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NEWS ABOUT: Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio stories: 6 news summaries

New Budget Airline Launches With 1 Plane, $9 Seats

First few seats are $9; all extras will cost you

May 27, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The founder of the short-lived discount airline Skybus thinks conditions are right for a second attempt at adding service to less-used regional airports, the Chicago Tribune reports. JetAmerica will follow the model of European budget carriers like Ryanair, offering a handful of seats for $9 and charging for services like... More »

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airline industry • Skybus airlines • business • budget airlines • airline ticket prices • Toledo, Ohio • economy • JetAmerica • Melbourne, Fla. • John Weikle

Captive Woman Forced to Wear Diaper, Listen
to Bible Verses

Ohio police say she was held 3 days

Feb 17, 09 8:43 PM CST
(Newser) - A Michigan woman kidnapped last week was held against her will for three days as her captor read the Bible to her, police say. The alleged assailant picked up the woman in Detroit and drove her to his home in Toledo, the AP reports. When she fell asleep, he undressed... More »

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Detroit • kidnapping • Michigan • Bible • Toledo, Ohio • sexual assault • suffocation

Ohio Cops Flush Plumber Joe's Speeding Ticket

Toledo police worried about 'negative repercussions'

Nov 4, 08 1:08 PM CST
(Newser) - It seems Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, or as John McCain dubbed him, “Joe the Plumber,” lives a charmed life. Wurzelbacher was caught going 50mph in a 35mph zone in Toledo last week, but America’s favorite toilet doctor got off with just a warning. The officer decided a ticket... More »

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Toledo, Ohio • Election 2008 • Joe Wurzelbacher • Joe the Plumber

Obama Plan Includes Freeze on Foreclosures

Plan would ease borrowing from retirement accounts

Oct 13, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama detailed an economic rescue plan today that includes incentives for job creation and a federal credit line for state and local governments, the Toledo Blade reports. Playing to voters in hard-hit Ohio as he preps for Wednesday's debate, Obama said, "I won’t pretend that this... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • credit crisis • Toledo, Ohio • Election 2008 • rescue package • financial crisis

 Obama Sways 
 Ohio Swing Votes, 
 Door by Door 

Impromptu canvassing before debate prep wins over neighbors

Oct 13, 08 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama made an unannounced tour through an Ohio neighborhood yesterday, knocking on doors and talking to voters in the crucial swing state, reports the Toledo Blade. Surprised residents took the opportunity to talk policy and snap photos with the candidate, and several undecided voters said they were won over... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential debate • Ohio • Toledo, Ohio • Election 2008 • swing states

US Should Tune In to Al Jazeera

English-language network affords a close-up view of our own loss of influence 

Nov 12, 07 9:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Year-old Al Jazeera English is only in a handful of US markets—a fact that “amounts to self-destructive blindness,” says the Times’ Roger Cohen. By not watching the channel Donald Rumsfeld called “vicious, inaccurate, and inexcusable,” we damage our chances in the war of ideas—because... More »

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Donald Rumsfeld • Al Jazeera • Toledo, Ohio • Burlington, Vermont • war of ideas

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