Toledo post office prepares for busy holiday season and other top stories.

• Toledo post office prepares for busy holiday season

  

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• Judge: Toledo men can be their own lawyers

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print A Lucas County Common Pleas judge has relented, allowing a Toledo man accused of raping and shackling a 13-year-old girl in his basement to represent himself. Timothy Ciboro, 53, of the 800 block of Noble Street, has fought for months for the act as his own lawyer in the case. The fourth defense attorney appointed to him by the court withdrew from the case earlier this month because a new job created a conflict for him.  Af..

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• Christmas Party: Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings tradition to Toledo

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Tradition for some people might include buying a live tree before the holiday, or opening a gift or two on Christmas Eve. But for the more than 30 musicians who make up the symphonic progressive hard rock act known as Trans-Siberian Orchestra — keyboardists, vocalists, guitarists, string sections, storytellers and more — tradition means everything. The band has continued its own tradition for 20 years with tours before the C..

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• ProMedica to buy Toledo warehouse

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print 41.64929 -83.54273 Business incubator to move in 2019. ProMedica offered a sneak peek into its plans to rehab and reopen the Willis Day building downtown, which the health-care organization plans to make the new home of its business incubator. ProMedica has not yet formally purchased the 96,000-square-foot, six-story warehouse at 801 Washington St., but the sale is expected to be final in January, said Justin Hammerling,..

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• Work required for food aid effective Jan. 1 in 4 counties

  

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan officials say able-bodied adults without dependents in four counties must meet work requirements to continue receiving food assistance after Jan. 1. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it's notifying about 14,000 people in Kent, Oakland, Ottawa and Washtenaw counties this week of the change. Recipients ages 18-49 without disabilities that prevent them from working must spend an average of 20 hours per week each month in unsubsidized..

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• Music calendar: 12-1

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print Toledo Symphony Family Series: Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle, 2445 Monroe St.; 255-8000 / 246-8000; Christmas at the Peristyle featuring the Toledo Opera Chorus and a visit from Santa: Sat., 3. Huntington Center: 500 Jefferson Ave.; 321-5007 / ticketmaster.com; Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Ghosts of Christmas Eve: Fri., 3:30 and 8. Rosary Cathedral Concert Series: 2535 Collingwood Blvd.; 244-9575 / rosarycathedral.org; Ha..

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• The Latest: Senate adjourns without vote on teacher pensions ...

  

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Latest on the Michigan Legislature's consideration of teacher retirement legislation (all times local): 5 p.m. The Republican-controlled Michigan Senate has adjourned without voting on legislation that would close the pension system to newly hired school employees and give them a 401(k) benefit. Amber McCann, spokeswoman for Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, said Wednesday GOP senators have more questions about conflicting costs estimates associated with the move. A Senat..

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• Democrats re-elect Pelosi as minority leader

  

  Share Tweet Share Email Comments Print House Democrats re-elected Nancy Pelosi as their leader Wednesday, ratifying the status quo in a changing Washington despite widespread frustration over the party’s direction. That disenchantment manifested itself in 63 lawmakers supporting Pelosi’s opponent, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, in the secret-ballot vote. That was by far the largest defection Pelosi has suffered since she began leading House Democrats in 2002. Pelosi E..

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• Presidential election recount set to begin in Wisconsin

  

  MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The first candidate-driven statewide recount of a presidential election in 16 years is set to begin in Wisconsin. The recount starting Thursday was requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein. It carries none of the drama that Florida did in 2000, when the outcome of the election between Al Gore and George W. Bush hung in the balance. Almost no one expects recounts this year to result in a Clinton victory. But still, county election officials across Wisconsin were hiring ..

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• AP 2016 All-Ohio Division V team

  

  By Craig MerzAsociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Associated Press 2016 Division V All-Ohio football team: DIVISION V First team Offense Ends/wide receivers_Mason Bernhardt, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, 6-feet-5, 200 pounds, junior; Nate Weinman, Creston Norwayne, 6-7, 230, sr.; Gunnar Oakes, Swanton, 6-5, 210, sr.; Neal Muhlenkamp, Coldwater, 6-2, 190, sr. Lineman_Alex DeJonge, Marion Pleasant. 5-11, 185, sr.; Joel Honigford, Sugarcreek Garaway, 6-6, 280, sr.; Tyl..

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