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  • OSU Lacrosse Seasons Ends With NCAA Loss

    Steve Mock scored seven goals and Rob Pannell added two goals and six assists as unseeded Cornell routed third-seeded Ohio State 16-6 in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals Saturday at Byrd Stadium. The Big Red (14-3) will face the winner of Sunday's Duke-Notre Dame game in next weekend's semifinals in Philadelphia. Cornell broke open a 1-1 game with five consecutive goals in the first ...

  • Saturday Nights Powerball Numbers Are Drawn

    Lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. Officials estimate the jackpot at $590.5 million. With four of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot. The problem, of course, is those same odds ...

  • Crew Snaps Scoreless Skid In Victory

    Dominic Oduro scored late in the first half to help the Columbus Crew continue their dominance of Toronto FC with a 1-0 victory Saturday. Federico Higuain, who hit the goal post twice in the first half, set up Oduro's 42nd-minute tally. Oduro used his sped to beat Doneil Henry to Higuain's through ball and flicked it past Toronto goalkeeper Joe Bendik for his fifth goal of the season. ...

  • Bailey tries to lead Reds to rare series win in Philly

    Dusty Baker has had enough. For whatever reason, his Reds struggle to win when they travel to Philadelphia. In fact, when the two teams take the field for the rubber match on Sunday, he'll seek his first series win on the road against the Phillies in his time as the Reds' manager. "First thing, we have to beat these Phillies," Baker said. "I'm tired of them beating ...

  • Ohio police Cousin takes baby stabs it to death

    SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) -- A 19-year-old man wrestled an 11-week-old baby away from relatives and stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife, police said. Denzel Castile, 19, was charged with aggravated murder Friday and was on suicide watch in a northern Ohio jail. Investigators said Castile is the little girl's cousin, but they were not sure what led up to the stabbing. Police said the ...

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Chicken Run

There is just something about chickens that makes them inherently humorous. Perhaps it is the way they walk, or the absurd manner in which they hold themselves. Perhaps their shape--that large, round, feathered body supported on tiny stick legs--just makes them look ridiculous. After all, why else would Gary Larson have used so many chicken jokes in his "Far Side" cartoons? ...

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  • Bloody trail in Ohio probe in 2 brothers deaths

    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- An arraignment is scheduled Tuesday for a 17-year-old charged in the deaths of two teenage brothers in northwest Ohio. The aggravated murder charges announced Friday against Michael Fay came just over a week after he and the teens were named in an Amber Alert. The alert was issued after the slain brothers' mother discovered a gun and blood inside a trailer home ...

  • New dinosaur exhibit roars to life at Columbus zoo

    POWELL, Ohio (AP) -- The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in central Ohio has unveiled a new exhibit about some very old creatures. The newly opened Dinosaur Island features 25 large animatronic dinosaurs that blink, swish their tails and make loud sounds. The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/13ziDgn ) reports the largest is a 42-foot, 7,000-pound T-Rex. President Tom Stalf says the new additions ...

  • MLS Columbus 1 Toronto FC 0

    Dominic Oduro scored in the 42nd minute Saturday and the Columbus Crew sent Toronto FC to a fourth straight loss, 1-0. The contest was scoreless until Oduro received an accurate pass from Federico Higuain and beat TFC defender Doneil Henry to find the net. The Crew broke a two-game winless streak with the result, improving to 4-4-3. The Reds, meanwhile, dropped to 1-6-4 and still had trouble ...

  • Write On Im Ready To Go Ohio Girl

    When life here is over, I have a mansion,It's awaiting me, on heavens shoreI'll see my savior and my loved onesI'm ready to go, there's so much more.There's nothing down here to hold me,From leaving this world below,I'm looking for Jesus to come and get me,When He comes I'm ready to goI'm ready to go to that city,I'm ready to go to my home above,When ...

  • MLB Cincinnati 10 Philadelphia 0

    Joey Votto backed Bronson Arroyo's 7 2/3 shutout innings with four hits, including a two-run homer, and Cincinnati pounded Philadelphia 10-0 ...

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