Local Briefs: 08-10-13
St. Clare sets October openingPERRYSBURG — The St. Clare Commons senior living community is expecting to open in October.St. Clare Commons Sales and Marketing Director Jessica Derkis said Friday,...
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Familiar face: Suzanne Wright
Suzanne Wright first started teaching swim lessons at the Bowling Green City Pool in 1967. She also managed the pool through the ’80s. A 1966 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Wright retired...
View Article917 receive degrees at BGSU
Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey conferred degrees on 917 students at the 277th commencement ceremony of Bowling Green State University this morning.She noted the ages ranged from an 18-year-old who received an...
View ArticleTeen found safe in Idaho; alleged abductor killed
CASCADE, Idaho (AP) — A harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended Saturday when FBI agents rescued the girl and shot and killed her apparent kidnapper at a campsite deep in the...
View ArticleFirefighters make progress battling California wildfire
BANNING, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made steady progress Saturday in battling Southern California's latest destructive wildfire, which burned 26 homes and threatened more than 500 others in the San...
View ArticlePilot in deadly Connecticut wreck survived earlier crash
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The plane accident that killed four people in a Connecticut neighborhood was not the first crash for the pilot, a former Microsoft executive who was taking his teenage son on a...
View ArticlePopular singer Eydie Gorme dies at 84
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eydie Gorme, a popular nightclub and television singer as a solo act and as a team with her husband, Steve Lawrence, has died. She was 84. Gorme, who also had a huge solo hit in 1963...
View ArticleReligious family abandons U.S., gets lost at sea
PHOENIX (AP) — A northern Arizona family that was lost at sea for weeks in an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion will fly back home Sunday....
View Article10 years after blackout, U.S. grid faces new threats
The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity threats, and stress caused by...
View ArticleWoman prevails in Michigan utility harassment case
DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed a $300,000 award for a woman who claimed she was trapped in a portable restroom, among other indignities, as part of repeated sexual harassment by...
View ArticleTV blackouts aren't shutting out fans completely
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A week into the blackout of CBS programming to millions of Time Warner Cable subscribers, viewers are finding workarounds. Nancy Keiter, a graphic designer in New York, plans to...
View ArticleIsrael approves nearly 1,200 more settlement homes
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel approved building nearly 1,200 more settlement homes Sunday and agreed to release 26 long-held Palestinian security prisoners — highlighting an apparent...
View ArticleInventor Musk to share plans for high-speed travel
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Twice as fast as an airplane, cheaper than a bullet train and completely self-powered: that's the mysterious transportation system that inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk is...
View ArticleRetailers keeping tabs on consumers' return habits
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just the government that might be keeping tabs on you. Many retailers are tracking you, too — or at least your merchandise returns. The companies say it's all in the name of...
View ArticleWhite House calls for increased grid spending
NEW YORK (AP) — The cost of weather-related power outages is high and rising as storms grow more severe and the U.S. electric grid gets older, according to an Obama Administration report that calls for...
View ArticleRockwell Collins buys ARINC for $1.39 billion
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Aviation and military electronics maker Rockwell Collins said Sunday it is buying Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC Inc. from the investment firm The Carlyle Group for $1.39 billion....
View ArticleCounty offers permit after lemonade stand shutdown
RENO, Nev. (AP) — County health officials say they're working on a permit solution for two girls whose lemonade stand was shut down at the Reno-Tahoe Open earlier this month. Emma Farrell, 12, and...
View Article41-vehicle pileup in Virginia injures 10 people
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Police are investigating a 41-vehicle pileup in Virginia that injured at least 10 people. The state's Department of Transportation says in a news release that the pileup occurred...
View Article'Hens have weekend split (08-12-13)
TOLEDO - Indianapolis held on for a 6-5 win over Toledo Sunday in International League play. The Mud Hens are 53-71 in the IL West.Jordan Lennerton was 2-for-3 with a double and a home run for Toledo....
View ArticlePrep Roundup: BG girls golf wins (08-12-13)
Bowling Green won a Northwest Ohio Girls Golf League triangular at Forrest Creason Golf Course Friday.BG's Alisha Noon was the medalist with a 43 as the Bobcats shot a 207. Otsego finished with a 216...
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