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Inverness hardly to blame for U.S. Open’s long absence
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
So, you may be wondering, will the United States Golf Association bring its U.S. Open back to little, old Inverness Club after 34 years — and counting — since it just visited little, old Merion Golf Club for the first time in 32 years? …

6/18/2013 12:00 AM
Woman returns to conquer Mt. Whitney
BY MATT MARKEY BLADE OUTDOORS EDITOR
Back in mid-April, Christine O’Neil was done with Mount Whitney. She had attempted to climb the tallest peak in the lower 48 states, but retreated off the mountain after aggravating a hip injury with the most taxing part of the ascent still looming ahead of her. …

6/18/2013 12:00 AM
Enough with the bacon!
BY DANIEL NEMAN BLADE FOOD EDITOR
I'm going to lose a lot of friends for this, but sometimes you have to do what's right. Speak your mind. Take a stand. …

6/17/2013 12:00 AM
Steady Biffle is last-man standing
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
BROOKLYN, Mich. — It looked as if the last thing Greg Biffle could or should expect was a nice Sunday drive through the countryside to the finish line. …

6/17/2013 12:00 AM
Of the Buffett debt-escape plan
BY THOMAS WALTON BLADE COLUMNIST
Filthy rich businessman Warren Buffett, one of America’s wealthiest citizens (that’s filthy in a good way, of course) obviously has some strong ideas about what’s wrong with America, specifically our nation’s staggering national debt. …

6/16/2013 12:00 AM
Big walleye reeled in during 1st day
BY MATT MARKEY BLADE OUTDOORS EDITOR
PORT CLINTON — The collection of professional anglers assembled for the Lake Erie stop on the Cabela’s National Walleye Tour had run out of superlatives by midafternoon. …

6/15/2013 7:53 PM
Ford teams geared up to capture 1,000th victory
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
BROOKLYN, Mich. — In late summer of 1901, with one failed company and a bunch of unhappy investors in his rear view mirror, a desperate Henry Ford built a race car. Clocked at 72 miles per hour during a road test, it may have been the fastest car in the world. …

6/15/2013 7:53 PM
When we first slipped the bonds of Earth
BY DAVID SHRIBMAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE.
There has never been an American moment quite like Project Mercury. …

6/15/2013 7:53 PM
In Toledo, hunger is a health issue
BY RANDY OOSTRA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF PROMEDICA
A few years ago, ProMedica started taking a deeper look at obesity prevention and education — a natural concern for a nonprofit, community-based health-care system. As we examined the connections among obesity, access to high-quality food, and poor nutrition, an often overlooked but equally important link surfaced: hunger as a health issue. …

6/15/2013 7:53 PM
Government’s Big Data are a big deal
BY DAVID KUSHMA EDITOR OF THE BLADE.
OBJECT866d1e39-1d45-497e-acb3-4768299fdcb8THE revelations of how much our government is spying on us leave Americans with tough choices about what we’re prepared to sacrifice to wage war on terrorism and preserve our security. …