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Published 9 minutes ago
115,000 get 4-day weekend
FILE - This March 22, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. No one answered the phone at the IRS hotline for tax help. Forget about advice on avoiding foreclosures at one of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide. Roughly five percent of the federal workforce _ 115,000 people at six government agencies _ got an unpaid day off on Friday due to the automatic cuts to the government budget. The furloughs forced some agencies such as the IRS and HUD to drastically scale back operations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Sequester brings time with no pay.

Updated 21 minutes ago
‘Termination’ hearing called
Chairman Ron Rothenbuhler, center right, said there would be no firings at the meeting. Also at the Friday meeting, were from left; Meghan Gallagher, Jon Stainbrook, and far right John Irish.
Lucas County Board of Elections special meeting ends with nothing special. …

Published 39 minutes ago
Bell vetos removing pool pillars
CTY water19p Toledo Mayor Mike Bell answers a question from council member Joe McNamara on the public safety aspects of four inch water mains. The Toledo City Council discusses an increase to water rates during the meeting in Toledo, Ohio on April 18, 2013. The Blade/Jetta Fraser
Mayor says demolition money better used for playgrounds gear. …

Published 2 hours ago
Son of former aide to Bush held in killing
Claude Alexander Allen III, 20, charged with first-degree murder with a hatchet. …

Published 4 hours ago
Election board meets over 'terminations'
Meeting ends with no terminations and no clue as to who was to be terminated or why. …

Published 7 hours ago
Obama addresses graduating Navy students
The president urged new graduates to exhibit honor and courage in tackling incidents of sexual assault as they assume leadership positions in the military.
President issues pointed call to end sexual assaults in military. …

Updated 17 hours ago
Ohio voter fraud relatively low
Sharon Booth uses a paper ballot, in foreground, as she votes at the Toledo-Lucas County Kent Branch Library in Toledo, Ohio.
More than 100 Ohioans attempted to vote twice in presidential race. …

Updated 17 hours ago
Doctor, sheriff, prosecutor seek expanded Medicaid
As a neonatologist at Toledo Children’s Hospital, Dr.…

5/23/2013 6:25 PM
Obama defends drone strikes
President Barack Obama talks about national security at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington.
President: America at 'crossroads' in terror fight, outlines news steps on drones, Gitmo. …

5/23/2013 5:11 PM
Review finds no voter fraud epidemic
Ohio review IDs 135 voter fraud cases in swing state; 'not an epidemic.' …




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