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Woman Who Lost Hands To Flesh-Eating Disease Receives Bionic Hands From Hilliard Company

A woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with bionic hands made in Hilliard, Ohio.Aimee Copeland, 25, is again able to do things that most people take for granted - wipe down tables, fold a towel and pick up a glass."It feels amazing," Copeland said. "You know, with the other arms that I had, they really ...
Columbus Attorney Faces 18 Sex-Related Charges

A prominent Columbus attorney who is charged with gross sexual imposition and public indecency now faces additional sex-related charges.On Monday, attorney Javier Armengau turned himself in to authorities after being indicted on charges, including rape, indecent exposure, kidnapping and sexual battery.Police said the charges stemmed from multiple accusers, at least one of whom was the mother of ...
Columbus Police Look For Endangered Missing East Side Child

Police alerted the public on Monday about a 12 year old who had been missing from the city's east side for five days.Teon Porter was last seen in the 1200 block of Seymour Avenue on May 15.Porter was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and blue shorts, according to the Columbus Division of Police’s Special Victims Bureau.The boy stands 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 100 lbs. He has ...
Missing Crawford County Teen Found Dead In Columbus House

Police said a missing teen from Crawford County has been found dead in a house in southwest Columbus.Katlyn Williams was reported missing from Galion on March 26. Last Thursday, the 14 year old was found dead in a house on South Wayne Avenue in Columbus.A coroner's autopsy could not determine a cause of death. Authorities are now waiting for toxicology results and information from a rape ...
Teen Sensation Tianlang Guan To Play In Memorial Tournament

. Tianlang said he is very excited to accept the invitation to play at the Memorial due to it being Jack Nicklaus’ event. "It is Jack Nicklaus’ event, and the same as all the golf fans out there I have very high respect to Mr. Nicklaus, not just as a golf legend, but also as a great person," Tianlang said, according to a press release. "My parents and I got the ...

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The Moment of Truth (Il momento della verità) [Blu-Ray]

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Blunt Unlikely Cincinnati IRS workers decided federal government policy

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt joins Chuck Todd to discuss the latest surrounding the IRS story, Benghazi and his hold on the President's EPA administration ...
OH marathoner charged menacing weapons counts

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A prosecutor says a Flying Pig Marathon participant accused of carrying a loaded gun and commenting about terrorism during the Cincinnati race events has been charged with menacing by stalking and weapons ...
Medicaid backers call on Ohio Legislature to act

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Advocates for extending the Medicaid program to cover more low-income Ohioans are holding events statewide in an effort to keep the issue before state ...
FirstEnergy defends $1B deal for W.Va. power plant

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) -- A FirstEnergy official says the planned $1.1 billion sale of a coal-fired power plant is a reasonable price for protection against the much more expensive option of buying electricity on the spot ...
Heres why Chemed stock bounced back after Medicare suit

Chemed CEO Kevin McNamara Maybe Chemed CEO Kevin McNamara is right. McNamara told Courier reporter James Ritchie on Friday that he doesnt believe downtown-based Chemed (NYSE: CHE) defrauded Medicare, as a federal lawsuit alleged May 2. McNamara also said a short-seller who said he expects Chemeds stock to plunge to $15 has a severe case of wishful thinking. Investors apparently bought into ...

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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)