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Fraternity House Heavily Damaged by Overnight Fire

About midnight, a fire alarm went off at the Phi Gamma Delta House on High Street in Oxford. By the time firefighters got there, the fire was already going pretty strong. The two people that were inside the house when the fire started had exited safely.Eventually, the fire got so strong that firefighters had to exit the home and fight the fire defensively from the outside.Numerous fire ...
Pedestrian Struck and Killed in College Hill Identified

Cincinnati Police are investigating a fatal accident in College Hill in which a pedestrian was struck.Investigators say 26 year-old Mackenzie Cleary was in the roadway on Hamilton Avenue, a few blocks north of North Bend Road, about 8 p.m. Friday night when he was struck by a 2010 Jeep Compass. Cleary was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he died.The 61 year-old female ...
Hot-hitting Cincy tabs Bailey to clinch series against Cubs

For Travis Wood, Saturday's start in Cincinnati might mean a little more than usual. The Cubs left-hander will be taking the mound against his former team, and Chicago manager Dale Sveum knows from experience that players don't take those games lightly. "I don't care who you are -- I've been traded and been on different teams and come back and faced the (old) ...
One Shot and Killed in Madisonville

Cincinati Police are investigating a homicide in Madisonville.Cincinnati Police received a call for a person who was shot Friday evening around 10:40p.m. at a bar near the intersection of Bramble Avenue and Whetsel Avenue. Once they arrived on scene they found the victim, dead. The 29-year-old male was shot in the face and chest inside a bar called Inbetween Innings. Local 12 has a crew on the ...
Reds power past Cubs with trio of homers

CHC@CIN: Votto clubs majestic solo homer in fourth Joey Votto started it; his teammates just finished the job. With the Reds trailing the Cubs 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth on Friday night, Votto -- the National League's reigning Player of the Week -- hit a solo bomb to left field to put his team on the board. That home run opened the floodgates, as Cincinnati went on to score four ...

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Black Snake Moan

It may have been hard out there for a pimp in Craig Brewer's 2005 Sundance fave Hustle & Flow, but it's even harder out there for an angry, sexed-up spitfire named Rae (Christina Ricci) in his follow-up Black Snake Moan, a neo-exploitation fable that is so conscious ... ...

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Man Hit and Killed on Hamilton Ave.

Cincinnati Police are investigating a fatal accident in College Hill.Crews were called to the 6300 block of Hamilton Avenue for a report of a person struck by a vehicle. The 26-year-old male was transported to UCMC where he was pronounced dead. His name has not yet been released. There is no word on charges at this ...
New Plan Could Mean Fewer Layoffs

The motion calls for no firefighter layoffs and reducing the number of police officers to be laid off to 25. The new plan also restores funding to several social service programs and the parks department and keeps the Westwood Town Hall open. The budget also reduces car allowances, the next Mayor's office budget, uniform expenses for the fire department, among several other ...
Parra activated early but feels ready to play

Email CINCINNATI -- Fresh off a trio of rehab starts for Double-A Pensacola, Reds reliever Manny Parra was back in Cincinnati this week to pick up some things and do some laundry before moving on to continue his rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville. Plans changed, though, when the Reds put fellow left-handed reliever Sean Marshall on the disabled list on Friday, and Parra received a call ...
Baker hopes Cozart has turned corner

Email CINCINNATI -- For most of May, shortstop Zack Cozart had been having a tough time getting anything going at the plate. The struggles had become bad enough that manager Dusty Baker started to consider making a change in the two-hole, where Cozart has hit most of the season. "I've been kind of wondering what to do," Baker said. "That is the spot for him on my team, but ...
Sculptor Tsuchiya finishing up Morgan statue

Email CINCINNATI -- Tom Tsuchiya is the sculptor responsible for the statues of Joe Nuxhall, Ernie Lombardi, Ted Kluszewski, Frank Robinson and Johnny Bench that can be seen at Great American Ball Park. On Wednesday, Tsuchiya previewed his latest creation, a statue of former Reds second baseman and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, which will be unveiled at the park later this summer. Currently putting ...

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Biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease uncovered

University of Cincinnati researchers have identified a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which could help with earlier diagnosis and intervention in those who have not yet shown symptoms.

This finding was made possible by using the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR).

The DoDSR is a biological repository operated by the U.S. Department of Defense and contains over 50 million human serum specimens, collected primarily from applicants to and members of the U.S. uniformed services.

This discovery, the first of its kind and led by UC's Bruce Yacyshyn, MD, is being presented via podium presentation by staff from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Digestive Disease Week 2013, being held May 18-21 in Orlando, Fla.

"With collaborators from Walter Reed, we were able to identify all of the active duty service men and women who developed IBD and then used the repository to go back and look at various biomarkers to see what each person had in common," said Yacyshyn, a professor of medicine at the UC College of Medicine and UC Health gastroenterologist.

IBD is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine. The main types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; inflammatory bowel diseases are considered autoimmune diseases in which the body's own immune system attacks elements of the digestive system. ...