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Monday, 11/23/09

Updated: 4:07 pm
Toledoan convicted of murder in 1997 to be set free

Knighten

Willie Knighten, Jr., convicted of murder in a 1996 drive-by shooting in Toledo, will walk out of a Lima state prison a free man tomorrow after Gov. Ted Strickland commuted his sentence to time served. The governor Monday cited a letter from and a conversation with the late Lucas County Common Pleas Judge William Skow on Knighten's behalf as the primary factor in his decision. >>

>> LOCAL NEWS HEADLINES

Updated: 10:45 pm
Ottawa Hills council votes 4-2 to cull deer
After a 2 1/2 hour public hearing, Ottawa Hills Village Council Monday night voted 4-2 to open the door for the area's first organized killing of deer in more than a decade. >>

Updated: 4:09 pm
Jesse Jackson in Toledo to confront foreclosures
VIDEO >>
Updated: 4:08 pm
TARTA to reduce service by 12% after Christmas >>
Updated: 2:43 pm
Lucas County set to slash budget, at least 20 jobs >>
Updated: 4:08 pm
Konop, radio personality to try to save Children's Wonderland >>
Updated: 3:26 pm
Bowling Green lab's DNA policy raises questions >>
Updated: 4:07 pm
Vivacious centenarian knew hardship as a child >>

More local news stories

>> SPORTS HEADLINES

Updated: 5:08 am
Rockets fired up to face rival BG

While his players sang the fight song after the victory over Eastern Michigan on Friday night, Tim Beckman glanced at the countdown in the University of Toledo locker room that showed the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the Rockets faced their archrival. >>

Updated: 5:08 am
Rockets fired up to face rival BG >>
Updated: 4:08 pm
Read the UT-BGSU college football chat transcript >>
Updated: 5:40 pm
Lions' Stafford might not play against Packers >>
Updated: 10:18 am
QB Stafford's gutsy play leads Lions over Browns
VIDEO >>

Dave Hackenberg
Updated: 5:11 am
Who'd have thought it - an NFL classic >>

Steve Pollick
Updated: 9:28 am
Deer culling opponents need to get over it >>

>> More sports stories

>> BUSINESS HEADLINES

Updated: 3:26 pm
Start-up under way at Lima oil refinery after incident

Husky Energy Inc. said it's proceeding with startup of its Lima refinery and doesn't anticipate a delay after a 4 million-gallon oil tank boiled over and spewed coker feedstock as far as three miles Sunday. Oil tank No. 57 "boiled over splitting open the top" of the fixed roof tank, according to an incident report Husky filed Sunday with Ohio's Environmental Protection Agency. >>

Updated: 5:24 am
Family leave act cited in case linked to adoption >>
Updated: 10:57 am
October home sales rise 10.1 pct from September >>
Updated: 5:20 am
Business achievements >>
Updated: 5:21 am
Conventions >>
Updated: 7:12 am
First Solar plant re-energized >>

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>> COLUMNISTS

Kirk Baird ~ Culture Shock
Updated: 1:04 pm
"It doesn't matter," a Phishing lesson from a "Bug"

Jack Lessenberry
Updated: 7:42 am
Dog warden coverage is public service journalism

David Shribman
Updated: 8:52 am
U.S. has much to relearn from China

Tom Walton
Updated: 4:59 am
If you're looking to go, and you just got to, then take and go

>> More columns

>> PEACH/ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINES

Updated: 5:48 am
Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist

LIST OF WINNERS/VIDEO
The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it. But while Michael Jackson won a record four posthumous awards at Sunday night's American Music Awards, he couldn't beat Taylor Swift for top honors. The 19-year-old country music star was named the year's favorite artist, giving Jackson his only loss of the night, and giving her five trophies in all. >>