Friday, May 20, 2016

Samantha Bee wants to buzz the Republican National Convention ... and other top stories.

  • Samantha Bee wants to buzz the Republican National Convention ...

    Samantha Bee wants to buzz the Republican National Convention ...
    Samantha Bee has the Republican National Convention on her radar. Rage Against the Machine might, too. But John Kasich is no longer on Mitt Romney's. Meanwhile, the current vice president takes a trip with two potential successors. Read more in Ohio Politics Roundup. An unconventional idea: Late night comedian Samantha Bee, who is dishing up some of the most provocative political commentary on TV this election cycle, wants to sponsor the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Politico's ..
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  • Hobson's Choice: tuning it up

    Hobson's Choice: tuning it up
     Brandon LaFell, 29, is as old as they're going to go for a wide receiver. Always happy you answer questions that we as fans ask you. What are the chances the Bengals make a play for Free Agents such as Anquan Boldin and Dwight Freeney? Both would be great additions. What do you think? Greg Luther, Cincinnati, OH GREG:  Thanks for the note. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Freeney get a look here at some point in the spring. Under Marvin Lewis the Bengals have made it a habit of looking at aging ..
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  • Teen flees N. Toledo basement

    Teen flees N. Toledo basement
    Published: Friday, 5/20/2016 ESCAPEE DESCRIBES HOUSE OF HORRORS Teen flees N. Toledo basement Stepfather, his son accused of shackling girl, 13, for weeks at a time BY TOM HENRY  AND RYAN DUNN  BLADE STAFF WRITERS An abused 13-year-old girl — one who said she was shackled for weeks at a time in the basement of a North Toledo house — escaped her alleged captors and is getting a new chance at life. The girl’s rescuer, Karen Loudermill, told The Blade during a half-hour interview Thu..
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  • Women's MMA Report: Lee captures ONE Championship title ...

    Women's MMA Report: Lee captures ONE Championship title ...
    In what proved to be one of the best female fights in MMA history, 19-year-old Angela Lee captured her first major title on May 6 at “ONE Championship 42: Ascent to Power” in Kallang, Singapore. The gifted grappler narrowly edged out former Deep Jewels titleholder Mei Yamaguchi in an incredible five-round main event to become the inaugural ONE women’s atomweight (115-pound) champion. Lee (6-0) earned her spot in the championship headliner by submitting five straight opponents for ONE during the ..
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  • Central-city carryout set ablaze, police say

    Central-city carryout set ablaze, police say
    Published: Friday, 5/20/2016 Central-city carryout set ablaze, police say Store owned by 1 of 2 feuding families BY RYAN DUNN BLADE STAFF WRITER A central-city carryout owned by a family involved in an ongoing violent dispute caught fire twice Thursday, authorities said. Toledo police were monitoring properties connected to a feud between the Blackman and Hopings families. At 3:53 a.m., they noticed a small fire at the Belmont Store, 1159 Belmont Ave., police said. Plastic chairs, ..
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  • Fulton Co. locks in water rates

    Fulton Co. locks in water rates
    Published: Friday, 5/20/2016 Fulton Co. locks in lower water rates from Toledo BY IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER WAUSEON — Fulton County commissioners locked in lower water rates for residents and businesses Thursday with a unanimous vote approving a new 20-year contract with the city of Toledo. Toledo City Council voted last month to approve the deal, which will net the city $400,000 less than in 2015. Musallam Enlarge The deal is expected to generate $2.3 mill..
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  • Robber of 4 stores to go to drug court

    Robber of 4 stores to go to drug court
    Published: Friday, 5/20/2016 TREATMENT, NOT PRISON Robber of 4 stores to go to drug court Addiction blamed for crime spree BY JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER A Toledo man whose heroin addiction led him to rob four stores in two weeks was deemed a prime candidate for Lucas County's new drug court program Thursday. Bradley Buck, 40, of the 1400 block of Abbott Avenue, had no prior felony convictions, had been a working, productive citizen until a work injury led him to an opiate ad..
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  • Toledo tax collections up 2 percent

    Toledo tax collections up 2 percent
    Published: Friday, 5/20/2016 - Updated: 1 minute ago Toledo tax collections up 2 percent City based its 2016 budget on 1% increase to $170.7M BY IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo's income tax collections were up 2 percent at the end of last month over the same period last year, which puts the city in a good starting position this year for collecting its main source of revenue, officials for the Hicks-Hudson administration told city council’s finance committee Thursday. “The..
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  • Acquittal leaves case of baby's death unsettled

    Acquittal leaves case of baby's death unsettled
    Published: Friday, 5/20/2016 Acquittal leaves case of baby’s death unsettled No new indictments expected BY JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER BOWLING GREEN — Investigators may never close the case on the death of 9-month-old Chrystian “C.J.” Johns, who died Aug. 3, 2014, of abusive head trauma. Late Wednesday evening, a jury in Wood County Common Pleas Court acquitted the child’s mother, Elizabeth Johns, 26, of Tontogany, who was indicted last December for murder, involuntary mans..
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  • First look: East End restaurant brings new life to historic Flats (photos)

    First look: East End restaurant brings new life to historic Flats (photos)
    CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There's a new restaurant on the east bank of the Cleveland Flats. No, not in the new development known as Flats East Bank. East End Restaurant and Bar is located at the other end of Old River Road amid a row of buildings that date back to another time – way, way, way before the Flats was a party zone. "Look at these bricks and this wood, just look at this building," says executive chef Ben Gorsha, as he surveys the bar and dining area of East End. "What would you call this....
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