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• Man shot with pellet gun outside nursing home: Toledo News ...

  

  TOLEDO, Ohio – A man was shot with a pellet gun while going to visit his father at a Toledo nursing home. Scott Welker told WNWO-TV in Toledo he was heading to visit his father at the Swan Creek Retirement Village in Toledo when he heard a shot, shortly thereafter noticing he was the target. "I was going to go visit my dad in a nursing home, walking through the parking lot and all the sudden I heard a shot," Welker said. "The next thing I knew, I knew I was shot. I felt my head and blood was g..

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• Toledo budget already short of cash

  

  Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson’s 2016 spending plan relies on hiking the monthly trash fee this year but that had to occur Jan. 1 for the revenue to meet expectations. The delay has cost the city at least $379,000 so far and that figure increases by $366,666 every month. THE BLADE Enlarge | Buy This Photo Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 - Updated: 4 minutes ago Toledo budget already short of cash Spending plan, not yet OK’d, relied on Jan. 1 trash fee hike ..

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• Congressional Black Caucus stands behind Clinton

  

  Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 Congressional Black Caucus stands behind Clinton CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — Hillary Clinton will earn a key endorsement today, when the Congressional Black Caucus political action committee backs her over Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders. "One of the individuals that has been with us time and time again has been Hillary Clinton," New York Rep. Gregory Meeks, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee, told CNN's Carol Cost..

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• Buckeye, TiVo partner for services

  Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 - Updated: 13 minutes ago Buckeye CableSystem, TiVo partner for services BLADE STAFF Buckeye CableSystem has announced a multi-year partnership with TiVo Inc. that officials say will give subscribers improved access to both Buckeye content and to streaming video from outside providers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. The new interface will be phased in to replace Buckeye’s existing DVR system. Buckeye officials said they expect to begin offering the Ti..

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• Former Ohio Gov. Celeste endorses Sittenfeld for Senate

  

  Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 - Updated: 11 seconds ago Former Ohio Gov. Celeste endorses Sittenfeld for Senate BY TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Former Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste, right, explains why he's endorsing Cincinnati councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, left, as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, today, in Columbus. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge Former Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste today endorsed Cincinnati Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld for the Democratic nomination for the ..

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• Man accidentally shoots self in West Toledo

  Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 - Updated: 3 minutes ago Man accidentally shoots self in West Toledo BLADE STAFF A man accidentally shot himself early today at a residence in West Toledo, authorities said. The victim was taken to ProMedica Toledo Hospital, according to the Lucas County EMS. Toledo police Lt. Joe Heffernan, a department spokesman, said the man was expected to survive. The victim’s name and condition were not released. Toledo police said the man was unloading a gun at h..

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• Kids urged to 'Start with Hello'

  

  Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 - Updated: 7 minutes ago Children urged to ‘Start with Hello’ Friendship said to help prevent school violence BY VANESSA McCRAYBLADE STAFF WRITER Pam Steurer of Columbus, a contract presenter for Sandy Hook Promise, introduces herself to, from left, Miracle Carthage, Jazmine Gallegos, and Nevaeh Morgan, first graders at Sherman Elementary School in central Toledo before her talk called ‘Start With Hello.’ THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY Enlarge ..

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• Last occupier in Oregon surrenders

  

  Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 - Updated: 10 minutes ago Oregon standoff: Last holdout surrenders Weekslong ordeal comes to end at wildlife refuge LOS ANGELES TIMES A closed Sod House Lane, about 4 miles outside of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon, displays an electronic sign warning of arrest on Thursday near Burns, Ore. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge BURNS, Ore. — The final holdout in a nearly six-week armed occupation of a rural Oregon wildlife refuge ..

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• Breakthrough: Scientists detect Einstein-predicted ripples

  

  Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 - Updated: 53 seconds ago Breakthrough: Scientists detect Einstein-predicted ripples ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — In an announcement that electrified the world of astronomy, scientists said today that they have finally detected gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted a century ago. Some scientists likened the breakthrough to the moment Galileo took up a telescope to look at the planets. The discovery of these..

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• Russia proposes March 1 ceasefire in Syria

  

  Syrians gather in a street that was hit by shelling, in the predominantly Christian and Armenian neighborhood of Suleimaniyeh, Aleppo, Syria, in April 2015. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge Published: Thursday, 2/11/2016 Russia proposes March 1 ceasefire in Syria; U.S. wants it now ASSOCIATED PRESS MUNICH — Russia has proposed a March 1 ceasefire in Syria, U.S. officials say, but Washington believes Moscow is giving itself and the Syrian government three weeks to try to crush moder..

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