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>> BRICKEY, HOMER


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>> DE BOER, ROBERTA

Updated: 7:24 am 2 bucks here, 2 bucks there, pretty soon … Seen any of those $2 bills floating around Toledo bearing a blue-inked stamp?	Updated: 5:55 am Mallets up! Now that's the ticket
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>> DOWNS, KENDALL


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>> DUGGER, BRIAN

Updated: 6:31 am Paisley shares life with fans Brad Paisley's new CD, "American Saturday Night," showed up in my mailbox earlier this week, and it got me thinking about how the Glen Dale, W.Va., native's career has exploded over the years.
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>> EMCH, DALE

Updated: 7:28 am Driver's case hinges on issue of negligence Dear Dale: While driving down a country road, I came around a turn and spotted cows in the road. I could not stop in time and I struck a cow. I ended up being injured in the accident. Is the person who owned the cows responsible for my injuries? A friend of mine said cows from the same farm have been on that road on other occasions.
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>> HACKENBERG, DAVE

Updated: 6:42 am Welcome return to old days for Diaz Laura Diaz took a trip down memory lane late Saturday afternoon and said there was a time she was, and we quote, an OK pro golfer.	Updated: 5:58 am Wie shows signs of maturation as a pro Updated: 6:10 am No. 1 Ochoa still has lots to prove at the Farr Updated: 4:52 am Shin makes run at Lopez record
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>> HENRY, TOM


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>> HEIDBREDER, KELLY

Updated: 6:04 am
Biennials keep beauty blooming
It takes them a while to get going, but biennials will overwhelm you with lots of flowers. They make an important addition to your landscape border. Annuals will complete their life cycle in one season, but biennials will take two seasons. In the first season, the plant works on strengthening its root system, and in the second season it will produce flowers and seeds.

Updated: 6:46 am
Itching to get rid of poison ivy?

Updated: 6:46 am
Perennials, annuals make a great team

Updated: 6:43 am
Plant pumpkins now for Halloween decorations later

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>> HENDEL, BARBARA

Updated: 10:58 am Golf, fireworks on many calendars The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic presented by Kroger is this week at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, so that's where you will find me. It's a great place to watch golf and get some exercise walking the beautiful course.	Updated: 8:27 am On the Town: Summer fun blossoms across Toledo region Updated: 6:57 am Rotary celebrates Charter Night '09 Updated: 8:08 am On the Town: Celebrities support their T-town roots
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>> HOLLIDAY & FISCHER


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>> HUSSAIN, S. AMJAD

Updated: 4:58 am
U.S. can ill afford for health-care reform to derail now
THE battle for health-care reform has begun in earnest in Washington. President Obama has been reiterating his campaign promises, echoed in his inaugural remarks, to overhaul our health- care system. It is a $2 trillion dollar business and players who are determined to maintain the status quo are reluctant to help kill the fat goose that has been laying the proverbial golden eggs for them.

Updated: 5:37 am
President must look to U.S. Muslims for help

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>> JOHANEK, MARILOU

Updated: 5:17 am Addiction to latest celebrity news can't be denied BETWEEN you and me, I can't get enough of the Michael Jackson mania. If you whisper a word of my consuming interest, I'll deny it. Same thing about the Jon and Kate carnage. I have to read every he-said, she-said - discreetly, of course.	Updated: 7:59 am Ohio politicians face big decisions as D-Day nears for budget cuts Updated: 5:51 am Trumped-up Palin-Letterman debate worked Updated: 5:27 am For eye-opening experiences, simply walk the dog
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>> KELLY, JACK

Updated: 5:17 am Addiction to latest celebrity news can't be denied BETWEEN you and me, I can't get enough of the Michael Jackson mania. If you whisper a word of my consuming interest, I'll deny it. Same thing about the Jon and Kate carnage. I have to read every he-said, she-said - discreetly, of course.	Updated: 7:59 am Ohio politicians face big decisions as D-Day nears for budget cuts Updated: 5:51 am Trumped-up Palin-Letterman debate worked Updated: 5:27 am For eye-opening experiences, simply walk the dog
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>> LESSENBERRY, JACK

Updated: 5:16 am Michigan Medicaid cuts penny-wise, pound-foolish The story was barely noticed last week, amid the orgy of coverage given to the fact that yes, Michael Jackson was indeed still dead, as he has been for a week now.	Updated: 5:12 am Get Fuzzy comic strip was stupid, but not racist Updated: 7:51 am College grant’s demise likely to deeply hurt Michigan Updated: 5:50 am Grown-ups are back in charge in Detroit
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>> POLLICK, STEVE

Updated: 7:06 am It's all about buddies Fish camp. The term means different things to different fishermen, but to a group of veteran Toledo anglers it means a week in June on western Lake Erie.	Updated: 7:06 am Catfish with a big meow Updated: 4:57 am Additional deer hunting opportunities Updated: 6:45 am River cleanup can yield odd discoveries
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>> POWELL, MARY ALICE

Updated: 7:04 am
In the summertime, Jacksonville is a hot town - too hot
When you tell people you are from Michigan when you travel you can expect remarks about our weather. Last week in Florida was no exception. One person asked me if we still had snow. A curious woman wanted to know if I had to buy summer clothes in Florida, and another wisecracker figured I must really be enjoying the high temperatures in Florida compared to what we had back home. Wrong! I hated it.

Updated: 8:04 am
Breakfast for crowd starts day

Updated: 2:27 pm
Interesting trips are just around the corner

Updated: 11:09 am
New appliances are cause for celebration - and cleaning

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>> RUSSELL, ROSE

Updated: 5:54 am State legislators will determine how much Ohio cares about its elderly AS OHIO lawmakers wrestle with where to slash the state budget, I get the feeling that they must have identified the Fountain of Youth and are getting younger - not older, like the rest of us.	Updated: 7:29 am A different view on 'brain drain' Updated: 6:52 am First black female rabbi shatters von Brunn's goals Updated: 6:21 am Dogs are still our best friend
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>> SHRIBMAN, DAVID

Updated: 5:23 am George W. Bush not only one to pass on his problems IRAQ and the economy are hard problems. President Obama seems to be handling them gracefully. Iran and health care are hard problems. The President is having more difficulty with them.	Updated: 6:43 am America Khrushchev visited is no more Updated: 6:53 am Required reading: fall of a cultural icon Updated: 6:40 am New light on Roosevelt and the Jews
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>> SIGOV, MIKE

Updated: 6:38 am U.S. takes right approach in combating cyber-spies Early in his presidency, some Republicans publicly wished Barack Obama to fail in leading the country.
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>> SMITH, KATHIE

Updated: 5:46 am Tastetoledo is the place to celebrate Celebrate Independence Day with The Blade's Red White & KABOOM Fireworks and tastetoledo. The event will be held from noon to midnight Friday and noon to 11 p.m. Saturday on the downtown Toledo riverfront, and will showcase food from 13 area restaurants. There also will be a specialty beer garden and a wine garden.	Updated: 1:53 pm Giving a cookbook Updated: 7:28 am Festival celebrates Philippine cuisine Fruit Tarts Updated: 5:36 am Green, greener, greenest ways of cooking
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>> SMITH, RYAN E.

Updated: 6:42 am Presidents' gravesites are learning vacation PHOTO GALLERY Sometimes I love dead presidents so much it makes me sick. Physically.	Updated: 7:30 am House has neighbor feeling empty VIDEO Updated: 8:30 am Nothing to hide? Grow a beard
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>> THOMPSON, DR. GARY

Updated: 7:21 am People medicine generally isn't good for your dog Dear Dr., Thompson: My 12-year-old arthritic Airedale has improved dramatically on the drug Carprofen. Is this the best option for her long-term? She is doing great but I am having trouble with the expense of the medicine. Could you suggest something less expensive or another product that might be just as helpful?	Updated: 2:21 pm Dog may handle surgery better at a young age
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>> WALTON, TOM

Updated: 4:46 am
Blatant or blurred, product placement is intrusive
AS I sit here confronting another deadline, I'm looking at a can of Diet Coke, a small dish of M&Ms, and this morning's Blade, and it hits me. I'm guilty of product placement. How ironic. The very thing I'm writing about - the blatant placement of well-known products in movies and on television - I'm doing myself in a printed column.

Updated: 4:53 am
When there's no 'wa' in baseball, retreat to the books

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