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	<title>Obama adviser rips ‘expeditions’</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:15:11 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; A senior White House adviser defended the Obama Administration on Sunday, saying the controversies enveloping the presidency were the result of Republican lawmakers trying to &ldquo;drag Washington into a swamp of partisan fishing expeditions, trumped-up hearings, and false allegations.&rdquo;]]></description>
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	<title>McCloskey’s legal fees considered</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:43:54 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>With court rulings in the long-running Bob McCloskey corruption case apparently at an end, Toledo City Council is being asked to pay the fees of the lawyer who represented former Councilman McCloskey.</description>
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	<title>Aide: Obama learned of IRS from news</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:31:31 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;A top White House adviser insisted President Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only &ldquo;when it came out in the news&rdquo; while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers today.]]></description>
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	<title>Go-it-alone mayor peeves city council</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:39:13 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>If the Toledo mayor and city council were a married couple, now would be a good time to call in a counselor.</description>
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	<title>Sequester forcing IRS furloughs</title>
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	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Economy/2013/05/18/Sequester-to-close-IRS-offices-on-5-days-in-June-July-August.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>All Internal Revenue Service offices will be closed Friday, June 14, July 5, July 22, and Aug. 30 because of the sequester.</description>
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	<title>Ousted IRS leader grilled by panel</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 06:59:52 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; A book club was asked to account for what it had been reading. An Iowa anti-abortion group was asked to &ldquo;detail the content&rdquo; of members&rsquo; prayers.]]></description>
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	<title>Ex-IRS chief regrets treatment of tea party</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Nation/2013/05/17/Ousted-IRS-chief-regrets-treatment-of-tea-party.html</link>
	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Nation/2013/05/17/Ousted-IRS-chief-regrets-treatment-of-tea-party.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:53:13 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash; The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress today for his agency&rsquo;s tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias.]]></description>
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	<title>Council restores money to shelters</title>
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	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/05/17/Council-restores-funding-to-3-shelters.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:09:22 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Ignoring Mayor Mike Bell&rsquo;s defiant attempt to cut them out of the plan to allocate millions of federal grant dollars this year, Toledo City Council voted on Thursday to restore funding to three homeless shelters that were facing sharp cutbacks and also directed money to a North Toledo community group&rsquo;s senior housing project.]]></description>
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	<title>Obama visiting Baltimore today</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:33:11 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash;&nbsp;President Obama is leaving behind scandal-focused Washington to focus on the country&rsquo;s slowly improving jobs picture.]]></description>
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	<title>Portman seeks White House's role in security</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 06:31:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>Stung by what he said was a false assurance that no conservative groups were targeted for extra scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio) on Thursday asked President Obama for information on whether his administration pressured appointees to go after political opponents.</description>
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	<title>Dems back White House on Libya</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/05/16/Dems-rally-behind-White-House-on-Benghazi.html</link>
	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/05/16/Dems-rally-behind-White-House-on-Benghazi.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:30:53 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash; Democrats rallied behind President Obama in the long-running, bitter dispute over the administration&rsquo;s handling of the Benghazi attack, arguing that the White House&rsquo;s latest email disclosure undermines Republican claims of a cover-up.]]></description>
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	<title>Obama promises action on controversies</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:02:47 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; President Obama tried to defuse a trio of controversies today, pledging to work with Congress to ensure the IRS doesn&rsquo;t abuse its power, urging legislators to provide more money to strengthen security at U.S. diplomatic outposts and promising to seek &ldquo;a balance&rdquo; between national security and a need to protect freedom of the press.]]></description>
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	<title>House advances student loan fix</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Nation/2013/05/16/House-advances-student-loan-fix.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:55:16 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash; A House committee has approved a bill to link interest rates on college loans to financial markets.]]></description>
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	<title>Senate panel OKs 3 judicial nominees</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/05/16/Senate-committee-approves-3-judicial-nominees.html</link>
	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/05/16/Senate-committee-approves-3-judicial-nominees.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash; The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved three of President Obama&rsquo;s judicial nominees for a full Senate vote -- including one for the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.]]></description>
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	<title>Auditor OKs employee raises</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:48:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Lucas County Auditor and mayoral candidate Anita Lopez, who blasted proposed pay hikes for city councilmen and Toledo&rsquo;s mayor, approved raises for her employees under a new union contract and under a wage reopener with another union in her office.]]></description>
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	<title>Ouster of IRS official won't end probe</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Nation/2013/05/16/Ouster-of-IRS-official-isn-t-ending-investigations.html</link>
	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Nation/2013/05/16/Ouster-of-IRS-official-isn-t-ending-investigations.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:47:06 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash; Don&rsquo;t look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service&rsquo;s improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency&rsquo;s acting commissioner.]]></description>
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	<title>Collins jumps into mayoral race</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 03:26:57 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description>Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins launched his campaign for mayor Wednesday, focusing on his career-long interest in public safety.</description>
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	<title>Justice Department investigating IRS</title>
	<link>http://www.toledoblade.com/Nation/2013/05/15/Justice-Department-investigating-IRS-targeting-of-tea-party.html</link>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:06:30 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;As the investigation into the IRS&rsquo; targeting of conservative political groups widens, House Speaker John Boehner says he has a question: &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s going to jail over this scandal?&rdquo;]]></description>
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	<title>Obama: IRS acting commissioner resigned</title>
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	<comments>http://www.toledoblade.com/Nation/2013/05/15/Obama-says-acting-commissioner-of-the-IRS-has-resigned-in-wake-of-conservative-group-targeting.html#comments</comments>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:55:39 GMT</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; President Barack Obama today announced the resignation of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following a controversy over the agency&rsquo;s targeting of conservative political groups.]]></description>
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