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  • Apples 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 ...

  • Reds regroup behind Arroyo in Game 2 against Phillies

    Even on a team with Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels, Kyle Kendrick has been the man in Philadelphia's rotation for most of the season. Since allowing five runs and taking the loss in his first start of 2013, the 28-year-old right-hander is 4-0 with a 1.84 ERA. He has gone seven innings in each of last three starts, and before that tossed a three-hit, complete game shutout against ...

  • Kipnis conquers Ms with three-run walk-off homer

    SEA@CLE: Kipnis wins it with walk-off homer in 10th CLEVELAND -- Jason Kipnis watched his hit disappear into a sea of celebrating fans and could not help himself. The Indians second baseman started yelling. He yelled over and over, throwing his arms out as he rounded the basepaths with fireworks popping above his head and the raucous crowd roaring. There were no thoughts running through ...

  • Homers power Reds back but Phils pull away late

    CIN@PHI: Bruce smacks a two-run shot off Lee in sixth CINCINNATI -- The manner in which the Reds' six-game winning streak came to an end Friday could have been penned in one of Lemony Snicket's children's novels. "That was a series of bad events," lamented Reds manager Dusty Baker shortly after his club took a 5-3 loss against the Phillies. The Reds did not take ...

  • Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

    ATLANTA -- A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity, her father, Andy, told the ...

Movie Review

Wonder Boys [DVD]

Wonder Boys [DVD]

Wonder Boys is a film that desperately needs to let go. It takes place over one weekend where anything that can go wrong does go wrong, but the whole film feels like it is constantly holding back, restraining itself from going along with its own inherently absurd subject matter, as if it were too dignified to admit its own wackiness. The result is a somewhat static, randomly funny movi ... ...

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  • Pitching coach Callaway shaping solid rotation

    Email CLEVELAND -- This is the first year that Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway has been tasked with leading and shaping a Major League staff. Manager Terry Francona is aware of that fact, but said Callaway resembles a much more seasoned instructor. Asked to talk about the things Callaway does well in working with pitchers, Francona responded, "How much time do you have?" ...

  • Leakes job most likely secure when Cueto returns

    Email PHILADELPHIA -- The Reds have listed Mike Leake as their probable starter for Tuesday's game against the Mets, which seems to end any remaining speculation about his status on the roster. With Johnny Cueto set to come off the disabled list for Monday's series opener against New York, someone has to come off of the roster. Logic indicated it came down to Leake or Friday ...

  • Cueto ready to return Monday against Mets

    Email PHILADELPHIA -- All systems are a go for Reds ace Johnny Cueto to return to the rotation from the disabled list Monday. Cueto, who has been out since April 15 with a strained right lat muscle, was named Wednesday as the starter for the series opener against the Mets. "I'm ready for Monday," Cueto said Friday as he rejoined the team after his second rehab assignment start at ...

  • Frazier hopes home-like setting will cure inexplicable skid

    Email PHILADELPHIA -- Games away from Great American Ball Park this season have been anything but kind to Reds third baseman Todd Frazier. At home, Frazier is batting .293 with all six of his home runs. On the road, he entered Friday batting .131. Frazier is at a loss to explain the Grand Canyon-like chasm in his home/road splits. "That's a great question," Frazier said before ...

  • Kipnis finding success with shorter swing

    Email CLEVELAND -- A shorter swing has helped Jason Kipnis dig himself out of his early-season slump. Recently, the Indians second baseman has not only been one of the most potent bats in Cleveland's lineup, but also one of the top hitters in baseball. Kipnis has been an extra-base hit machine of late, entering Friday's game with the Mariners with a dozen such hits over his past 13 ...

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