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• Chicago mayor rejects 3 finalists for top

  

  Published: Sunday, 3/27/2016 Chicago mayor rejects 3 finalists for top police post ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rejected three finalists recommended by the Chicago police board for the city’s top police post and selected the force’s current chief of patrol as the new interim police superintendent, city council officials said Sunday. Emanuel is trying to replace Superintendent Garry McCarthy whose firing was part of a frantic effort to regain trust in the police de..

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• Man shot in the leg in South Toledo

  

  Published: Sunday, 3/27/2016 - Updated: 1 minute ago Man shot in the leg in South Toledo Saturday night BLADE STAFF A man was shot in a leg late Saturday at a South Toledo apartment building, authorities said. Otha Jefferson, whose age and address police did not disclose, was taken by Life Squad to University of Toledo Medical Center, the former Medical College of Ohio Hospital, following the 10 p.m. shooting in the 1200 block of South Byrne Road. A UT spokesman said Sunday no public..

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• Blood, sweat and cheers: Ohio State sophomore wins men's ...

  

  Every time Colin Zeng dived into the water on Saturday, his nose gushed blood. Given what was at stake, the Ohio State sophomore wasn’t going to let it deter him. In second place headed into his final dive, Zeng executed a nearly flawless one to win the NCAA men’s platform diving championship at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Pool on Saturday. He became the first Ohio State diver to win a diving national championship since 2008. “I was pretty comfortable on the platform yesterday,” Zeng said. “I was ca..

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• Crews fighting Kansas wildfires get assist from snow, rain

  

  Published: Sunday, 3/27/2016 Crews fighting Kansas wildfires get assist from snow, rain ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Firefighters grappling with the biggest wildfire in Kansas history got a welcomed Easter assist from pre-dawn snowfall over the hardest-hit area, though the looming prospect of flame-fanning winds threatened to undermine the effort. The National Weather Service said about a half an inch of precipitation in the form of rain and snow fell early Sunday southwest of ..

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• Riot at Brussels attacks shrine; 13 anti-terror raids made

  

  Published: Sunday, 3/27/2016 Riot at Brussels attacks shrine; 13 anti-terror raids made ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS — Belgian riot police clashed Sunday with hundreds of right-wing hooligans at a temporary shrine honoring victims of the Brussels suicide bombings, as investigators launched fresh anti-terror raids, taking four more people into custody. Police used water cannon when scuffles broke out in front of the Bourse, which has become a symbolic rallying point for people to pay thei..

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• Top 100 spring allergy capitals in the U.S.

  

  BIRMINGHAM, AL (WIAT) — Ohio places six cities in the top 100 for the worst spring allergies in the United States. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America just released its list of the top 100 allergy capitals in the United States. Topping the list is Jackson, Mississippi, followed by Memphis, Syracuse, New York, Louisville, Kentucky, and McAllen, Texas. Dayton was the highest ranked Ohio city at number 11 in the country, while Toledo (18), Akron(25) and Youngstown (34) all finished in the..

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• 'Legends of the Fall' author Harrison

  

  Published: Sunday, 3/27/2016 'Legends of the Fall' author Harrison dies Fiction writer, poet, outdoorsman wrote of rural life ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Jim Harrison, the fiction writer, poet, outdoorsman and reveler who wrote with gruff affection for the country’s landscape and rural life and enjoyed mainstream success in middle age with his historical saga “Legends of the Fall,” has died at age 78. Spokeswoman Deb Seager of Grove Atlantic, Harrison’s publisher, told The Associated ..

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• 1 flown from crash south of Swanton

  Published: Sunday, 3/27/2016 - Updated: 30 seconds ago 1 flown from crash south of Swanton BLADE STAFF SWANTON — One person is being flown from a three-vehicle crash south of Swanton near Maumee State Forest. Emergency workers were called at 4:10 p.m. to County Roads D and 3. Guidelines: Please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. If a comment violates these standards or our privacy statement or visitor's agreemen..

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  Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at a campaign event, in Wauwatosa, Wis. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge Published: Sunday, 3/27/2016 Kasich derides Trump and Cruz over counterterrorism approach WASHINGTON POST Ohio Gov. John Kasich, R, described calls by fellow GOP presidential contenders Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas, to monitor, proactively police and patrol Muslim communities in the United States as simplistic, knee-jerk reactions to the ..

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• Kent State University remembers Trustee Richard H. Marsh

  

  Richard MarshBob Christy  KENT, Ohio — Kent State University is mourning the loss of Trustee Richard H. Marsh. Marsh died Thursday. He was 65. "Our Kent State family has lost one of its most outstanding advocates," Board of Trustees Chairman Dennis E. Eckart said in a written statement. "My colleagues and I trusted Rich to shepherd some of our most delicate and difficult tasks to completion, and every time he brought a dedication and diligence to his work that was a marvel to behold. His dem..

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