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EVENING NEWS DIGEST - FEBRUARY 9, 2012

NEW LOCAL NEWS

1. 11th SHOOTING IN TOLEDO

Toledo police are searching for the suspect in the shooting of a 32 year old North Toledo man. It happened just before 4:30pm Thursday at Stickney and Bronson. Duron Bell was shot three times. Police say he's expected to survive. They are searching for the suspect, 20-year old Kiron Renfroe. Since Sunday, 11 people have been shot in Toledo: six of them outside Mugshots bar in North Toledo on Monday.

2. PENSION REFORM

A group pushing for pension reform in Ohio stopped in Toledo. Taxpayers United of America released its estimated pensions for dozens of Toledo's top city employees. The group's web site says "Toledo mayor, Michael P. Bell can look forward to an estimated lifetime pension payout of $4,142,076, that is $88,129 annually, based on his current gross of $122,402." Ohio doesn't release actual pension amounts for government workers.

3.POWERBALL JACKPOT

Toledoans and lottery players across the country, are betting on a chance to win $310 million in Saturday's Powerball jackpot. The Powerball's $250 million jackpot went begging last night as no one matched all six numbers correctly to claim the top prize.

NEW STATE NEWS

4. EXOTIC ANIMALS

Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna says he's shocked Ohio lawmakers haven't passed a bill to regulate exotic animals. Efforts to strengthen the state's law took on new urgency in October, when authorities were forced to kill 48 wild animals, including endangered Bengal tigers, after their owner freed them from his Zanesville farm and committed suicide. Hanna, a former Columbus Zoo director, says the state isn't facing some "little issue" of exotic animals, but what he described as bombs.

NEW NATIONAL NEWS

5. BIRTH CONTROL CONTROVERSY

Some Democrats are joining the chorus of voices opposing the president's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide insurance for free birth control to their employees. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is a Catholic who calls the rule unacceptable and un-American. The White House indicates it's trying to come up with a compromise.

6. GLITTER BOMBER FIRED

The college student accused of "glitter bombing" Mitt Romney, has been fired from his unpaid internship with Colorado Senate Democrats. The student could face charges of causing a disturbance, throwing a missile and unlawful acts. Smith, who says it was worth it, is now worried he could be expelled from college.