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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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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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Updated: 7:18 am
Pizza was disgusting, but maybe not actionable
Dear Dale: When my husband and I were eating our carry-out pizza recently, my husband bit into a piece of a condom that was stuck inside the cheese. You can imagine how furious he was, especially when the pizza shop ignored him when he tried to complain. We’ve never sued anyone before, but we’re both mad enough that we wanted to know our options. 
Updated: 7:28 am
Driver's case hinges on issue of negligence


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Updated: 9:31 am
Plenty of reasons to be at LPGA final round
The snap, crackle, pop of backyard fireworks were going off all around Highland Meadows Golf Club late Saturday afternoon. The real fireworks were taking place on the course. 
Updated: 6:42 am
Welcome return to old days for Diaz

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


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Updated: 6:56 am
Winds of progress blow through Ottawa County
A group of dignitaries is assembling at the Lake Erie Business Park west of Port Clinton tomorrow for what they hope will be the start of something big. 
Updated: 2:11 pm
Great Lakes funds should address silt dredging, dumping


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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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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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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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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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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


More kelly, jack stories
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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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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Updated: 7:32 am
Carb habit will have to be curbed while visiting friend
When it comes to eating and cooking, friends certainly are not created equal. 
Updated: 7:04 am
In the summertime, Jacksonville is a hot town - too hot

Updated: 8:04 am
Breakfast for crowd starts day

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


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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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Updated: 6:57 am
Celebrate our willingness to dream, dare
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. - We mark this weekend the signing in Philadelphia's Independence Hall of the Declaration of Independence, which was conceived in 1776 as a list of particulars but swiftly became a promissory note. The sobering fact for this early-summer holiday is that we're still stretching to live up to the values we set out before we were even a country. 
Updated: 5:23 am
George W. Bush not only one to pass on his problems

Updated: 6:43 am
America Khrushchev visited is no more

Updated: 6:53 am
Required reading: fall of a cultural icon


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Updated: 7:14 am
Celebrity chefs compete in Veggie U benefit
Celebrity chefs compete in Veggie U benefit 
Updated: 5:46 am
Tastetoledo is the place to celebrate

Updated: 1:53 pm
Giving a cookbook

Updated: 7:28 am
Festival celebrates Philippine cuisine Fruit Tarts


More smith, kathie stories
Updated: 6:42 am
Presidents' gravesites are learning vacation

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Sometimes I love dead presidents so much it makes me sick. Physically. 
Updated: 7:30 am
House has neighbor feeling empty
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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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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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Powell, Mary Alice
Updated: 7:32 am
Carb habit will have to be curbed while visiting friend

Emch, Dale
Updated: 7:18 am
Pizza was disgusting, but maybe not actionable

Smith, Kathie
Updated: 7:14 am
Celebrity chefs compete in Veggie U benefit

Shribman, David
Updated: 6:57 am
Celebrate our willingness to dream, dare

Henry, Tom
Updated: 6:56 am
Winds of progress blow through Ottawa County

Hackenberg, Dave
Updated: 6:42 am
Welcome return to old days for Diaz

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