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A group of neighbors in Toledo's Vistula Historic District are seeking to vote their precinct "dry" - a move aimed at two carryouts they say are magnets for crime and problems.

"We're tired of this," said Lonnie Homan, leader of the area Block Watch, gesturing to one of the carryouts in question.

Sam Phillips remembers the flood of 1973, when a few inches of rocks protected his Point Place house from the crashing waves of Lake Erie.

The water threatened, but it never entered his Lakeside Avenue house. Others in Point Place, though, weren't as lucky.

The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys.

Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home.

“We have a good deal of comfort about the capital cushions at these firms at the moment.” — Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, March 11, 2008.

William H. Donaldson, who announced his resignation from the S.E.C. in June 2005, created a risk management office to watch for future problems.

WASHINGTON - Wind power developers, disaster victims, college students, teachers and millions of taxpayers and businesses stand to see substantial benefits from the tax relief package that lawmakers added to the huge financial rescue plan.

So will more narrowly focused groups, including motor sports racetrack owners, film producers and bicycle commuters.

In addition to ordering three layoffs and shuffling seven employees into new positions yesterday, the Finkbeiner administration said it wants to use unspent 2008 capital improvement money to help balance the potential $7 million sinkhole in Toledo's general operating budget.

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CLEVELAND, Sept. 29 -- Issue 6 Ohio's Resort Casino , which was certified by
the Secretary of State by the Secretar. Issue 6 and will be on the ballot on
November 4th for Ohio voters statewide despite a last minute attempt to stop
Issue 6 by Penn National/Argosy Casino to keep Ohioans from voting on the
Issue was rejected by the Secretary of State.

NEW YORK - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said yesterday that the United States could be headed for another Great Depression if Congress doesn't act on the financial crisis.

Mrs. Palin made the comment in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric while visiting New York to meet foreign leaders.

WASHINGTON: The FBI is investigating four major U.S. financial institutions whose collapse helped trigger a $700 billion bailout plan by the Bush administration, The Associated Press has learned.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s elections chief was sued again Monday for suggesting that counties reject absentee ballot requests printed by John McCain’s presidential campaign that were not completely filled out.

With rising fuel costs and a stagnating economy, officials are anticipating more people will need help paying their home heating bills this winter through HEAP, the Home Energy Assistance Program.

But federal funding for the program has declined, meaning Ohio has about $55 million less than it did last year, said Chris Kozak, spokesman for Columbia Gas.

6TH Annual Gathering - THEY WALKED HERE BEFORE US - A Woodland Indian Celebration

DATE: September 27 - 28, 2008

LOCATION: Perrysburg, Ohio - 27174 Hull Prairie Road
The Buttonwood Park/Betty C. Black Recreation Area off River Road/ State Route 65, 1 mile West of Fort Meigs State Memorial Park

TIMES: Gates Open @ 10:00 a.m. Saturday & 11:00 a.m. Sunday

Science Debate 2008 -- an effort spearheaded by half a dozen voters concerned about the state of American science -- posed 14 questions to the major parties' presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.

"This is a pivotal moment for America's economy," Bush said. He said that a financial contagion that began with low-quality home mortgages had "spread throughout our financial system."

"This has led to an erosion of confidence that has frozen many financial transactions including loans to consumers and to businesses seeking to expand and create jobs," Bush said.

With spirit comparable to the young, energetic cheerleaders, Toledo Public Schools Superintendent John Foley blew his whistle, twirled his baton, and marched with a large, black-feathered Busby hat to rally community support for his schools.

He was a cheerleader at the last levy kickoff and couldn’t do that again.

Out on the stump, John McCain gets wild applause each time he promises as president to veto every spending bill that contains an earmark.

But McCain will find it almost impossible to live up to his vow, and gridlock would result if Congress refused to go along with such an executive branch power grab.

And that’s what members of McCain’s own party are saying.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The federal government is reportedly on the verge of taking over crumbling insurer American International Group in an $85 billion deal that could leave the company in the Federal Reserve's hands.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday.

The orders, which come in response to a highly unusual Sept. 3 ground attack by U.S. commandos, are certain to heighten tension between Washington and a key ally against terrorism.

"CHICAGO - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Monday the upheaval on Wall Street was "the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression" and blamed it on policies that he said Republican rival John McCain supports.

September 15, 2008 – The candidacy of State Rep. Barbara Sears (OH-46) has been formally endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, Inc. and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18. Both organizations thanked Rep. Sears for her commitment to their respective issues and wished her good luck in November.

The declines came as Wall Street and the U.S. government took a series of steps aimed at bringing an end to the credit crisis that has roiled the global financial system for more than a year.

The outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has said that he will never declare victory there.

In a BBC interview, Gen Petraeus said that recent security gains were "not irreversible" and that the US still faced a "long struggle".

When asked if US troops could withdraw from Iraqi cities by the middle of next year, he said that would be "doable".

WASHINGTON – President Bush secretly approved U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets, according to a former intelligence official with recent access to the Bush administration's debate about how to fight al-Qaida and the Taliban inside the lawless tribal border area.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the classified order.

Toledo City Council yesterday tightened the city's regulation of scrap-metal sellers and dealers in its latest attempt to reduce metal theft.

Council voted 10-0 to approve an ordinance that updates Toledo laws to incorporate Ohio's new scrap-metal regulations that go into effect tomorrow.