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4th suspect in Ohio enslavement case surrenders

U.S. attorney Steven M Dettelbach answers questions during a news-conference Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Cleveland. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and ...
Reds host 10th annual Rookie Success League camp

Jay Bruce was among the Reds at their Rookie Success League camp, teaching youngsters baseball fundamentals. (Reds) CINCINNATI -- For the 10th straight summer, children ages 6-12 have taken advantage of the Reds Rookie Success League, a camp that teaches the basics of baseball at five different locations throughout Ohio and Kentucky. Much to the delight of Reds right fielder Jay Bruce, another ...
Indians looking to cut down costly mistakes

Email CLEVELAND -- The Indians opened their nine-game homestand with a 3-2 record following Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Royals, but that's largely been despite their defense, not because of it. Over those last five contests, the Tribe committed six errors and six wild pitches. Second baseman Jason Kipnis said there's no real way to explain an error -- or a bunch of them -- and he ...
UPDATE 2-Actor James Gandolfini star of The Sopranos dies in Italy

Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:44pm EDT (Adds career details, HBO statement, died on Wednesday) By Piya Sinha-Roy and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Reuters) - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the acclaimed HBO cable television series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome, the network ...
Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in Ohio

CLEVELAND -- A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland.Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that Lurlene the cat welcomed Noland the puppy to her "unusual little family." The puppy was dropped off at the animal shelter last week when he was a day old.The staff decided to place Noland with the ...

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The Ghost Writer

The Ghost Writer is Roman Polanskis first non-supernatural thriller in several decades, and it is one of his most engrossing and politically savvy works. The screenplay by Polanski and Robert Harris (taken from Harriss 2007 novel) is taut and suspenseful in interweaving the f ... ...

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Santana continues to raise offensive game

Email CLEVELAND -- Indians catcher Carlos Santana extended his hitting streak to 10 games when he lined a fastball into right field for a single during the second inning of Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Royals. Over his past 10 games entering Wednesday's series finale, Santana is batting .324 (11-for-34) with four doubles and two homers. The catcher also has seven RBIs and three runs ...
Perez to be re-evaluated after Friday session

Email CLEVELAND -- Indians closer Chris Perez thought he'd be activated from the 15-day disabled list on Friday for the start of a series against the Minnesota Twins. That was before his tough rehab appearance on Tuesday, when he served up three homers in a five-run inning for Double-A Akron. On Wednesday, Tribe manager Terry Francona told reporters that Perez was scheduled to throw a ...
Phillips remains in funk since taking fastball to forearm

Email CINCINNATI -- It's not hard to trace the origin of Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips' recent hitting funk. Phillips hasn't been the same since June 1, when he was plunked on the left forearm by Pirates reliever Tony Watson. The bruised left forearm suffered from a Watson fastball put Phillips out of action for four games. In the 12 games since he returned to the lineup, ...
Choo Baker downplay rash of Bucs hit batters

Email CINCINNATI -- Reds leadoff hitter and center fielder Shin-Soo Choo has been hit by a Major League-leading 19 pitches this season. That included one off the right knee on Pirates starter Charlie Morton's very first pitch of the game Tuesday. "It hurt. I have 19 right now and I was the most hurt last night," Choo said Wednesday, the mark on the side of his knee still visible. ...
Large yacht on truck blocks central Ohio highway

A tractor-trailer carrying the white boat on Interstate 270 was unable to fit beneath an overpass Wednesday and had to be turned around on the highway, which encircles Columbus. Police temporarily blocked part of northbound I-270 on the city's east side so that the tractor-trailer could travel the wrong way on the interstate and ...

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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. ...