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Matthew 25 Begins Distributing Supplies To Tornado Victims

Heavy rain and flooding added to the misery in Moore, Oklahoma on Thursday as the first of 24 tornado victims was laid to rest. She was one of seven children killed when a twister destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary school. The clean up had to go on hold when several inches flooded the streets there. Local 12's Joe Webb was in Oklahoma as the supplies were donated and arrived there. It was a ...
Colerain Teacher Placed on Leave

Northwest schools says a Colerain Teacher was placed on administrative leave, due to potential criminal activity. The district won't say what the teacher is accused of doing, but officials have turned the case over to police for investigation. Northwest says it won't release any more details about the allegations, including the teacher's name, until the investigation is ...
Colerain Memorial Plaza is Dedicated

The Colerain Township Memorial Plaza Dedication was official dedicated on Friday morning. A contingent of veterans of U.S. military service, Colerain Township Fire, Police Department Personnel, Northwest HS ROTC, and onlookers gathered at Colerain Avenue and Springdale Road (adjacent to Northgate Mall) for the ceremony. The memorial honors the service and memory of all other Colerain Township ...
Taste of Cincinnati Happens This Weekend

Hundreds of thousands of people will head downtown this weekend for an annual Memorial Day weekend tradition. The 35th annual Taste of Cincinnati kicks off tomorrow. Hours for Saturday and Sunday from noon to midnight. Monday hours are from noon to nine. Crews will begin to shut down roads today ahead of the busy weekend. Starting at six tonight, Fifth Street will close from Race to Broadway. ...
Madeira Man Daughter Arrive Home to Find Man Robbing House

A man and his daughter arrive at home and find a burglar in the act of cleaning them out. The crook took off, but not before the owner caught a key piece of evidence that caught police. Local 12's Adam Clements spoke to police to larn why the suspect didn't get far. Investigators say it was the homeowner's attention to detail and quick action that helped them track down the ...

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Movie Review

Knight and Day

Its been two years since weve seen Tom Cruise on the big screen, and its not hard to surmise why he would choose a film like Knight and Day as his next starring vehicle. Despite its absolutely terrible title (it tells you nothing in terms of what the film is about and relies o ... ...

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Colerain Township Memorial Plaza Dedication

In 2008, Colerain Township suffered a great loss, two of their department’s firefighters died in a horrific accident.So Friday morning a memorial plaza was dedicated in their honor and the memory of all other Colerain Township police, firefighters, and military servicemen and women who have fallen in the line ofduty.The Colerain Township Memorial Plaza is located at the corner of Colerain ...
Former Bear Creek CFOs plea agreement revealed

Work at Kenwood Towne Place ground to a halt in 2008, and a complicated foreclosure case began in 2009. The plea agreement for the former chief financial officer for Bear Creek Capital LLC and Kenwood Towne Place LLC, has been unsealed. Tina Schmidt was indicted in September in federal court for the Southern District of Ohio on one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud for her actions related ...
Williams inks as Bengals close in on rookie signings

, who has the best chance of any of the Bengals rookies to start for the NFL's sixth-ranked defense when Cincinnati opens the season in Chicago, signed Friday as they neared a sweep of signing their draft picks before next month's mandatory minicamp. Of the club's 10 draft picks, only ...
Drunk Driver Hits Cincinnati Police Officers Cruiser

Police say a driver was drunk when he hit a Cincinnati Police Officer's SUV this morning in Avondale. A pickup truck hit the unmarked police vehicle around 3:30 at Reading and Clinton Springs. The pickup's driver kept going -- but another Cincinnati officer spotted it a short time later. Police say the driver will be charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The driver's ...
Motorcyclist Hits Bond Hill Curb Hits Head on Fire Hydrant

A motorcyclist is hurt after crashing in Bond Hill early on Friday morning. Police say the man hit the curb at Reading and Tennessee around 3:20 a.m. He slammed his head into a fire hydrant. Medics rushed the man to the hospital. His name and condition have not been released.Investigators say he will be charged with DUI and failure to maintain control when he's ...

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Sheraton Yankee Trader Hotel, Fort Lauderdale Beach

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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. ...