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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 ...

  • Lutz showing strides off bench as pinch-hitter

    Email CINCINNATI -- Learning the nuances of pinch-hitting is difficult for many hitters, but it can be compounded for rookies, like Reds outfielder Donald Lutz. Until his first big league callup on April 29, Lutz had not played above Double-A. In Cincinnati's last two games, Lutz has two hits as a pinch-hitter. He hit a two-run single in the sixth inning of Sunday's 5-1 win against ...

  • Votto Rose exchange thumbs up after Monday homer

    Email CINCINNATI -- Just before his ninth-inning at-bat against the Pirates on Monday, first baseman Joey Votto exchanged brief pleasantries with a person wearing a camouflage-colored Reds cap in the third row behind home plate. It wasn't just any fan, however. It was Reds great and all-time hits leader Pete Rose. Votto then connected on a 2-0 Bryan Morris pitch for a solo home run to left ...

  • Cozarts homer brings hitting streak to seven

    Email CINCINNATI -- Reds shortstop Zack Cozart extended his hitting streak to seven on Monday with a long solo home run to the upper deck in left field. Cozart's seventh homer of the season came in the fourth inning of Monday's 4-1 victory against the Pirates. Cozart, who batted second Tuesday after hitting seventh Monday, entered the night batting .326 (31-for-95) over his previous ...

  • Three Americans held over Ohio disabled woman and child enslaved in basement for 10 years

    (23 mins ago) A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were forced to live in an Ohio basement with snakes and pitbulls and were treated like slaves for more than two years, US prosecutors said. The case came to light after the woman was caught stealing a candy bar and told police she would rather go to jail than go home because her roommates ';were mean to her.'' Three of ...

Movie Review

A Prophet (Un prophète) [Blu-Ray]

A Prophet (Un prophète) [Blu-Ray]

In his quietly stunning performance as a French teenager of Arab descent spending six years in prison, Tahar Rahim looks not unlike a thinner, more intense Danny McBride, and his nervous, awkward mannerisms reminded me of McBrides small, but crucial role in David Gordon Greens lyrical All t ... ...

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  • Ex-Terps center Alex Len could go No. 1 to Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA draft

    There was some thought that Alex Len's stock could have gone up even higher had the former Maryland center been able to attend private on-court workouts for a number of NBA teams picking at or near the top of next week's NBA draft. It now appears that the 7-foot-1 Len could become the No. 1 pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers despite being sidelined since early April after undergoing ...

  • 3 charged with enslaving disabled Ohio mom child

    This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, 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 her and the girl with violence and fed ...

  • Man Believes He Was Victim Of Dangerous ‘Knockout Game’

    A man is recovering after being punched by a person who then ran off. Columbus resident Joey Pastore says he believes he was a victim of the "knockout game" and was on the losing end of it. Pastore said he was walking along N. High Street when he was attacked. "There’s people on High Street and there’s people behind me," Pastore said. "It was just all of a ...

  • Budget director Ohios unused surplus about $397M

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state should have almost $397 million in uncommitted funds leftover at end of the current budget year, Ohio's budget director said Tuesday before a legislative panel that's working to put the final touches on the next state spending ...

  • Defense attorneys dispute Ohio enslavement charges

    This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, 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 her and the girl with violence and fed ...

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