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Ohio woman allegedly enslaved spent time in jail

Three undated photos provided by the Department of Justice show Jessica L. Hunt, left, Daniel Brown, center, and Jordie L. Callahan, right. Authorities in Ohio have arrested the three on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June 18, 2013, the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened ...
August Trial Date Set For Man Accused Of Kidnapping Holding Cleveland Woman For 10 Years

A judge is aiming for a late summer proceeding to meet the speedy trial rights of an Ohio man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home for about a decade. Judge Michael Russo in Cleveland says he's aiming for an Aug. 4 trial for 52-year-old Ariel Castro, who was arrested May 6. The 90-day speedy trial requirement could be waived to allow more preparation time. As in ...
Federal judge dismisses suit over OH ballot issue

The group Fair Elections Ohio had sought to have voters decide last November whether certain election rules in the state should be rejected. The group's issue qualified for the ballot, but state lawmakers later repealed the underlying ...
Funding for key gas drilling health study stalled

Geisinger Health System spokeswoman Amanda O'Rourke said Wednesday the $1 million grant that was announced in February 2012 remains the only funding for a project that was projected to cost at least $25 ...
Thursday To Be A Sunny Repeat Of Wednesday

Your Doppler 10 Forecast Tonight: Clear skies and continued cool. Low 56.Tomorrow: Sunny with low humidity again. High 81.Friday: Sunny and warmer. High 86.Special Information: Central Ohio will enjoy clear skies tonight and pleasant temperatures in the middle 50s. Tomorrow will be sunny again with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Humidity levels will be low for one more day before we start ...

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With his hangdog mug and mellifluous voice, Garrison Keillor has been a mainstay of public radio since the mid-1970s when he came up with the idea of producing a musical-comedy variety show with fictional commercials that would recall the 1930s heyday of radio, when ... ...

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Single-game tickets on sale June 29

Single-game tickets for Bengals 2013 home games will be available to purchase beginning next Saturday, June 29. Sales will begin at 10 a.m. and initially will be handled exclusively through Ticketmaster in three ways: ...
Logan Toddler Hurt In Meth Lab Spill

A grand jury in southeast Ohio has indicted a couple after authorities said their 18-month-old daughter was seriously injured in a meth-lab spill. Authorities said the child was 15 months old when she suffered second- and third-degree chemical burns while living with her parents in Logan in April. She spent two weeks in a Columbus hospital ...
Banks Having Difficult Time Getting Customers To Take Advantage Of Government Refinancing Program

Central Ohio banks are practically begging customers to refinance their homes through a federal program designed to help those whose homes have declined in value, save money. Many home values are still recovering from the recession, with homeowners often owing more than their house is currently worth. That makes those people the perfect candidates for the government's Home Affordable ...
Ariel Castro Cleveland Kidnapping Suspect May Receive Additional Charges

Ariel Castro, who is accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for nearly a decade, may receive charges in addition to 300-plus he pleaded not guilty to earlier this ...
Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck

FAIRPORT, Mich. -; Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th ...

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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. ...