4/25/2013 8:08 PM
All the news that’s fit to be tied
BY KIRK BAIRD CULTURE SHOCK
It’s been a turbulent week for local and national TV news. …

4/25/2013 12:00 AM
Toledo shares strength for charities
BY BARBARA HENDEL BLADE SOCIETY EDITOR
The 18th annual Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation Toledo presented locally by Hickory Farms and nationally by American Express and Sysco was Sunday night at The Toledo Club. From the estimated $130,000 netted, many children will be served locally via this year’s grant recipients: Aurora Project, Inc., Toledo Day Nursery, Toledo GROWs, and Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food …

4/23/2013 11:40 PM
Lions must bolster lines after losses
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
This is shaping up to be the OLD, but that doesn’t mean same old, same old. In an NFL draft short up top on premier skill position players, Thursday night’s first round could signal the start of the Offensive Line draft. …

4/23/2013 8:30 PM
Just say no to donuts
BY KELLY HEIDBREDER IN THE GARDEN
Do you have a few trees in the yard but never really know what to grow under them? Maybe you have tossed the ring of pavers or bricks around in a perfect circle and filled it with plants or mounded it with mulch? …

4/23/2013 7:41 PM
Social Security must be made more sustainable
BY DAVID SHRIBMAN PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE EDITOR
Can it be that Democrats are succumbing to the same sorts of intra-party tensions that have bedevilled Republicans since last November’s election? …

4/23/2013 12:00 AM
Recycling program keeps boaters’ shrink wrap at work
BY MATT MARKEY BLADE OUTDOORS EDITOR
As the outdoors around us goes green and snaps out of its prolonged winter slumber, the shrink wrap is coming off thousands of boats to begin the process of readying those craft for a summer on Lake Erie. …

4/23/2013 12:00 AM
Crystal ball says Browns to trade down
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
This should not surprise anyone who has ever chomped on a dog biscuit. …

4/23/2013 12:00 AM
One of a kind: Kin Wa Low
BY DANIEL NEMAN BLADE FOOD EDITOR
Back in the day, everybody came to Kin Wa Low — politicians, cops, businessmen, reporters, even high school kids trying to impress their prom dates. …

4/22/2013 12:00 AM
Hinkles collect all things baseball
BY TOM WALTON BLADE COLUMNIST
If you collect autographed baseballs by the dozen, which I do, you might think you’re hot stuff in the collectibles field. Not me. I’m bush league compared to Lowell and Shirley Hinkle. They’ve got a couple thousand of them. …

4/21/2013 7:43 AM
Any mammal can be infected with rabies virus
DR. GARY THOMPSON
Dr. Thompson: My sister-in-law contends that only animals with canine teeth can spread rabies. Is there any truth to her statement? …