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Man fatally shot in Waterville Twp.
A man was fatally shot at a residence on South River Road in Waterville Township early today, authorities said. His identity as homeowner James Safadi, 34, was confirmed by Lucas County Sheriff John Tharp.

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Wrestling to stay Olympic
MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling’s governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics.

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Syria's Assad says he won't step down
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won’t step down before elections are held, rejecting a demand by the country’s opposition that any talks on ending the nation’s civil war lead to his ouster.

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Ivory Coast arrests militia chief accused over massacre
ABIDJAN — Authorities in Ivory Coast on Saturday arrested a militia leader accused of participating in one of the worst massacres committed during the West African nation's post-election violence in 2011, a military official and witness said.

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Suicide attempter identified
The man who attempted suicide while in custody of Perrysburg Township police has been identified as Scott Robertson, 41, of South Vienna, Ohio.

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Syria deputy FM's father abducted
BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen on Saturday abducted the elderly father of Syria’s deputy foreign minister, the official’s office said, in the latest kidnapping targeting family members of figures in President Bashar Assad’s regime.

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Helping the homeless see
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some patients live in their cars, driving along blurry roads in eyeglasses that belong to someone else.

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Rescuers spot bodies at collapsed Indonesian mine
TIMIKA, Indonesia — Rescuers searching for 23 trapped workers at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia spotted six bodies Saturday but weren’t able to immediately retrieve them because of falling debris, a company official said.

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S. Korea says N. Korea fires 3 short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea  — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.

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Central city shooting injures 1
One person was taken to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center by Life Squad as a trauma case after a report of a shooting in central Toledo.