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Searching for Gas in
The Buckeye State


 The wells are not the imposing behemoths seen in states like Oklahoma or Texas, but the search for natural gas in Ohio accelerated in the last decade.
(read story and see statistics)

 The man who started the scare in the skies
Court date today for
 would-be bomber Terror suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab will be arraigned Friday afternoon in a Detroit federal courtroom for his alleged Christmas Day attempt to blow up an airliner as it made its descent to Detroit Metro Airport. (watch video report and read entire story) Related story further down page.
A $660,000 Swindle
State audit shows former school official stole from TPS
 An investigation has revealed that former Toledo Public Schools business manager Daniel Burns stole $660,000 from the district during his tenure. (read entire story)

 First new firefighters in years
 Toledo begins addition to ranks of firefighters
 37 Toledo firefighter-trainees were sworn in Friday morning, beginning a 19-week training period. The 37 will be the first additions to the Toledo Fire Department since 2006, and will bring the ranks of Toledo firefighters to more than 500.
Woodward High evacuated after  suspicious device found Toledo Police bomb squad on scene at Woodward High School
The students, faculty and staff of Woodward High School were forced to evacuate the building Thursday morning, after a  a student found what turned out to be a phony bomb in a restroom.  (watch video and read entire story)

 Toledo man tasered, arrested after causing disruption on plane in Miami Mansor Mohammad Asad

 After reportedly yelling that he "wanted to kill all the jews", Toledoan Mansor Mohammad Asad was taken off a Detroit-bound plane in Miami Wednesday. (watch video and read entire story)
 
 Toledoan executed for 1993 murder
 Vernon Smith, convicted in the 1993 murder of a Toledo grocery store owner, was executed by lethal injection this morning in Lucasville. (read entire story)
U.S. could have stopped Christmas Day plot, Obama report says
 U.S. officials had "sufficient information" to have stopped the failed Christmas Day attack on a Michigan-bound jetliner, but a variety of errors kept investigators from uncovering the plot, the Obama administration's preliminary investigation found. (watch video and read entire story)
U.S. cautioned on battling al Qaeda in Yemen Periodic revolts. Dwindling natural resources. Large, ungoverned spaces welcoming to jihadists plotting strikes on Western targets locally and abroad.

Welcome to Yemen, America -- watch your step. (watch video report and read entire story)

Iran jails more journalists than any other country
Iran once again has more journalists in jail than any other country, the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders announced Wednesday. (read entire story)
Waniewski to Seek State Senate Seat
 Toledo City Councilman Tom Waniewski confirms that he plans to run for an open Ohio Senate seat later this year. (watch video and read entire story)
Businessman shot in botched robbery A central city barber is in critical condition after being shot by a man he apparently thought was his next customer. (watch video and read entire story)
 
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The tide is high
Eryk Anders and Chavis Williams celebrate after the Alabama defense helped turn a slim three-point lead into a 16-point cushion in the fourth quarter of Thursday night's BCS National Championship. Read more at SI.com on left.

 

        
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Leno headed back to late nights NBC has a plan in the works to radically alter its late-night television lineup, restoring Jay Leno to his old spot at 11:35 each weeknight. (watch video and read entire story)

Plummeting Iguanas
 The record cold in Florida has Iguanas dropping out of the trees (watch video)
Photo of the day

 Alabama 37, Texas 2:Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide hold up the championship hardware after disposing of Texas in Pasadena to win Alabama's first national title since 1992.


 

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