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Ohio man to be sentenced in dying blink murder case

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio – The U.S. secretary of education is traveling to Kentucky and Ohio to promote President Barack Obama’s proposal for a major expansion of early childhood ...
US education secretary set to visit Kentucky Ohio to push early childhood initiatives

CINCINNATI – An Ohio man found guilty in a murder trial that hinged on a paralyzed victim blinking his eyes to identify his shooter is scheduled to be ...
Youth leagues try to rein in bad news parents

View Photo Associated Press/Martha Irvine - A young batter takes a swing as a father who's a coach supervises at a youth baseball game in Buffalo Grove, Ill. on Monday June 10, 2013. Earlier in the month, park ...
Lawsuit Taser shock was deadly

Attorney Al Gerhardstein is continuing his crusade to reform regional law enforcement agencies' Taser policies. / Enquirer file photo/Gary ...
Springfield Twp. Police Auction July 13

The Springfield Township Police Department is having a public auction at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Springfield Township Service Department, 950 Compton ...

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The Two of Us (Le vieil homme et l'enfant) [DVD]

The beauty of Claude Berri's debut film, The Two of Us (Le vieil homme et l'enfant), is that it doesn't serve up an obvious lesson at the end. It is a sweet, unadorned story about love and bigotry, and were it to be remade in Hollywood (God forbid), it would surely end with o ... ...

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Kazmir Tribe ready for opener against Twins

Minnesota wasn't much help to the Indians recently by losing two of three to the American League Central-leading Tigers, so the Indians will look to take care of their own business as they look to continue their march toward the top of the division standings. The Tribe sits 3 1/2 games behind the first-place Tigers with a few weeks before the All-Star break. Left-hander Scott Kazmir (3-4, ...
Phillips tries to build on late winner in series finale

There's been plenty of bad blood between the Pirates and Reds this season. And one result of it may have something to do with Brandon Phillips' recent struggles. Since being plunked with a Tony Watson fastball on the forearm on June 1, Phillips is 10-for-56 (.179) in 13 games. He missed four with an injury resulting from the pitch and still has a welt on his arm. But Phillips may ...
4th suspect in Ohio enslavement case due in court

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The first of four suspects is due in federal court in a forced labor case alleging an Ohio woman was held captive with her child, threatened and made to do ...
Phillips comes through with walk-off bouncer in 13th

PIT@CIN: Reds walk off in 13th on Phillips' single CINCINNATI -- Little has gone well at the plate for Brandon Phillips recently, but late Tuesday night, the Reds' second baseman found himself in a hitting situation that he's often been comfortable with: two strikes. Phillips' average when hitting with two strikes is the best in the National League this season. And that ...
Two men pulled from Ohio River

PARKERSBURG - Two Maryland men were up the creek without a paddle Tuesday morning when authorities found them floating on a makeshift raft on the Ohio River near Blennerhassett Island. Quinn Louis Porter, 21, Elkridge, and Tyler Blaine Jennings, 22, Annapolis, were cited for no personal flotation devices and possession of fishing paraphernalia without a license, respectively, according to the ...

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TCS holds camp in US for science, maths students

India's leading IT services, Tata Consultancy Services, held its goIT summer camp programme in the Cincinnati area exposing students to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related career paths.

The fifth annual three-day camp providing hands on activities and projects that increase exposure to industry specific technologies, culminated with a competition at TCS' largest North American software delivery centre in Milford, Ohio.

Free for all students, the TCS goIT programme provides in-school IT career awareness workshops and hands-on technology education, according to a media release.

Since its inception, the programme has reached more than 7,000 students across 35 school districts in Ohio and Michigan.

"We believe that TCS is uniquely positioned to use its core IT competencies and technology leadership to address the STEM education issue," said Amar Naga, director of operations, TCS.

"The innovative goIT programme is an outstanding investment by TCS in young Ohioans," said Mark Patton, JobsOhio Managing Director for Information Technology.

By 2018, research shows that STEM occupations are projected to grow by 17 percent, with 71 percent of STEM jobs focused on computing including cloud, data, app and security. ...