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Reynolds drives in three including walk-off winner

SEA@CLE: Tribe win in dramatic walk-off fashion CLEVELAND -- The Indians haven't just been rewarding their fans with winning baseball. They've treated the Progressive Field faithful to exciting baseball, as well. For the second straight game, Cleveland won in walk-off fashion. After closer Chris Perez blew a two-run lead in the top of the ninth, the Tribe calmly went about its ...
New president for Ohios largest community college

Johnson led the college's Metropolitan campus from 1993 to 2003. He is currently president of the Community College of Allegheny County, which has nine campuses and centers in the Pittsburgh ...
Impressive Ms rally comes up short as Cleveland wins 5-4

Mark Reynolds' fielder's choice with the bases loaded in the ninth inning lifting the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on ...
Reds call up infielder Soto option Cingrani to Triple-A

Email PHILADELPHIA -- Seeking an extra bat for the bench, the Reds called up infielder Neftali Soto from Triple-A Louisville on Saturday and optioned lefty starter Tony Cingrani to Louisville. It's the first big league promotion for the 24-year-old Soto, a third-round Draft pick in 2007 and the ...
Cingrani to work on secondary pitches in Triple-A

Email PHILADELPHIA -- Rookie left-hander Tony Cingrani was mostly impressive during his callup to the Majors. However, Cingrani was optioned to Triple-A Louisville on Saturday as the Reds prepare to bring ace Johnny Cueto back from the disabled list on Monday. Corner infielder Neftali Soto was called up from Louisville to replace Cingrani on the roster in the meantime. Over his six starts for ...

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The Man in the Iron Mask

"The Man in the Iron Mask," based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, is a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure. It has a lot of beautiful French locations, a stunning A-list cast of actors, and technical merit oozing from every corner, but it never really grabs hold of you the way a good swashbuckling adventure should. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the ... ...

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MLB Cleveland 5 Seattle 4

Mark Reynolds ' fielder's choice grounder scored Jason Kipnes in the bottom of the ninth Saturday, lifting the Cleveland Indians over Seattle 5-4. The Indians seemed on their way to a victory with a 4-2 lead in the top of the ninth inning, ...
Chances For Showers Storms Persist Through Weekend

Your Doppler 10 Forecast Saturday Evening: A slight chance for a shower or storm. Otherwise, partly cloudy. Overnight: Partly cloudy and mild. Patchy fog late. Low: 62 Sunday: Partly cloudy. A chance for a shower or storm during the afternoon. High: 82 Monday Partly cloudy, warm and muggy. High: 87 Special Information: A frontal boundary will remain stalled across the Ohio River valley ...
Pestano adopting new routine to avoid injury

Email CLEVELAND -- Vinnie Pestano faced a tough situation in his first game back from the disabled list. On Friday night, the Indians setup man toed the rubber against the Mariners in the 10th inning with the score deadlocked. Pestano would not have wanted it any other way. "I'm glad there was a high-adrenaline situation," Pestano said. "You just kind of throw [me] right ...
Highly-touted prospect Wolters transitioning to catcher

prospect was only visiting. Wolters, who is making the transition to catching this season after spending his career as a middle infielder, was in Cleveland for a one-day catching clinic. The 20-year-old prospect worked with bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. and bullpen coach Kevin Cash -- both former catchers -- during his day with the Tribe. "It's going really well," Wolters said. ...
Myers lack of pain after rehab start is positive sign

Email CLEVELAND -- Indians manager Terry Francona thought something was wrong when he spotted pitcher Brett Myers in the team's dugout at Progressive Field during Friday's win over the Mariners. Myers was scheduled to be in nearby Akron making a rehab Double-A rehab start. "When I first saw him," Francona said, "I was like, 'Was there a screwup? Weren't you ...

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Apple's app store hits 50 billion downloads as Ohio man wins 10000 dollars

A resident of Ohio Brandon Ashmore has won the jackpot prize of 10000 dollars by downloading Apple's 50 billionth application.

Apple had earlier announced that it had come close to 50 billion iPhone and iPad app downloads since the firm's launch in 2008 and declared 10000 dollars worth gift card for the person who reaches the milestone, ABC News reports.

According to the report, Apple had started off with its app store in 2008 with 500 apps, which has now reached 8,50,000 iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch apps, with more than 350,00 iPad specific apps.

While Apple celebrated the 10th anniversary of iTunes earlier this month, Google's android store will soon be reaching the target of 48 billion android downloads from its play store.

The report said that Google has also announced a host of new features and services for app developers, including ways to build apps that take advantage of the phones' sensors and methods for translating apps into other languages.

Google All Access Play Music service and its new Hangouts Messaging app have come up as its new consumer products which will possibly see more downloads happening in the near future, the report added. (ANI)