North Korea sanctions bill clears Senate committee and other top stories.

• North Korea sanctions bill clears Senate committee

  

  Published: Thursday, 1/28/2016 North Korea sanctions bill clears Senate committee ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved legislation today to tighten sanctions against North Korea following its latest nuclear test explosion. The bipartisan measure expands on legislation that passed the House two weeks ago aimed at denying Pyongyang hard currency for its weapons programs. Republican committee chairman Sen. Bob Corker said today the bill is expecte..

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• Toledo Zoo adds to family with birth of polar bear cub

  

  ©  NBC 24 | Portions are ©  Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or distributed.NBC 24 provides coverage of news, sports, weather and local events in the Toledo, Ohio area, including Sandusky, Fremont, Findlay, Whitehouse, Maumee, Holland, Lima, Delta, Napoleon and Defiance, Ohio and Adrian, Monroe and Milan, Michigan.

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• Toyota offers first "Ride 'N Drive" at Toledo Auto Show

  TOLEDO (13abc Action News) - For the first time at the Toledo Auto Show, Toyota is offering "Ride 'N Drive" opportunity. Auto show visitor can take Camry – Prius – RAV4 – Sienna – Tacoma vehicles for a test drive through the streets of downtown Toledo. Test drives are only offered to those 18 years and older, and with a valid drivers license. The Toledo Auto Show opens Thursday at 3pm and run until Sunday at 5pm at the SeaGate Center. Tickets are $7 for adults, children 9 and under are free. ..

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• Hung jury declared in death of woman

  

  Published: Thursday, 1/28/2016 - Updated: 3 hours ago Hung jury declared in death of woman Wood County case dates to 1982 BY JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER Russell Adkins, left, with attorney Ron Wingate, is accused in the 1982 death of Dana Rosendale. The Wood County prose-cutor had her body exhumed and re-examined in 2013. THE BLADE Enlarge | Buy This Photo BOWLING GREEN — More than three decades after a Whitehouse man claimed Dana Rosend..

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• Return of home-rule authority on guns sought

  

  Published: Thursday, 1/28/2016 - Updated: 2 minutes ago Sittenfeld seeks return of home-rule authority on guns Senate candidate wants ability for cities to enact stricter laws BY JIM PROVANCEBLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS — U.S. Senate candidate P.G. Sittenfeld and anti-gun activists today launched a constitutional amendment campaign to restore the right of cities such as Toledo to enact local gun laws that are stricter than state law. Sittenfeld THE BLADE Enlarge ..

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• Michigan Senate OKs $28M more to address Flint water crisis

  

  Published: Thursday, 1/28/2016 - Updated: 57 minutes ago Michigan Senate OKs $28M more to address Flint water crisis ASSOCIATED PRESS John Whitaker, executive director of Midwest Food Bank, carries a case of water that was donated, Wednesday, in Indianapolis. All of the water that was collected will be sent to Flint, Mich., where drinking water has been contaminated by lead. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate voted today to direct another $28 ..

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• Barbie now curvy, tall and petite

  

  Published: Thursday, 1/28/2016 - Updated: 1 hour ago Barbie now curvy, tall and petite ASSOCIATED PRESS A new group of Barbie dolls by Mattel. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge NEW YORK —Barbie’s got a brand new bod. Mattel, the maker of the iconic plastic doll, said it will begin selling Barbie with three new bodies — curvy, tall, and petite. The doll will also be available in seven skin tones, 22 eye colors and 24 hairstyles. The El Segundo, California, toy company will also co..

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• Facebook flips on switch for live video on its iPhone app

  

  Published: Thursday, 1/28/2016 Facebook flips on switch for live video on its iPhone app ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is ready to start broadcasting live video on its iPhone app. The option to show live video is being turned on Thursday for everyone in the U.S. with Facebook’s app installed on an iPhone. The Menlo Park, California, company plans to extend the iPhone feature to all 1.6 billion of its worldwide users during the next few weeks. The live video option is comi..

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• The Latest: Court hearing scheduled for 'affluenza' teen

  

  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The Latest on "affluenza" teenager Ethan Couch's deportation from Mexico (all times local): 1:10 p.m. A Texas sheriff says "affluenza" teenager Ethan Couch has been transported to a juvenile detention center following his deportation from Mexico, but that he hopes the 18-year-old is transferred to an adult jail. Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson says Couch was taken to the detention center in Fort Worth on Thursday after arriving on a flight at Dallas-Fort Worth Inter..

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• Inquiry finds sales of concert tickets are a 'fixed game'

  

  Published: Thursday, 1/28/2016 NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL Inquiry finds sales of concert tickets are a 'fixed game' ASSOCIATED PRESS Paramore plays a concert at Conrad New York. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge ALBANY, N.Y. — Had a hard time getting a ticket to a concert or sporting event? New York’s attorney general says that’s probably because more than half of tickets to many events are held for industry insiders or otherwise unavailable to the general public. Attorney General..

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