at University Hall along Bancroft Street.
  
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• Crash ties up I-75 NB traffic near Perrysburg

  15-07-2016 20:36 via toledoblade.com
  A single-vehicle crash on northbound I-75 has tied up the northbound traffic on the highway south of Perrysburg today.
  
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• Illegal dice game in Monroe leads to 3 arrests

  15-07-2016 19:46 via toledoblade.com
  MONROE — Three people have been arrested in Monroe and accused of illegal gambling after police interrupted their dice game, authorities said.
  
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• Oil leaks from tank at Fermi plant

  15-07-2016 19:16 via toledoblade.com
  NEWPORT, Mich. — An unknown amount of oil leaked from an abandoned underground storage tank on the grounds of the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant, according to notifications plant owner DTE Energy has filed with state and federal officials.
  
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• Pokemon players plead not guilty to trespass charges

  15-07-2016 18:09 via toledoblade.com
  
  Two Pokemon Go players arrested early Thursday for sneaking into the Toledo Zoo to play the game pleaded not guilty in Toledo Municipal Court to criminal trespassing charges.
  
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• LPGA: Host families take in golfers during tournament

  15-07-2016 17:50
  Playing week after week, month after month can take a financial toll on the players of the LPGA tournament. That's why host families have welcomed some golfers into their homes to lighten the load.
  
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• Sylvania mayor backs regional water system

  15-07-2016 16:55 via toledoblade.com
  A regional water system would be economically prudent and also add needed redundancy in the water supply, Sylvania Mayor Craig Stough said this morning.
  
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• Lucas County commissioners announced they will be adding 100 beds to CCNO.

  15-07-2016 13:23
  On Thursday, Lucas County commissioners announced they will add 100 additional beds at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio in Stryker. Late June, a judge ruled the City of Toledo must pay it's partner, CCNO, $1.3 million by July 1 for housing prisoners, but the city refused on the basis that no other jurisdiction in the county has to pay - so Toledo shouldn't either.
  
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• Afternoon rush at Marathon Classic

  15-07-2016 06:42 via toledoblade.com
  
  The afternoon portion of Thursday’s opening round of the Marathon Classic, with its steady swirling winds, was decidedly more challenging than the morning shift, which benefited from overnight rains.
  
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• Faster play great to see at Marathon Classic

  15-07-2016 06:33 via toledoblade.com
  
  Stacy Lewis and her four golf partners set off on their voyage around the world — or so it felt — at 9 a.m. the other day at Highland Meadows. 
  
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• The catfish nearly dragged in 1 husky muskie

  15-07-2016 06:30 via toledoblade.com
  
  This could have been a rather typical day of fishing on Lake Erie, circa the summer of 2016. Two longtime friends spent a few hours working an area off Crane Creek and the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge last week, and the action was brisk.
  
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• Most LPGA pros plan on playing in Olympics

  15-07-2016 06:28 via toledoblade.com
  
  The thought of passing up participating in one of the world’s biggest sporting events didn’t cross Stacy Lewis’ mind until she saw her male counterparts second-guessing their own participation.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler to put $700M in Jeep plant

  15-07-2016 06:02 via toledoblade.com
  
  On the 75th anniversary of Willys-Overland signing a major contract to build the original military Jeep, the brand’s current owner has given Toledo another big reason to celebrate.
  
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• Wauseon native among those speaking at convention

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Brock Mealer, a Wauseon native who learned to walk again after a devastating car accident more than eight years ago, is one of more than 60 politicians, athletes, actors, and personalities announced by the Republican National Convention to speak next week in Cleveland.
  
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• Toledo police chief asks for $14,349 drone

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Police Chief George Kral has urged Toledo City Council to authorize a contract with Toledo Aerial Media to buy a drone system for his Toledo department for $14,349.
  
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• Thunderbirds get ready for performances

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  When the Air Force Thunderbirds approach an airport where they’re performing in a show, they’re initially easier to hear than to see.
  
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• Tangled webs: ‘Infiltrator’ is engrossing, convoluted crime thriller

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The pressure to turn in an Academy Award-winning performance in the film industry is intense, but imagine what it’s like in the drug-cartel business. If you fail to convince on screen, you lose your Oscar. Fail to convince as an undercover agent, and you lose your life.
  
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• Tail-wagging reunion awaits shelter’s beagle buddies

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A pair of beagle buddies separated for nearly three months soon will be reunited by their new owner.
  
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• Regional jail to cut beds, employees

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  STRYKER, Ohio — The Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio will go from housing 638 prisoners to a 410-bed facility, and 25 jail employees will lose their jobs following the city of Toledo’s withdrawal from the jail by intentionally defaulting on its third-quarter bill.
  
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• Portman takes lead in latest poll of Ohio

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Defying suggestions that down-ticket Republicans might be harmed with Donald Trump at the top, a Quinnipiac Poll released Thursday showed U.S. Sen. Rob Portman has opened a 7-point lead over Democratic rival Ted Strickland.
  
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• Old Fort Bank celebrates 100 years

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  TIFFIN — For 100 years, Old Fort Banking Co. in Tiffin has operated as an independent community bank. In the last year, it became employee owned.
  
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• Morgan Porter Wilkins: 1919-2016

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Morgan Porter Wilkins, 97, founder of a firm that sold industrial piping to manufacturers and refineries across northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, died Sunday in University of Toledo Medical Center, the former Medical College of Ohio Hospital.
  
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• Israeli doctor will speak in Sylvania on Sunday

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  An Israeli doctor who manages an emergency department where Syrian rebels are treated, despite their country’s antipathy toward Israel, will speak Sunday in Sylvania.
  
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• Israeli doctor to speak Sunday

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  An Israeli doctor who manages an emergency department where Syrian rebels are treated, despite their country’s antipathy toward Israel, will speak Sunday in Sylvania.
  
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• Health scare sidelines ‘Blizzard’ Bill Spencer

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  It was during a routine morning in late April while delivering a routine on-air forecast that “Blizzard” Bill Spencer’s life unexpectedly changed.
  
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• GOP rules committee ditches ‘Dump Trump’

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  CLEVELAND — The Republican Rules Committee shot down the “Dump Trump” movement Thursday night, endorsing a rule that binds delegates to vote for the candidate they’re pledged to.
  
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• Free kids fishing rodeo set for Saturday in city

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The city of Toledo will host a “fishing rodeo” Saturday at Sleepy Hollow Park.
  
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• Elmore firm fined $70,000 for safety violation at plant

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has levied a $70,000 fine against the Materion Brush plant in Elmore, Ohio, for a “willful” workplace safety violation in March that fractured a worker’s hand.
  
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• Effort to renew city income tax gets under way

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Labor leaders, businessmen, and city officials started crafting their plan to convince voters in November to renew the city’s temporary income tax.
  
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• Crash, break-in lead to prison

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A Toledo man was sentenced to 42 months in prison Thursday for a drunken driving crash that injured another motorist and for breaking into a home a month later.
  
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• County agency closed again due to tension-cable problem

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  Lucas County Job and Family Services at 3210 Monroe St. is closed again today to allow contractors to assess what caused tension cables in the building’s ground floor to fail.
  
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• City to hold recycling, refuse event Saturday

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  The city of Toledo District 4 will have a free refuse and recycling drop-off event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Manhattan Plaza, 559 E. Manhattan Blvd.
  
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• City set to revive citizen advisory board for police

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo is positioned to revive a citizen advisory board that would investigate complaints filed against the police department.
  
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• B.G. councilman selected for Rep. Brown’s state post

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Theresa Charters Gavarone, a second-term Bowling Green councilman, will raise her right hand to take the oath of office as the newest state representative from Wood County when lawmakers return briefly from their summer recess Aug. 2.
  
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• Autopsy completed in shooting by police

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  BRYAN — A man fatally shot by law enforcement officers last month in Williams County was struck once in the back, an autopsy found.
  
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• 32nd Toledo walking tour kicks off

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Of the nearly 40 people who gathered at the corner of St. Clair and Washington streets Thursday for the first of the summer’s Discover Downtown Toledo walking tours, several wore Mud Hens gear they had purchased from the Swamp Shop before the tour began.
  
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• 2 Pokemon players captured in zoo

  15-07-2016 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A pair of Pokemon Go enthusiasts hopped a fence at the Toledo Zoo and moved around “like ninjas” playing the game for an hour before being arrested near the tiger exhibit.
  
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• Mud Hens score 2 in 9th, beat Columbus

  15-07-2016 03:43 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Mud Hens scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to claim a 4-3 victory over Columbus at Fifth Third Field tonight.
  
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• Air Force Thunderbirds arrive in Toledo

  15-07-2016 03:02 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Air Force Thunderbirds have arrived in Toledo.
  
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• 1 person dead after morning fire in Port Clinton

  15-07-2016 00:01 via toledoblade.com
  PORT CLINTON — An early morning fire left a person dead, according to the Port Clinton Fire Department.
  
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