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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 ...

  • Masterson looking to help Tribe secure set

    Perhaps it's only fitting that the Royals and Indians will play a rubber game to decide their series on Wednesday night. Cleveland entered the three-game set with a half-game lead over Kansas City for second place in the American League Central and a .500 record. After the Royals' 2-1 win in the opener on Monday night, they took over second place with a half-game lead and a .500 ...

  • Ohio lawmakers offer 2 bills to change Medicaid

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Ohio are unlikely to clear the Legislature before lawmakers break at the end of the month, the Republican leader of the House said Tuesday. Ohio legislators have been trying to find common ground on the federal-state health program for the poor and disabled people. "My sense is that, at this point in time, we cannot ...

  • AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered

    WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...

  • Trio charged with enslaving disabled Ohio mom and her 5-year-old child

    Ashland City police Lt. Joel Icenhour 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 ...

Movie Review

Lost in Space

Let me be the first to admit that I have never consciously watched a single episode of the old TV series "Lost in Space," which aired a mere three seasons from 1965 to 1968. I say "consciously" because, during one of those long nights in college when I was supposed to be studying, I could have very well been flipping through the cable channels and unknowingly watched part of an episode on "TV Lan ... ...

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  • Reds turn to Arroyo to continue quality start streak

    Of the five pitchers the Pirates broke Spring Training with in late March, Jeff Locke is the only remaining right now. Because of injuries to A.J. Burnett, Wandy Rodriguez and James McDonald, the rotation has seen a major overhaul since the beginning of the season. But Locke, the No. 5 starter when the year began, has been as reliable as they come. Locke will put his 6-1 record and 2.19 ERA on ...

  • Picturesque Ohio village on endangered places list

    CINCINNATI (AP) -- A national preservation group on Wednesday named a picturesque Ohio village as one of the nation's most endangered historic places and is calling on state authorities to scrap a plan that village leaders and preservations say could permanently scar the ...

  • Freed Ohio mum daughter doing well

    A MENTALLY disabled woman and her daughter are doing well after they were freed in October following two years in captivity and after police investigated an abuse allegation one of the suspects made against her, authorities ...

  • Clevelands Guardian Angels push for missing child awareness

    CLEVELAND -- Their red berets are instantly recognizable, especially after the international news stories on the homecomings of Gina, Michelle and Amanda. The Guardian Angels are an all-volunteer group, started in New York in 1979. The Cleveland chapter has 27 members, and plays a role in keeping missing persons cases in the public's mind, and has done so for many years. The members are ...

  • CrimeFighters Work To Stop Growing Underground Shoplifting Ring

    Retail workers are part of a growing push to stop an underground crime ring. Authorities say organized retail crime costs the United States an estimated $30 billion a year.Organized retail criminals steal large quantities of popular name brand items like Similac, Tide, Gillette and Red Bull.Kroger Spokesperson Jackie Siekmann said these criminals do their homework. "They know where the ...

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