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  • 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 ...

  • 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. ...

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A Prairie Home Companion [DVD]

A Prairie Home Companion [DVD]

With his hangdog mug and mellifluous voice, Garrison Keillor has been a mainstay of public radio since the mid-1970s when he came up with the idea of producing a musical-comedy variety show with fictional commercials that would recall the 1930s heyday of radio, when ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 4th suspect held in Ohio case

    >Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A fourth suspect is in custody in the alleged forced labor of a mentally disabled woman held with her young daughter, according to federal prosecutors in Ohio. Dezerah Silsby, 21, turned herself in and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The two victims ...

  • Doctors At Ohio State Witness Leukemia Breakthrough

    Dennis Hickey admits he should be dead."I'm here, and I shouldn't be," he said.Thanks to some grey pills, Hickey has defied the odds associated with stage 4 terminal leukemia. He suffers from a form of leukemia called CLL."I should have passed away 10 years ago," he said. Hickey was part of a clinical trial at Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer ...

  • Dublin Officials Confirm Death Of Man Missing Since December

    A Dublin city spokesperson told 10TV on Wednesday that authorities have identified remains found in Hilliard last month as those of an Indian man who vanished in December.The body was found in the area of Hayden Run Road and Wilcox Road on May ...

  • Columbus Wants Big Bond Package On November Ballot

    The City of Columbus wants an $842 million bond package on the November ballot. Mayor Michael Coleman says the issue will drive new investment into neighborhoods without raising taxes. Here's how it breaks down: $53 million would go to the safety and health departments. $124 million for the recreation and parks department. $220 million for public service projects. The largest chuck, some ...

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