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Ohio home leveled by explosion

SCIO, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a house in a small eastern Ohio village was leveled by a large explosion while the family that lived there was at ...
Chicago to be Fifth Third Banks top market outpacing Cincinnati

Chicago is expected to overtake Cincinnati as Fifth Third Bancorp's top market, CEO Kevin Kabat said in a recent interview. Chicago is expected to overtake Cincinnati as Fifth Third Bancorp's top market, CEO Kevin Kabat said in a recent interview, according to a report by Columbus Business First citing Crain's Chicago Business. The Chicago/northern Indiana market accounts for about ...
How the new Cincinnati got its brand

When Cincinnati launched an effort to help jump-start and develop high-potential startups, it turned to a heavy hitting local branding agency for help. LPK, a 350-person agency that counts Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Expedia and U.S. Bank among its clients, came up with the name, Cintrifuse, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. That moniker nailed it, according to Cintrifuses Jeff Weedman, who ...
10 Things To Know For Monday

1. GOP LOOKS TO CAPITALIZE ON OBAMA WOES Many Republicans would like to deny the president a victory in immigration reform, which is being considered by the Senate today. 2. FIERCE FIGHTING ON BORDER AS KERRY PRESSES FOR PEACE IN SYRIA Twenty-three fighters from the militant Hezbollah group were killed in a fight for a strategic town near Lebanon on the day Kerry is flying to the Middle East. 3. ...
Man Dies While Rappelling In Ohio Park

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Kuroneko [Blu-Ray]

Rooted in ancient Japanese folklore, Kaneto Shindos Kuroneko (Black Cat) is a film firmly rooted in both earthbound psychological torment and otherworldly vengeance. It is thus a significant departure from the majority of the directors films, which are praised for their postwar r ... ...

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MLCF notes Whit takes notes

Bengals left tackle Andrew Whitworth took some notes Sunday while playing in the Marvin Lewis Golf Classic at Shaker Run Golf Course. But he already learned the biggest lesson from his head coach when he snagged Lewis himself to speak at his own foundation dinner next month in ...
Ohios unemployment rate improves

The number of unemployed workers in Ohio decreased in April. Ohios unemployment rate declined in April, according to a report from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The states unemployment rate was 7 percent in April, down from 7.1 percent in March and 7.3 percent in April 2012. Nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 7,600 in one month from 5,175,600 in March to 5,183,200 in ...
Patrol Woman in minivan hits 125 mph during chase

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a woman driving a minivan led troopers on an interstate highway chase that reached speeds of 125 ...
Cleveland facing possible labor shortage study says

Growing manufacturing and medical fields, along with coming retirements, make a labor shortage in northeast Ohio possible, a new report says. Northeast Ohio's growing medical and manufacturing industries, along with a large swath of retirements looming, make the region primed for a skills gap and possibly even a labor shortage, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The region will add about ...
New license plate law could save state drivers money

Two Ohio legislators are proposing changes to the state's license plate law. Two Ohio legislators have made a proposal that could save drivers some extra cash and keep more than $1 million per year in the states coffers, the Associated Press reports. State Reps. Terry Johnson and Stephen Slesnick say that requiring only rear license plates on vehicles registered in Ohio will save the state ...

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Apple's 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 started off with its app store in 2008 with 500 apps, which has now reached 8,50,000 iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch apps, with more than 350,00 iPad specific apps.

While Apple celebrated the 10th anniversary of iTunes earlier this month, Google's android store will soon be reaching the target of 48 billion android downloads from its play store.

The report said that Google has also announced a host of new features and services for app developers, including ways to build apps that take advantage of the phones' sensors and methods for translating apps into other languages.

Google All Access Play Music service and its new Hangouts Messaging app have come up as its new consumer products which will possibly see more downloads happening in the near future, the report added. (ANI)