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Discover 2007
Description: Check out Discover, your guide to making the most of living in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Discover 2007 includes dining and entertainment options; listings of festivals, fairs, concerts, clubs, galleries, ethnic music, religious life, and sporting events.
Author: The Blade Staff
Published: May, 2007| READ THE SERIES


Troubles at Davis-Besse
Description: Coverage of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant.
Author: Tom Henry, Blade Staff
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LOST YOUTH
Description: The Blade's series on the teenage sex trade.
Author: Robin Erb and Roberta de Boer
Published: January 2006| READ THE SERIES

COINS & CONTRIBUTIONS
Description: The Blade's series on problems with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation fund's rare-coin investment controlled by Tom Noe.
Author: Blade staff
Published: Beginning in April 2005 | READ THE SERIES

TURMOIL AT THE ZOO
Description: The Blade's series on problems at The Toledo Zoo and the firing of Tim Reichard, the zoo's chief veterinarian.
Author: Blade staff
Published: March 2005 | READ THE SERIES

BEHIND THE CURVE
Description: The Blade's analysis of Ohio's most dangerous roadways
Author: Joe Mahr
Published: November, 2004 | READ THE SERIES

HARNESSING THE POWER OF CREATION
Description: Blade science writer Jenni Laidman examines stem cell research and the advances that have sparked hope and controversy The revolution's advance is often silent, crystallized within the private decisions of desperate couples and inventive fertility doctors. At the same time, it is a scientific revolution of unusual public prominence, the subject of presidential electioneering, Congressional debates, dire predictions, and papal prohibitions.
Author: Jenni Laidman
Published: October, 2004 | READ THE SERIES

BENTON HARBOR'S STRUGGLES
Description: Blade staff writer Clyde Hughes reported from Benton Harbor, Michigan during the city's spasm of violence last June.
Author: Clyde Hughes
Published: June, 2003 | READ THE SERIES

BURIED SECRETS, BRUTAL TRUTHS
Description: Examination of an elite U.S. Army fighting unit known as Tiger Force. The platoon committed atrocities in Vietnam's Song Ve Valley during a seven-month campaign of terror in 1967. The Army launched an investigation in 1971 that lasted 41/2 years - the longest-known war crime investigation of the Vietnam conflict. Investigators concluded that 18 soldiers committed war crimes, but no one was charged.
Author: Mike Sallah, Mitch Weiss and Joe Mahr
Published: October, 2003 | READ THE SERIES

SHAME, SIN AND SECRETS
Description: How the Catholic Church in Toledo covered up sexual abuse in the diocese by priests, lay workers, and volunteers. Reporters reviewed more than 2,000 police, court, and church records documenting the abuse of dozens of victims between 1960 and 1994. The church struggled to quell the crisis and as some safeguards failed to be implemented the perception of American priests was changing dramatically.
Author: Mike Sallah and David Yonke
Published: December 1, 2002 | READ THE SERIES

SMALL TOWNS
Description: An exodus is under way in most small towns across Ohio and the nation. It's happening in West Millgrove, and in Beaverdam and Alexandria and Elgin and Grover Hill, too. While some small Ohio towns near big cities thrive, those in remote rural areas - particularly in the northwest corner of the state - are home to fewer and fewer residents.
Author: Kelly Lecker & Erica Blake
Published: May 5, 2002 | READ THE SERIES

O.J. SIMPSON
Description: MIAMI - Bloodied by a custody battle and stripped of his wealth, O.J. Simpson left his native California two years ago with his children to seek refuge on the forgiving shores of South Florida. The single parent vowed he just wanted to be a doting father, play golf, and live quietly in an unpretentious home amidst the cookie-cutter neighborhoods of suburban Miami. But since his arrival, his life has been anything but tranquil.
Author: Mike Sallah
Published: May 5, 2002 | READ THE STORIES

WORKING ON A CURE: CANCER ON TRIAL 
Description: Last year, five women with recurring cancer allowed Blade science writer Jenni Laidman and photographer Jetta Fraser to follow them through an experimental drug trial at the Medical College of Ohio. This series about that trial begins a yearlong examination of cancer by The Blade.
Author: Jenni Laidman
Published: Feb. 10, 2002 | READ THE SERIES

THE TALIBAN
Description: For the Muslim fundamentalist members of the Taliban, America is very much a subject worth discussing
Author: Dr. S. Amjad Hussain
Published: June 15 , 2001 | READ THE SERIES

FUTURE OF THE GREAT LAKES
Description: What’s hard for most people to comprehend is this: the endless horizon does not mean the Great Lakes are an endless resource
Author: Tom Henry
Published: June 13 , 2001 | READ THE SERIES


AMISH IN AN 'ENGLISH' WORLD
Description: Amish families today are facing the dilemma of maintaining traditional lifestyles in a rapidly changing, modern world
Author: Dee Drummond
Published: May 6, 2001 | READ THE SERIES


JEEP SAFETY
Description: Interviews with safety experts and employees present a plant where safety sometimes takes a back seat to production demands
Author: Gary Palaski
Published: Feb. 11, 2001 | READ THE SERIES


 
MARTY FRANKEL: FUGITIVE FINANCIER
Description: Ongoing coverage of Marty Frankel, a Toledo native charged with one of the largest insurance frauds ever
Author: Michael Sallah
Published: Ongoing coverage | READ THE SERIES


ORPHANS OF THE SLAUGHTER
Description: Commercial hunting - the bushmeat trade - is driving apes into extinction in Africa
Author: Jenni Laidman
Published: Dec. 10, 2000 | READ THE SERIES

  GRADING OUR SCHOOLS
Description: The Blade compares fourth-grade math and reading proficiency test passage rates at nearly 4,000 elementary schools
Author: Blade staff
Published: Oct. 22, 2000 | READ THE SERIES

 
LATINOS IN OHIO
Description: The Hispanic way of life has never had a bigger influence on the nation and on this region
Author: Clyde Hughes
Published: Oct 15, 2000 | READ THE SERIES

  ARAB TOLEDO
Description: The story of Arab immigrants in northwest Ohio is largely unknown, even to some in the local Arab-American community
Author: Betsy Hiel
Published: March 26, 2000 | READ THE SERIES


SINDISWA
Description: The story of Sindiswa and her gorilla family turns arguments about the rights of gorillas from intellectual abstractions into a drama
Author: Jenni Laidman
Published: Nov 14, 1999 | READ THE SERIES


DEADLY ALLIANCE
Description: It is a substance many people have never even heard of. Yet it has been one of the most critical materials to the U.S. government
Author: Sam Roe
Published: March 28, 1999 | READ THE SERIES

PITCAIRN ISLAND
Description: Blade staff writer Joshua Benton became the first American journalist to visit Pitcairn in a decade
Reporter: Josh Benton
Published: Aug. 22, 1999 | READ THE SERIES
Blade Area
Updated: 8:01 am
To Blade readers who missed their paper Wednesday >>
Cops/Courts
Updated: 6:24 am
Teen in assault to be tried as an adult >>
Blade Area
Updated: 6:23 am
Children's Wonderland equipment is up for sale >>
Cops/Courts
Updated: 6:08 am
Retired Sylvania officer who stole on job gets early release >>
Blade Area
Updated: 6:05 am
Bell stands by raises in face of unions' ire >>
State
Updated: 5:50 am
Strickland defends fee on late license renewal >>
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ADVERTISING SECTIONS
Tom Henry
Updated: 7:13 am
Playing the odds can help mitigate disasters >>

S. Amjad Hussain
Updated: 5:53 am
France draws line over Muslim women’s dress >>

Marilou Johanek
Updated: 5:54 am
Sense of superiority drove church to 'help' Haitian children >>

Jack Kelly
Updated: 5:42 am
As Democrats schmooze, Obama’s credibility slides  >>

Jack Lessenberry
Updated: 5:32 am
Granholm failed to make case in last Michigan address >>

Rose Russell
Updated: 6:09 am
Even in South Africa, pols' private affairs are people's business >>

David Shribman
Updated: 9:37 am
Love means never saying budget deficit >>

Mike Sigov
Updated: 12:31 pm
Russia's president brings little to the table >>

Tom Walton
Updated: 5:40 am
Apologies in politics are unprecedented >>

More columnist stories
MOST READ STORIES
1.  Lucas, Wood Cos. under Level 2 emergency; Owens to open at noon
2.  Snowmobiler killed in Lake Township
3.  Children's Wonderland equipment is up for sale
4.  Retired Sylvania officer who stole on job gets early release
5.  Teen in assault to be tried as an adult
6.  Bell stands by raises in face of unions' ire
7.  Ottawa County driver asks lifetime ban after fatality be ended
8.  Westfield Franklin Park leases space to 4 stores
9.  Strickland defends fee on late license renewal
10.  North Toledo carryout, clerk charged with food-stamp fraud
MOST E-MAILED STORIES
1.  Toledo strip club puts cover charge into quake relief
2.  Tennis champ accused of phone harassment
3.  Officer says 33 dogs seized from suspected puppy mill
4.  Knights' Cromwell steps down
5.  Mental health agency looks to pare $3.5M from services
6.  Homelessness board votes for outside audit; advocate Ken Leslie safe for now
7.  'Stagecoach Mary' broke barriers of race, gender
8.  Sylvania lawyer charged in thefts from 2 clients
9.  Mental health board hears appeals from officials
10.  MAC basketball struggles with fall from elite


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