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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 ...

  • Sutphen Corporation A Stalwart In Fire Truck Manufacturing

    Only a handful of companies manufacture fire trucks, and the Sutphen Corporation is one of the oldest.The 123-year-old, family-owned company is on its fourth generation of Sutphen’s at the helm.The Sutphen Company, located in Dublin, makes pumpers and aerial ladders for fire departments across the country and around the world, all by hand."We build the entire truck from the ground ...

  • Improved Radar Technology Provides Better Look Into Ohio Storms

    The towering National Weather Service radar stands high above the fields of Wilmington in Clinton County. The information it captures helps form 10TV weather forecasts each and every day.NWS science operations officer Seth Binau became fascinated with the weather during the Derecho of 1980."July 5th and the sky to the west was as black as I had ever seen it," recalled Binau.Since then, ...

  • Some State Lawmakers Push To End Statute Of Limitations For Rape Cases

    State Sen. Capri Cafaro says the advances in DNA technology is just one reason why Ohio's limitation on rape prosecutions should be eliminated."It's long overdue," said Cafaro, a Democrat from Hubbard. "It takes time to build up that courage, and they should not be violated twice when they come forward and learn that just because they showed up 21 years later, all of a ...

  • Chillicothe Pool May Not Open This Year

    Chillicothe's city pool may not open this year because of budget constraints.The city's mayor had said weeks ago that he expected the pool to open in June, but city council members said they have other budget priorities -- like replacing the city's garbage trucks.City leaders did not budget any money this year for the pool, which historically has operated mostly on donations.City ...

Movie Review

Phantom of the Paradise [DVD]

Phantom of the Paradise [DVD]

Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise is a true cinematic one of a kind, a gaudy, silly, but undeniably innovative merging of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera and the Faust legend into a giddy art-rock opera that satirizes the conflict between big business and artistic pretension. It's a good idea for a movie if not a very good movie--the screenplay is particularly labored, e ... ...

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  • A medical first Doctors save Ohio boy by laser-printing an airway tube so he can breathe

    Kaiba Gionfriddo plays outside his Youngstown, Ohio home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Born with a birth defect that caused the boy to stop breathing every day, he can now breathe normally, with a first-of-a-kind biodegradable airway made by Michigan doctors using plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer. (AP Photo/Mark ...

  • Ball bounces Reds way for sweep of Mets

    CIN@NYM: Phillips' odd double puts Reds ahead, 5-4 NEW YORK -- Zack Cozart had a career-high four hits and Brandon Phillips drove in two runs -- including the game-winner on an odd RBI double in the top of the ninth -- in a 7-4 Reds victory over the Mets on Wednesday. Cincinnati swept the three-game series. With the game tied at 4, Shin-Soo Choo led off with a double to right-center ...

  • Man indicted in shooting of woman on Columbus bus

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A prosecutor says a man accused of firing a shot that struck a woman on a Columbus bus has been indicted on 12 counts of felonious ...

  • Cleveland bridge bomb suspect allowed to represent himself

    AKRON -- A federal judge will allow the last of five bridge bomb-plotting suspects in northeast Ohio to represent himself at trial. U.S. District Court Judge David Dowd in Akron ruled Wednesday there's no reason to deny the request by 23-year-old Joshua Stafford, of Cleveland, whose trial is scheduled to start June 10. Last month the judge ruled Stafford mentally fit for trial after ...

  • Ohio Task Force One Responds To Disasters

    Rescue workers from all over the country have been working non-stop to sift through the rubble in search of survivors in Oklahoma. It seems like an almost insurmountable task with teams arriving to miles of devastation, with a mission of rescue and recovery.Rescue groups like Ohio's Task Force One are always at the ready to respond to emergencies statewide. In fact, one member of the team ...

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