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Jury in Zimmerman case may consider other charges

July 11, 2013, 10:56 am
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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's attorney strongly objected to a prosecution proposal that third-degree murder be included in the jury instructions.

Defense attorney Don West on Thursday called the proposal "outrageous," given that it is premised on the idea that Zimmerman committed child abuse since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was underage when he was fatally shot.

Judge Debra Nelson says she will rule on the proposal later. The judge, however, agreed with the prosecution that jurors could consider manslaughter as a lesser charge.

West said he wanted the six jurors to only consider the second-degree murder charge or not guilty.

Zimmerman is pleading not guilty to second-degree murder. He claims he shot Martin in self-defense last year.

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Toshi Seeger, wife of Pete Seeger, dies at 91

July 11, 2013, 10:57 am
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BEACON, N.Y. (AP) — Toshi Seeger, the wife of folk singer Pete Seeger for 70 years, has died. She was 91.

Longtime family friend Thom Wolke says Toshi Seeger died Tuesday night at the couple's home in Beacon in New York's Hudson Valley, about 65 miles north of New York City. The cause of death was not immediately known.

Pete and Toshi Seeger were married July 20, 1943. The couple built their cabin in Beacon after World War II and have stayed on the high spot of land by the Hudson River ever since. They raised three children.

Though she was never famous like her 94-year-old husband, friends say Toshi Seeger's commitment to social justice was just as strong. Wolke says Toshi's grounded nature complemented Pete's idealism perfectly.


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Winds rip county

July 11, 2013, 11:01 am
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Bob Green of Weston looks on near a collapsed barn on his property, along West Poe Road, after a powerful storm system swept through the area bringing heavy rain and high winds Wednesday. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune)
Wood County residents were cleaning up this morning after a powerful midsummer storm ripped limbs from trees, brought down powerlines and flooded fields and intersections Wednesday afternoon. SEE MORE PHOTOS
As the storm battered the area, public safety crews faced an onslaught of calls, including wires down on houses and tractor trailer rigs blown over on I-75.  And after the storm had passed, crews and residents began the cleanup of the mess the high winds and heavy rain left in its wake.
Many residents remained without electrical power today.
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Two water towers replaced in Perrysburg

July 11, 2013, 11:07 am
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PERRYSBURG - A one million gallon water tank was hoisted into place behind the Department of Public Services on Roachton Road on July 4 by workers from  CB&I Constructors, Inc. from Plainfield, Ill.
The tank will improve water pressure in the area and increase capacity.
It is the first phase in a project to upgrade two water tanks in the city.
Once work is finished on Roachton Road - expected to be completed by December - tank work will begin on the tank on Fort Meigs Road near the CSX tracks. Expected completion of the Fort Meigs Road tank is May
2015.
Upon completion of the projects, an additional 1,750,000 gallons of water will be available for Perrysburg customers.
The cost of the projects is  $4,475,000.
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BG plans special pickup of downed tree branches

July 11, 2013, 11:07 am
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Bowling Green officials announced this morning the city will conduct a special pickup of storm-related limbs and branches starting Monday.
To ensure pickup, limbs and branches must be curbside by 7 a.m. Monday. There will be one pickup at each location. Once crews leave a street they will not return.
Limbs should be placed loosely, not bundled, and should be no more than eight feet in length.
The city is reserving the right not to pick items that do not appear to be storm related.
Municipal Administrator John Fawcett encouraged neighbors to help one another get items to the curb and reducing the items to the eight-foot maximum.
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Massachuesetts DA: DNA links DeSalvo to Strangler victim

July 11, 2013, 11:20 am
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BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts prosecutor says advances in DNA technology have allowed investigators to link longtime suspect Albert DeSalvo to the last of the 1960s slayings attributed to the Boston Strangler.

Nineteen-year-old Mary Sullivan was found strangled in her Boston apartment in January 1964. She was the last of 11 women whose deaths were attributed to the Boston Strangler and the only victim for which DNA evidence is available.

The announcement represents the most definitive evidence yet linking DeSalvo to the case. He confessed to the killings but was never convicted. He was sentenced to life in prison on other charges and was stabbed to death there in 1973.

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley says the DNA produced a "familial match" with DeSalvo. His remains are being exhumed and Conley says he expects an exact match.


Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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Teen missing in Weston

July 11, 2013, 12:57 pm
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WESTON — The Wood County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing/runaway 15-year-old female.
The juvenile, Maria Ayala, has been missing since 11 p.m. on July 3. She was last seen at her residence in Weston.
She is 5 feet 6 inches tall; 170 pounds; long hair that is typically dark brown, but is currently dyed red with red high lights. She has brown eyes but sometimes wears green contacts. Her clothing description is unknown.
She is believed to be in the Toledo area.
She is entered into the National Crime Information Center database as missing.
If located, or if any information is available as to her whereabouts please contact the Wood County Sheriff’s Office.
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Stocks surge after Bernanke allays stimulus fear

July 11, 2013, 1:25 pm
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NEW YORK (AP) — Call it the Bernanke Boost.

The stock market, which has been marching higher for a week, got extra fuel Thursday after the Federal Reserve chairman said the central bank will keep supporting the economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 surged past all-time highs. Gold rose. And the yield on the 10-year Treasury note continued a pullback. Stocks that benefit most from a continuation of ultra-low interest rates, such as homebuilders, notched some of the biggest gains.

Ben Bernanke made the comments in a speech late Wednesday after U.S. markets had closed, saying the economy still needs "a highly accommodative monetary policy for the foreseeable future."

Bernanke said the U.S. economy needs help because unemployment is high. The remarks seemed to ease investors' fears that the central bank will pull back on its economic stimulus too quickly.

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Deal emerging on student loans, talks continue

July 11, 2013, 2:41 pm
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An emerging deal to lower interest rates on student loans took shape Thursday, offering Democrats promises that interest rates would not reach 10 percent and giving Republicans a link between borrowing terms and the financial markets.

Lawmakers and their aides were in talks about how they might reduce rates on subsidized Stafford loans, which doubled to 6.8 percent last week in the wake of congressional inaction. Efforts to restore those rates to 3.4 percent were abandoned in favor of a new compromise that bears many similarities with a bill that House Republicans have passed, and with President Barack Obama's budget proposal.

"There is no question that there is a compromise available on this important issue and that the sides have not been that far apart and we just need to get it done," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

"We have been working with lawmakers to make that compromise happen. We need to make sure that students don't see their rates double," he said.

Under the plan lawmakers are considering, interest rates on new loans would be based on the 10-year Treasury note plus an additional percentage to pay for administrative costs.

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Past jackpot winner collects again at Hollywood Casino

July 13, 2013, 8:18 am
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ROSSFORD - Hitting a $100,000 jackpot would normally be a once in a lifetime event, but not for a local man.
Martin Halka, 42, of Oregon, held the record for the largest jackpot won in the history of Hollywood Casino Toledo until July 9, when he broke his own record and hit a $250,000 jackpot on a Triple Diamond game.
"It took me a couple seconds to realize what was happening. You always hope to hit the big one, but never expect it to actually happen," he said. Martin and his wife Darcie plan on using the money to expand their concrete company.
Hollywood Casino Toledo's General Manager Richard St. Jean was thrilled when he saw the record-setting jackpot. Since opening on May 29, 2012, the casino has paid out over $46 million in jackpots.
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Mechanical error may have caused French train crash

July 13, 2013, 8:22 am
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BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (AP) — An unattached rail joint may have caused a train derailment in France during a busy holiday weekend that left six dead, rail officials said Saturday. Nearly 200 people were injured, including nine in critical condition.

The packed train, which left Paris on Friday evening with 385 passengers, jumped the track about 20 minutes into a scheduled three-hour journey as it traveled through Bretigny-sur-Orge station. It crashed into the platform and some cars tipped over.

Human error has already been ruled out, according to Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier, and attention has focused instead on the switching system, which guides trains from one track to another. Investigators found that one joint in the switch had disconnected from its normal position, Pierre Izard, an official with the national rail company, SNCF, told reporters.

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Russia: no asylum application from Snowden

July 13, 2013, 8:23 am
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian immigration officials said Saturday they have not received an application from Edward Snowden, the U.S. National Security Agency leaker who wants to get asylum in Russia.

Snowden came to Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport on June 23 from Hong Kong, apparently intending to board a flight to Cuba. But he did not get on that flight and is believed to have spent the last three weeks marooned in the airport's transit zone.

On Friday, he met with human rights activists there and said he would seek Russian asylum, at least as a temporary measure before going to Venezuela, Bolivia or Nicaragua, all of which have offered him asylum.

But the Interfax news agency quoted Russian migration service head Konstantin Romodanovsky as saying no asylum request had been received as of Saturday. The state news agency RIA Novosti cited migration service spokeswoman, Zalina Kornilova, as also saying no request had been received.

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Accreditation for health district behind schedule

July 13, 2013, 8:24 am
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Wood County Health District is moving toward accreditation, though progress has been slow and may not be complete by the end of the year as first planned.
Staff members have been working to organize the great amount of required documentation, but it's "a tough road," Director of Nursing Ben Batey told the board Thursday.
"We're not quite there yet," Batey said of attempts to determine what needs to be gathered over the next five months. "Some of the things they want to see, we've never done."
Batey said a new billing system the district just implemented should make some data easier to gather from now on.
Batey also reported a series of meetings designed to determine and focus on key health issues in the county are ongoing. The next meeting is July 24 and is open to those with any health organization who have input on prioritizing issues.
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Local Briefs: 07-13-13

July 13, 2013, 8:24 am
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East Wooster down to one lane
Beginning Monday, the city of Bowling Green will replace a water main on the north side of East Wooster Street, between Prospect and Summit streets.
One lane of traffic will be maintained in each direction on East Wooster Street during the work. The project is expected to take approximately two weeks, weather permitting.
During construction, the sidewalk in the construction zone will be closed. Access to residences and businesses in the construction area will be maintained.

Wolfly closed on Monday
Wolfly Avenue, between North Main and North Grove streets, will be closed on Monday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for tree removal.
Some parking restrictions will be posted. Access to residences will be maintained.
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BG POLICE: 07-13-13

July 13, 2013, 8:26 am
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BG POLICE
July 10 citations:
Traffic control device: Michele C. Adler, BG; Jared R. James, North Baltimore; Robin L. Newman, Bradner.
No seat belt and open container in a motor vehicle: Seth E. Thomas, BG.
Expired registration: Sarah E. Graves, BG.
A side mirror of a vehicle was damaged in the 700 block of Napoleon Road.
Accidents occurred:
July 10
•    At 8:58 a.m. in the 400 block of South Grove Street. Teresa A. Hellard, Defiance, cited for improper backing. The second vehicle was operated by Joshua T. Duncan.
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Familiar Face: Matt Bauer

July 13, 2013, 8:26 am
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Matt Bauer is the Newman Housing manager at St. Thomas More University Parish. Bauer, a fifth-year senior at Bowling Green State University studying geography, has been busy this summer preparing for 37 students who live at the parish during the school year.
(Photo: J.D. Pooley/Sentinel-Tribune)
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AT&T to buy Leap Wireless for about $1.2 billion

July 13, 2013, 8:26 am
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — AT&T Inc. said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless International Inc., the pre-paid cellphone carrier that operates under the Cricket brand, for about $1.19 billion in cash, or $15 a share.

The purchase gives the nation's No. 2 cellphone carrier a leg-up in serving customers who prefer not to have lengthy contracts. Leap's Cricket service has 5 million subscribers who pay monthly without a contract. The deal also gives AT&T the right to use Leap's unused airwaves — also known as spectrum — to expand its network.

Spectrum is the lifeblood of the wireless industry and the fight to grab more of it has spurred a recent wave of consolidation.

In April, No. 4 T-Mobile completed its acquisition of pre-paid carrier MetroPCS. The company plans to shut down the MetroPCS network in two years, so it can use the airwaves to improve coverage and data speeds. On Wednesday, Japan's SoftBank Corp. completed its $21.6 billion takeover of No. 3 Sprint Corp, which helped Sprint acquire Clearwire Corp. and its spectrum holdings a day earlier.

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Michigan's Consumers Energy moves forward on power plant plan

July 13, 2013, 8:27 am
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THETFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Consumers Energy is taking steps toward its planned 700-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Michigan's Genesee County.

The Jackson-based utility filed Friday for approval of a certificate of necessity with the Michigan Public Service Commission. The filing is allowed under the state's energy reform law.

Chief Executive Officer John Russell says the filing establishes the plant "is in the best long-term interests of Michigan."

The $750 million project will be on Consumers Energy-owned land in Thetford Township, about 20 miles northeast of Flint. Russell has said development of the plant is consistent with a plan to meet the needs of the utility's customers during the next 20 years.

The plant would be operational in 2017 and serve a community of about 445,000 people.

The review process will take nine months.


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Stocks inch higher, setting new records

July 13, 2013, 8:28 am
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It was another record day on Wall Street — barely.

After spending most of Friday flat or down, stocks rallied at the last minute and closed slightly higher, just enough to post new record highs for the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

The gains were tiny. And the new record doesn't mean much for investors, who hardly have any more money now than they did a day earlier. But it is a sign that investors believe the market's rally this year may not be over yet.

The S&P 500 has closed higher seven days in a row. The last time it did that was in March.

Investors had to look past a pessimistic outlook from UPS, which said it was seeing a slowdown in U.S. industry. And in the afternoon, Boeing shares tanked after one of its 787s caught on fire in London, reviving fears of the troubles that plane had with smoldering batteries earlier this year.

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Icahn backs sweeter Dell counterproposal

July 13, 2013, 8:30 am
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NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is proposing that Dell shareholders get a chance to own a bigger stake in the struggling computer maker in hopes of thwarting an attempt by the company's founder to buy it for $24.4 billion and take it private.

Icahn, who owns a nearly 9 percent stake in Dell, now wants shareholders to receive warrants in addition to the cash he previously recommended be given to shareholders.

Icahn previously proposed that Dell "self-tender" 1.1 billion shares of its stock for $14 per share. His revised proposal adds one warrant for every four shares. The warrant would give shareholders the right to buy one Dell share for $20 over the next seven years. Dell's shares haven't traded above $20 since September 2008.

In a letter to shareholders, Icahn values his counterproposal at about $15.50 to $18 per share.

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