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VOTE NOW: Cast your All-Star ballot NEW YORK -- Expect catcher Paul Bako, who has revived his career in Cincinnati, to be right in the mix when the Reds open a homestand with a game against the...


Reds go pink to celebrate Mother
Complete Mother's Day coverage NEW YORK -- Jeff Keppinger intended to use his pink bats. His teammates, who did swing with theirs, wouldn't let him. The Reds were willing participants in Major League...


Teen Shot in South Cumminsville
Police are searching for the person who shot a teen late Saturday afternoon. The 13-year-old boy was shot in the stomach on Dreman Avenue in South Cumminsville. Police say the teen was alert when he...


Aguirre defends Chiquita payments on 60 Minutes
news show "60 Minutes," said the company made payments to Colombian terrorist groups to save the lives of its employees. Aguirre, speaking to "60 Minutes" host Steve Kroft,...


Police arrest 562 women at pro-Tibet rally
NEPALESE police detained 562 Tibetan women at an anti-China rally in Kathmandu yesterday, the first all-women protest against Chinese rule in their homeland, officials...


Obama turns his fire on Republicans as Clinton
BARACK Obama yesterday erased Hillary Clinton's once- imposing lead among superdelegates in their epic race for the Democratic Party nomination and turned his attention to the expected campaign...


Presidential election in Zimbabwe may be delayed
Mr Tsvangirai yesterday met Eduardo dos Santos, the Angolan president and head of the security committee of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to demand the 14-state body ensure the...


Six dead in crash
Six people are killed after a car accident on an interstate near the Ohio and Pennsylvania border. (CNN) WEST SPRINGFIELD, Pa. (AP) - The Erie County Coroner's office in western Pennsylvania says...


Tornadoes kill 22 in sweep through central US states
AT LEAST 22 people died when tornadoes and violent storms ripped through the central and south-eastern United States, devastating neighbourhoods and injuring hundreds, officials said...


Sudan cuts ties to Chad as rebels hit Khartoum
ate television yesterday to announce that Sudan had severed diplomatic relations with Chad. Mr Hassan claimed the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) guerrillas, one of the two main rebel forces in...


Fighting in mountains as sectarian strife rocks Lebanon
oun, Qamatiyeh, Bchamoun and Chouweifat.There were no initial reports of casualties. Mr Jumblatt called for a halt to the fighting and for the army to take control of the mountains.The clashes came a...


Man held over torch threat
A CHINESE man has been arrested for stating on the internet that he planned to grab the Olympic torch during its relay through eastern China, police said...


Serbs decide on future in Europe
SERBS went to the polls yesterday in elections that will decide whether the nation takes another step towards mainstream Europe or reverts to a hard-line stance reminiscent of late strongman Slobodan...


Family of five found shot dead
Police Lieutenant Dan Harris said a neighbour discovered the bodies on Saturday afternoon. The neighbour saw the body of a man on the porch next to a .22-calibre rifle.Lt Harris said the bodies of a...


Drug link as top police officer killed
THE second-most senior police officer in a Mexican city near the border with Texas has been shot dead, the latest high-ranking official to die in a spate of killings blamed on drug...


Ex-manager says OJ Simpson confessed
O.J. Simpson attends a bail revocation hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center January 16, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Gary Thompson, Getty Images) LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former O.J....


Saint Anthony Church Celebrates 150 Years
Saint Anthony Church in Madisonville has reached a major milestone.The church is celebrating 150 years in the Tri-State.Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk kicked off the congregation's year and a half...


Medical helicopter crashes in Wisconsin
(Getty Images/file) MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Officials say a medical helicopter crashed after take-off and three crew members aboard are dead. A hospital spokesman says the University of Wisconsin...


North Bend Blockbuster NOT Robbed...And Charges Are Pending
Call it the "robbery that was not." Green Township Police were called Sunday morning to a reported robbery at the Blockbuster on North Bend Road. After some investigation, police determined that a...


At least 19 dead in Midwest twisters
One of the hundreds of homes that officials say was damaged after a tornado sweeps through Picher, Oklahoma. (CNN) PICHER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry visits the area around Picher,...


Tri-State Military Moms Honored
Some Tri-State military moms got an early Mother's Day gift on Saturday that was both for them and their children serving overseas. WGRR and the Montgomery Inn hosted a special Mother's Day luncheon...


Two Teenagers Killed in Harrison Township Crash
Police investigate the cause of a crash that killed two teenagers. Sheriff's deputies say a car driven by 16-year-old Tara Fricker of West Harrison crossed the center line northbound on Lawrenceburg...


Local Church Helps Ease Pain At Pump
Local Church Helps Ease Pain At Pump The Bible Baptist Church of Wilmington took $0.40 off the price of every gallon of gasoline sold at a local gas station...


Nightmare day, highlight night
"That's huge," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "That was big on a lot of fronts. That's the best game Bronson's thrown. He had them off balance. He had great location with his fastball. He was...


Keppinger aims to stay hot for Cueto
Pitching matchup CIN: RHP Johnny Cueto (2-3, 5.27 ERA) The only rookie pitcher on the Reds' roster has held opponents to a .245 batting average. NYM: LHP Oliver Perez (2-3, 4.63 ERA) The...


Leader Of GOP Convention Quits After Myanmar Ties Reported
Leader Of GOP Convention Quits After Myanmar Ties Reported Newsweek reports Doug Goodyear's firm, DCI Group, was paid $348,000 in 2002 and 2003 to represent Myanmar's...


Hyde Park Wine and Spirits Theft
A local store clerk confronts two men trying to steal from the Hyde Park Wine and Spirits store. Police say a clerk caught the men stealing two bottles of vodka so he tried to stop them. One of the...


Cottingham Nursing Home Fire
A microwave fire forced residents from their rooms at a local nursing home. Smoke was seen on the second floor of the Cottingham Nursing Home in Sharonville just before 9:00 p.m. Saturday night....


Family Asks For Help Finding Teen
The grandmother of a teenager murdered and set on fire asks for help finding the girl's killer. The body of Casonya "Sharee" Crawford, 14, was found two years ago at the end of Blair Avenue in...


Store Security Guard Arrested In Drug Sweep
Cincinnati Police say Charles Conard, a security guard at Deveroe's clothing store at McMillan and Gilbert in Walnut Hills, was dealing drugs while on duty. Police are booking a security guard into...


Separate Accidents On 75 Tie Up Traffic
A couple from Michigan was headed south on I-75 near I-275 in Sharonville when the driver of the motorcycle lost control. The driver hit a mile marker sign and was killed, the female passenger was...


NKU Grads In Spotlight At New Center
Nearly 1,400 graduates took the spotlight Saturday at the first ever public event at the new Bank of Kentucky Center – the graduation ceremony for the spring class of 2008.'I think it's great. It's...


Student charged with assault after altercation with teacher
Eds: APNewsNow. OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - A western Kentucky high school student has been charged with third-degree assault following an altercation with a teacher on Friday. Police said the...


Police hunt for more bodies at Manson ranch
But law enforcement officials will attempt to lay them to rest next week when they move in on a Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson and his supporters hid after their murderous spree in...


Wine makers take heat out of global warming
GLOBAL warming may be the latest threat to the wine industry, but a clutch of producers in one of Spain's hardest-hit regions say they have found a way to survive and even profit from...


Licence to speed puts Chinese in slow lane
Drivers in Beijing and surrounding cities are using high-tech gadgetry to ensure that they can break speed restrictions with impunity. Frustrated police in the Chinese capital have reported a massive...


Tamil Tigers sink navy weapons ship amid rising violence ahead of troubled elections
TAMIL Tiger rebels sank a navy ammunition ship moored in the north-east of Sri Lanka yesterday in an attack coinciding with key elections in the tense eastern province. In an upsurge of violence...


Burley refusing to contemplate striker problems
SCOTLAND manager George Burley refuses to consider problems could lie in store if events today leave him without a senior striker playing regular top-flight...


Tsvangirai will go back to Zimbabwe for election run-off
ection run-off. But Tsvangirai said he would participate in the run-off only if international observers and media had full access to ensure the poll was free and fair. The opposition has accused...


Obama has most superdelegate backers for first time
Barack Obama has for the first time overtaken Hillary Clinton in the number of superdelegates backing him for the Democratic nomination for the White...


Mexican president vows to tackle drug trade
PRESIDENT Felipe Calderon has vowed to redouble the government's efforts in tackling drug trafficking after gangs killed three federal officers last...


Olmert investigation could block peace deal
The Palestinians' top peace negotiator said yesterday that he feared a criminal investigation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could damage the chance of a deal this year on Palestinian...


Hezbollah tightens its grip on Beirut amid fresh bloodshed
AFTER heavily armed Hezbollah fighters seized control of much of western Beirut on Friday they withdrew overnight, leaving their allies, the Amal Shi'ite militias, to consolidate their gains after...


Darfur rebels poised to seize power in Sudan
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels said they had taken control of Omdurman which lies on the opposite bank of the River Nile from Khartoum. "We are now trying to control Khartoum. God willing...


College Access May Diminish
FRANKFORT (AP) - Kentucky's community colleges may have thousands fewer available slots next year, after a state panel on Friday rejected a proposed double-digit tuition increase for them, the...


Salmond studies plans for Scottish
Scotland on Sunday can reveal that officials at the Scottish Government are studying plans to open a 'Scotland House' in Beijing, along similar lines to the building in Brussels where the...


Luther King statue criticised
THE centrepiece for the Martin Luther King memorial on the National Mall in Washington has drawn criticism from a federal arts panel, which says the proposed statue looks "confrontational" and...


Virus spreads among Chinese children
MORE than 22,200 Chinese children have been infected this year with hand, foot and mouth disease, state media has reported. A deadly strain of the virus, which is linked with enterovirus 71 (EV71),...


New website for latin
The Sancta Sedes (Holy See) section of the Vatican website now has a collection of Latin papal texts and religious documents available. Pope Benedict XVI is a strong promoter of the language and has...


Mets beat Reds 12-6
'); NEW YORK -- Carlos Beltran hit a bases-loaded triple and drove in five runs to back Johan Santana's first home win for the Mets, and New York beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-6 in the first...