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L-B vote count not complete

Vote totals will be changing in Liberty-Benton School District's bid for a 7-mill bond issue to pay for the expansion and renovation of the elementary/middle school building.
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Columbia Gas to upgrade lines

Columbia Gas of Ohio plans to spend $3.5 million in the next three years strengthening some natural gas pipelines in Findlay.
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Bluffton celebrates its 'new' town hall

BLUFFTON — The sound of a cannon blast this Saturday will mark the rededication of Bluffton's reconditioned village hall.
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Vanlue's ready to party

VANLUE -- Vanlue residents will enjoy a parade, games and rides at their annual festival in Vanlue Park this weekend.
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From bad to worse

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Carlos Pena admits there is a growing sense that Tampa Bay might be destined for big things this season.
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Brewers dump Reds, 6-3

CINCINNATI — Shoves? What shoves?
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Toledo player charged in point-shaving scheme

TOLEDO (AP) — A former University of Toledo basketball player has been charged with point shaving, according to a federal bill of information filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
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Exhibition basketball game slated at UF

Tickets are on sale now for the Harlem Wizards vs. Orange and Black Attack 8 p.m. Sept. 19 at the University of Findlay's Croy Gymnasium.
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Hard as they've been to bear, the high oil prices of the past few months have brought some benefits, mostly in spurring the oil companies to invest in technology to extract oil that up to this point has been too costly to consider.

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Super Bowl talk in Cleveland?

Expectations are high in Cleveland, as attention is being heaped on the Browns.

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