I purchased some Icelandic poppies for my yard this year, not really knowing much about these flowers beyond the fact that they are perennials and that I enjoy other varieties of poppies.

This afternoon I took several pictures at St. Wendelin. I will post them all once I get on a high speed internet connection.

The floodwaters may have receded, but many Toledoans are still cleaning up from soaked basements.

We've got Bruce and Aretha and Josh and Judy -- and even a cartoon for you to enjoy. There's also NPR's fabulous reading of the Declaration of Independence.

The "Dawson's Creek" star, wife of Tom Cruise and Toledo native will star in a revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons."

We're got Bruce and Aretha and Josh and Judy -- and even a cartoon for you to enjoy. There's also NPR's fabulous reading of the Declaration of Independence.

Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July.

A Toledo native who made the character of Bozo the Clown popular for more than 50 years has died.

This question, and the following answer is directed at our media friends.When is “Breaking News” NOT, I REPEAT, NOT Breaking News?When you've already “broken” it.Listen people, once you interrupt the news with your so-called “Breaking News,” news, it's broken, give it up. Subsequent “Breaking News” interruptions are:Neither news anymore, and certainly no longer “Breaking,” get it?

Associated Press - July 4, 2008 7:43 AM ET BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A court in Bucharest has ordered a Romanian surgeon to pay $795,000 in compensation to a patient whose penis he accidentally...

Associated Press - July 4, 2008 7:13 AM ET Fireworks aren't the only thing skyrocketing on this Fourth of July. The price of gas has hit another all-time high.

Max Sanders has told investigators it was a joke, but they're not amused. He's being charged under an 1893 state law that makes it a crime to offer to buy or sell a vote.

I am sure many American bloggers are making personal comments on their web logs about the Fourth of July, aka Independence Day.But no, not Roland Hansen! Rather than making my own personal commentary about the significance here in the United States of America of the Fourth of July, Independence Day, I am suggesting you read today's article of Marilou Johanek, a Blade commentary writer.

A propane explosion rocked a Perrysburg Township home yesterday afternoon, injuring one of five family members who were inside the two-story structure.

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday said the city - with the help of a data analysis firm based in Washington - identified enough people uncounted by the U.S. Census Bureau to boost the population back over the 300,000 mark.

From The Patriot Post, Founders' Quote Daily:"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitantsthereof Lev. XXV, v. X"Inscription on the Liberty Bell, from Leviticus 25:10From my column in this week's Toledo Free Press:

Many will be posting today about fireworks and picnics, family gatherings and parades, and these are all wonderful subjects in which I too hope to participate over the holiday.

Many will be posting today about fireworks and picnics, family gatherings and parades, and these are all wonderful subjects in which I too hope to participate over the holiday.

WASHINGTON - Employers cut 62,000 jobs in June, marking the sixth consecutive month that the nation has shed jobs, according to a government report released yesterday, deepening concern that the struggling U.S. economy could turn worse before it gets better.

AKRON - The senior federal judge said it was the longest sentencing hearing he'd ever had - and it's not over yet.

Here's a listing of today's fireworks displays and other events: