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The message flickered into Cindy Fleenor's living room each night:
Be faithful in how you live and how you give, the television preachers
said, and God will shower you with material riches.

Two municipal employees have filed racial discrimination lawsuits, within a week of each other, against the city of Toledo.
Firefighter Roger Swan filed suit Dec. 14 in U.S. District Court in
Toledo claiming that he has been "subjected to a hostile work
environment due to his race." Mr. Swan is seeking both a culture of

COLUMBUS - Zoroastrians and other pagans, both
claiming roles for their faiths in the Christmas tradition, say they
won't stop fighting to have their holiday displays placed alongside
nativity scenes in Ohio state parks.

CORALVILLE, Iowa - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stuck a toe
in the presidential race Friday, taking strong issue after Republican
Mike Huckabee accused the administration of having an "arrogant bunker
mentality" on foreign policy.

Erie Street Market's future debated

City Council sets Jan. 2 vote on facility

A 10-year-old Florida girl faces felony weapons charges after bringing a small steak knife to school to cut up her lunch, according to a report on WFTV.com.

Toledo-area network aims to fight 'Brain Drain'

Event set up to link young adults, local groups

Since his first term as Toledo's mayor, Carty
Finkbeiner has stressed the importance of retaining recent college
graduates in the city.

Part of his effort now to combat "Brain Drain," the flight of homegrown
college graduates, is promoting the Young Professionals Initiative - a
group he spearheaded last year.

The Publishers Statement in the current issue of the Toledo Free Press speaks to the effort to save COSI. While it is off to a slow start, much of the print media is planning to carry the effort into January, and beyond.

WASHINGTON - People taking out home mortgages may gain new protections
soon against shady lending practices as the Federal Reserve seeks to back even the riskiest borrowers, already hit hardest by the housing and credit crunches.

Ohio electronic voting machines vulnerable to tampering in 2008

ASSOCIATED PRESS

CitiFest Inc. did not live up to expectations of
managing the Erie Street Market, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said
after reviewing a financial audit of the organization that he ordered.

"While there is no evidence of wrongdoing or misappropriation, it is
clear that CitiFest did not meet their managerial or fiduciary

It appears that anyone who says anything negative about Toledo is viewed as being apathetic and their words are perceived as whining. I believe if an alcoholic or a drug addict wants to cure themselves they first have to believe they have an addiction.

COLUMBUS - An appellate court yesterday unanimously sided with cities in their battle against the state over whether municipal employees must live in the cities for which they work.

The three-judge panel of the Lima-based 3rd District Court of Appeals struck down a 2006 state law prohibiting cities from requiring their workers to live where they draw their taxpayer-funded paychecks

OLEDO --The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library presents a nostalgic nod to the toys we loved as children in its current exhibit, "TOYS!" From the 1930s to the 1970s. This historic exhibit is on view now through the end of January in the wall display cases located in the central court of main library, 325 Michigan St.

WASHINGTON - A new U.S. intelligence report concludes that

Evel Knievel is dead. If you're under fifty years old, you may not remember Evel, who hailed from the mines of Butte, Montana and grew into an American legend during the 1960s and 70s.

God told him on Thanksgiving that he should resign the next day, Roberts told students in the university's chapel.

Roberts spoke for only a few minutes and was applauded and cheered by students. He wiped away tears with a white handkerchief and his hands.

"This has nearly destroyed my family, and it's nearly destroyed ORU," Roberts said.

Going After the Money Ministries

On the website for their ministry based in Newark, Texas, Kenneth
and Gloria Copeland commit to "teach Christians worldwide who they are
in Christ Jesus and how to live a victorious life." And they appear to
be victorious in theirs, with books in 22 languages, a global crusade
schedule and a TV show reaching millions. No less a luminary than

First, by posting this here, it will ensure that I will never be able to access SwampBubbles in China.