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• Toledo symphony director receives honorary degree

  30-04-2017 23:12
  Stefan Sanderling was granted an honorary doctor of Musical Arts degree from Bowling Green State University after a performance at the Peristyle at the Toledo Museum of Art. "A conductor without musician is nothing, so for me this is a perfectly round thing.
  
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• Mud Hens hold off IronPigs, 6-4

  30-04-2017 23:01 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Mud Hens claimed a 6-4 victory over Lehigh Valley at Fifth Third Field today.
  
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• Two UT players receive invites to NFL mini-camps

  30-04-2017 20:52 via toledoblade.com
  
  Two University of Toledo football players have earned an invite to attend NFL mini-camps.
  
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• Woman charged with murder in death of boyfriend's baby

  30-04-2017 18:52
  Authorities say a 40-year-old Ohio woman has been charged with murder in the death of her boyfriend's 6-month-old child. The Blade reports Angie Walker was arrested Friday in the Toledo suburb of Oregon.
  
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• Woman charged with murder in death of boyfrienda s baby

  30-04-2017 18:52
  Authorities say a 40-year-old Ohio woman has been charged with murder in the death of her boyfriend's 6-month-old child. The Blade reports Angie Walker was arrested Friday in the Toledo suburb of Oregon.
  
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• Cedar Point adds metal detectors

  30-04-2017 16:38 via toledoblade.com
  
  SANDUSKY — Amusement park visitors to the “Roller Coaster Capital of the World” can expect slightly longer wait times to pass through new metal detectors.
  
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• Alcohol believed to be factor in fatal Springfield Twp. crash

  30-04-2017 15:20 via toledoblade.com
  
  Alcohol is believed to be a contributing factor to a single-vehicle fatal crash Saturday night in Springfield Township.
  
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• Navy vet, 83, saves closing children's museum exhibit

  30-04-2017 14:24
  The popular Glazer Children's Museum exhibit was about to be closed two to three months for a repair job estimated at $100,000 or more - a lot of money for a nonprofit with an annual budget of $2.8 million. Some 60,000 visitors would miss a chance to frolic in the waters of the kiddy-style Port Tampa Bay mockup.
  
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• Toledo needs college grads

  30-04-2017 10:04
  University of Toledo President Emeritus Dan Johnson and retired Toledo pastor and theologian Father James Bacik are organizing an effort to increase Toledo's college education attainment rate. They present good, almost irrefutable, evidence that Toledo can benefit in many ways if more people here earn a college degree.
  
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• Going bald for a cause

  30-04-2017 06:51 via toledoblade.com
  
  Liam Cherney, 7, of Toledo, gets his head shaved by Taylor Ramirez, a stylist at the Soto Salon, in the Greater Toledo Shave for the Brave 2017. Participants on Saturday at First Unitarian Church of Toledo got their heads shaved in a fund-raiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which aims to help find cures for childhood cancer. Also pictured above, Connie Christiansen, 15, of Perrysburg, and Frank Sutton, getting his head shaved by Jamal Sherman of Groom Barbershop.
  
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• Walleye protect home ice, beat Komets in OT

  30-04-2017 06:44 via toledoblade.com
  
  Walleye forward Dane Walters turned frustration into elation as the veteran notched two crucial goals in a tight playoff showdown with rival Fort Wayne on Saturday night.
  
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• Wolverines are students first, foremost

  30-04-2017 06:32 via toledoblade.com
  
  ROME — A plane will leave Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino International Airport today, on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea, carrying members of the Michigan football team. It will touch down at Detroit Metro this afternoon, capping an unforgettable and unprecedented week for the Wolverines.
  
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• Hens add bat to roster, split with Pigs

  30-04-2017 06:31 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Mud Hens welcomed a new bat to their struggling offense Saturday as JaCoby Jones joined the team on a major-league rehab assignment.
  
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• Rocket players make history with selections

  30-04-2017 06:13 via toledoblade.com
  
  When University of Toledo running back Kareem Hunt found out college teammate Michael Roberts was selected by the Lions with the 127th overall pick in the fourth round of the NFL draft Saturday, his mind immediately shifted back to Toledo and all the talented players he shared the field with.
  
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• With time, Kizer will be worth the wait

  30-04-2017 06:12 via toledoblade.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA — The scroll of names reads like the closing credits of Bambi. You can hardly see through the tears.
  
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• Time for Ohio license fees to change

  30-04-2017 06:08 via toledoblade.com
  
  COLUMBUS — Imagine a scenario where more than two dozen special interest groups with a historically conservative bent raise their voices in unison and beg of their government officials: “Tax me more.”
  
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• Michigan to travel abroad again in 2018

  30-04-2017 06:08 via toledoblade.com
  
  ROME — Michigan’s foray into international relations has only just begun.
  
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• Navarro stays in Hens lineup by playing multiple positions

  30-04-2017 06:07 via toledoblade.com
  
  Efren Navarro is considered one of the best defensive first basemen in minor-league baseball.
  
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• Ciao from Rome travelougue: Life lessons in travel leave reporter thankful

  30-04-2017 06:07 via toledoblade.com
  
  ROME — Spending nine days outside the United States makes you appreciate the country and grow tired of it.
  
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• William N. Bowman (1932-2017)

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  William N. Bowman, an educator who helped teenage students stay in school and gain workplace experience, died Tuesday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, South Detroit Avenue. He was 85.
  
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• Under construction: Subdivision in Sylvania Township

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Two large houses, one a speculative home and the other a client-contracted home, are under construction on Mallard Pointe Lane in the Mallard Pointe subdivision off of Sylvania-Metamora Road in Sylvania Township. The new homes are being built by subdivision owner Jon Nissen, of Woodland Custom Home Builders. They are in a 14-lot first plat of Mallard Pointe, which has just one lot available for purchase and construction. Mr. Nissen plans to open an eight-lot second plat this year, followed by a
  
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• Traveling on Central Asia's Silk Road

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  First in a series
  
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• Toledo Zoo’s Louie turns 14

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Toledo Zoo’s African elephant Louie ate treats from his sports-themed enrichment balls during his 14th birthday party. The elephant-sized birthday party drew 565 people Saturday to Louie’s home in the zoo’s Tembo Trail. He also received a treat made by the zoo’s catering department with Louie’s favorite fruits and vegetables. 
  
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• Students tested too much, local officials say

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  A trio of local educators serving on a state panel scrutinizing Ohio’s standardized tests wants students to take fewer and more meaningful assessments.
  
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• Retired teacher found in chair a case of isolation, not abuse

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Years before the National Enquirer sensationalized her “housebound horror,” Barb Foster was a new college graduate ready for the students of Start High School.
  
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• Mass of celebration at St. Joan of Arc

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Toledo Bishop Daniel Thomas said a prayer of dedication before anointing the altar during a dedication Mass for the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Parish in South Toledo. The parish recently completed a $3.3 million campus renovation project, which included upgrades to the parish school and additions to the church itself. Hundreds of people attended the Mass on Saturday, including Dick Anderson, who hand-crafted the new altar and ambo, and Deacon Rick Nelson, who built the pedestal for the tabernacle
  
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• List of executive pay in Toledo area

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  These Toledo area senior executives were paid at least $1.5 million in 2016, according to company filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  
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• International Fest emphasizes fun side of diversity

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  It might not have been a school day, but the learning continued anyway.
  
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• International Fest at UT emphasizes fun side of diversity

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  It might not have been a school day, but the learning continued anyway.
  
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• How they voted: 4/30

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  A look at recent actions in the U.S. Congress and the Ohio General Assembly and how lawmakers representing the area voted.
  
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• Communities get word out on check-ins for seniors

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Allean Harris is a hugger, so the two volunteers visiting her were not leaving the home without a warm embrace from the 83-year-old Toledo woman.
  
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• Area communities get word out on check-ins for seniors

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Allean Harris is a hugger, so the two volunteers visiting her were not leaving the home without a warm embrace from the 83-year-old Toledo woman.
  
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• Archbold show celebrates the centuries-old craft of quilting

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  There isn’t much space in Betty Jefferis’ Perrysburg home that isn’t taken up by quilting tools and materials or the dozens of pieces that have resulted from her 30-year-plus love affair with the centuries-old craft.
  
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• 2 Mich. men killed as car, pickup crash near Dundee

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  DUNDEE, Mich. — Two motorists were killed Friday when their vehicles collided and both drivers were thrown from their vehicles at Dixon and Wells roads in Monroe County’s Dundee Township.
  
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• 13 local CEOs paid over $1 million

  30-04-2017 06:00 via toledoblade.com
  
  Few compensation packages are more complex than those awarded to the men and women who lead America’s publicly traded corporations.
  
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• Raid at north Toledo bar turns up very little in way of illegal drugs

  30-04-2017 01:45
  A North Toledo Bar was the scene of a drug raid early on Saturday morning by dozens of local and state law enforcement officers. The raid at the Lion's Den on Lagrange Street however came up mostly empty-handed in the search for illicit drugs.
  
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• Mud Hens fall to Lehigh Valley in Game 1 of doubleheader

  30-04-2017 01:14 via toledoblade.com
  
  The Mud Hens suffered a 6-1 loss to Lehigh Valley in the first game of a doubleheader at Fifth Third Field today.
  
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