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Friday, 07/03/09
Updated: 4:28 pm
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will resign
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces Friday in Wasilla that she is leaving office. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Sarah Palin said Friday she will resign this month as governor of Alaska. "I’m not seeking re-election," Palin told a news conference at which she said she would transfer authority to Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell.

Updated: 4:55 am
Ottawa Hills officer indicted for shooting of motorcyclist
An Ottawa Hills police officer involved in the shooting of a motorcyclist during a May 23 traffic stop in the village was indicted by a Lucas County grand jury Thursday. Officer Thomas Caine White, 27, is charged with one count of felonious assault with a gun specification for the shooting of Michael McCloskey, 25, after he stopped the Maumee man for speeding. 
 Updated: 5:07 pm
Dozens of boats, helicopters searching for four missing boaters near Monroe

Updated: 5:07 pm
Elderly Gibsonburg couple hospitalized after beating

Updated: 5:06 pm
Body of man washes ashore near Luna Pier

Updated: 4:29 pm
Council delays vote on police pact; mayor blasts 'lack of decisiveness'

Updated: 6:56 am
State to review hydrant plan

Updated: 6:56 am
1.9% drop in holiday travel predicted


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Updated: 5:08 pm
Australian Kemp jumps into lead during second round of Farr
Australian Sarah Kemp charged into the second round lead at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic early Friday by shooting an 8-under par 63. That round included a 6-under 28 on the front nine at Highland Meadows, and moved Kemp to 11-under par for the tournament 
 Updated: 6:20 am
Pettersen finally gets a break at Farr
SECOND-ROUND TEE TIMES

Updated: 6:14 am
Former Buckeye in contention at Farr
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD, TV INFO

Updated: 6:08 am
Farr notebook: Ochoa in striking distance

Updated: 5:03 pm
Pressel, Diaz, Kim co-leaders at Farr after first round


Dave Hackenberg
Updated: 5:58 am
Wie shows signs of maturation as a pro 


Steve Pollick
Updated: 7:06 am
It's all about buddies  

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Updated: 5:06 pm
Discount air carrier resets launch, to issue refunds
Toledoans hoping to fly nonstop to Newark for nine bucks may be out of luck this summer. JetAmerica, which swept the nation by offering $9 nonstop fares from cities in Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Indiana to New Jersey, told customers in an e-mail yesterday that its first flight would be delayed until Aug. 14. That flight was scheduled for July 13. 
 Updated: 6:18 pm
Fostoria's Honeywell plant ships spark plug work elsewhere

Updated: 9:30 am
Area fireworks shops doubt a big-bang Fourth

Updated: 5:47 am
Factory orders up sharply

Updated: 5:44 am
Ex-SEC chief wants agency to apologize for missing Madoff

Updated: 5:50 am
Blade appoints director of finance from Texas

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Roberta de Boer
Updated: 7:24 am
2 bucks here, 2 bucks there, pretty soon … 

Ryan E. Smith
Updated: 6:42 am
Presidents' gravesites are learning vacation 

Marilou Johanek
Updated: 5:17 am
Addiction to latest celebrity news can't be denied 

Jack Lessenberry
Updated: 5:16 am
Michigan Medicaid cuts penny-wise, pound-foolish 

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Updated: 6:49 am
'Monkey 'Business' at the museum
Had you lived and died 3,000 years ago in Egypt, your lungs would have been removed for the afterlife and placed in a baboon-lidded jar near your mummified remains. Had you lived in Japan a few hundred years ago, you may have worn a box at the waist of your kimono, fastened with a finely-carved macaque. 
 Updated: 6:45 am
Fast facts for the Fourth

Updated: 7:05 am
Katie Holmes to ‘Dance’

Updated: 6:51 am
Movie review: Whatever Works **

Updated: 6:02 am
BCSN garners awards, nominated for others

Updated: 6:53 am
Holiday party lights up downtown
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Updated: 6:18 pm
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Australian Kemp jumps into lead during second round of Farr

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Dozens of boats, helicopters searching for four missing boaters near Monroe

Updated: 5:07 pm
Elderly Gibsonburg couple hospitalized after beating

Updated: 5:06 pm
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Updated: 5:18 am
Kirk - Congress

Updated: 5:14 am
FCC, can you hear public now?

Updated: 5:10 am
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