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What would Thomas Edison do?
BY MARILOU JOHANEK BLADE COLUMNIST
If Thomas Alva Edison had to rely on committees, commissions, and shifting political sensitivities, the light bulb might have stayed a theory. It might have been talked to death or shelved for lack of consensus. …

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Country music is still on top
BY BRIAN DUGGER BLADE COLUMNIST
If there was any doubt that country music is still king around northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, those doubts have been swept away one empty beer cooler and one sunburn at a time this month. …

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Everybody can carry the torch
BY TK BARGER BLADE RELIGION EDITOR
When I ran my first of three New York City Marathons, in 1999, at just past the halfway point, I came upon a table in Queens that the Sri Chinmoy organization had set up, offering free bagels and bananas to the runners. I needed that boost. It didn't help my mediocre time, but it did put more of a bounce …

Updated 20 hours ago
Bring huddled masses to Toledo
BY KEITH C. BURRIS COLUMNIST FOR THE BLADE
I gave up watching TV news, unless I am in an airport or a bar, some years ago. …

7/25/2014 12:23 AM
BG defense not about to be left behind
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST

7/25/2014 12:19 AM
Supporting conservation and anglers
BY MATT MARKEY BLADE OUTDOORS EDITOR
A hundred years of doing anything certainly gives you some perspective. It also affords you the right to sit back, stroke the gray beard a few times, and remark about the past as you ponder the future. …

7/25/2014 12:00 AM
At 90, Detroit judge still learning
BY JACK LESSENBERRY BLADE OMBUDSMAN
DETROIT — Nearly everyone in Michigan’s legal community knows U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn. He is one of the most colorful, fascinating, and occasionally temperamental justices on the federal bench. He is brilliant and hard-working. He turned 90 last week. …

7/25/2014 12:00 AM
Coming soon: More to come
BY KIRK BAIRD BLADE STAFF WRITER
Think about this: In a highly secretive lab or testing facility somewhere in the world, someone is working on the next technological innovation, an instantly popular and revolutionary device that will make us collectively swoon, “How did I ever survive without this?” …

7/24/2014 12:16 AM
Fight gangs with meals and baseball
BY KEITH C. BURRIS COLUMNIST FOR THE BLADE
Tonya Duran runs Believe Center Inc. at the Aurora Gonzales Center in South Toledo. She works with gangs in the South End. …

7/24/2014 12:00 AM
Around town: 7-24
BY BARBARA HENDEL BLADE SOCIETY EDITOR
Music was the focus for several recent fundraisers.