Saturday, February 13, 2016

VA opens probes at Cincinnati hospital and other top stories.

  • VA opens probes at Cincinnati hospital

    VA opens probes at Cincinnati hospital
    Buy PhotoThe VA announced that it has opened two investigations into operations at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, and leadership of the sprawling facility has been shifted from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh for the duration of the inquiries.(Photo: The Enquirer/Anne Saker)Buy PhotoMore turmoil bubbled Saturday at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center: The Department of Veterans Affairs has opened two fresh investigations into the facility, one apparently concerning its medical operations and one lookin..
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  • VA launches twin investigations, removes oversight authority from ...

    VA launches twin investigations, removes oversight authority from ...
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal probe of practices at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Cincinnati resulted in a sweeping change of control late Friday, prompted by an upcoming four-month Scripps Washington Bureau and WCPO Insider joint investigation. The VA regional network director’s authority over the Cincinnati hospital will be removed until further notice, pending the results of twin investigations launched by the VA and its inspector general, the agency said.  The Cincinnati hospital, w..
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  • Cincinnati Health Briefs for Feb. 15

    Cincinnati Health Briefs for Feb. 15
    Buy PhotoHand washing is the best defense against contracting infections.(Photo: Enquirer)Buy PhotoWelcome to Cincinnati Health Briefs, a quick dose of news from around Cincinnati coming to you on Mondays. Got a story tip or a smart remark? Twitter @apsaker, asaker@enquirer.com or 513/768-8489.Flu season has been easier on Greater Cincinnati this year, but that doesn’t mean you can let up on precautions. Health Briefs Central gets the word from Dr. Will Sawyer, a jolly solo practitioner in Sharo..
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  • Preview: East Carolina at Cincinnati

    Preview: East Carolina at Cincinnati
    If Cincinnati is going to make any noise down the stretch and compete for an NCAA Tournament bid, it will need more performances like Tuesday's from senior Octavius Ellis, starting with the Bearcats' home contest against struggling East Carolina on Saturday. The 6-10 forward scored 10 points and matched a career high with 14 rebounds - six on the offensive end - against UCF to spearhead an attack that held a 43-30 edge on the boards and held the Knights to 38 percent shooting in a 69-51 thrashi..
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  • Bill Clinton campaigns for wife Hillary in Cincinnati

    Bill Clinton campaigns for wife Hillary in Cincinnati
    CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Bill Clinton visited Cincinnati Friday afternoon to campaign for his wife Hillary in her run for president. Several hundred people crammed into a third-floor auditorium in the Clifton Cultural Arts Center to listen to the former president say why his wife is a better choice than Bernie Sanders or any of the Republican candidates, though he never referred to the Vermont senator by name, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Clinton reflected on some of the successes of his own p..
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  • Williams Leads No. 22 South Florida Women Past Cincinnati

    Williams Leads No. 22 South Florida Women Past Cincinnati
    Courtney Williams scored 17 of her 22 points in the first half and No. 22 South Florida rolled to a 78-51 win over Cincinnati on Friday night. Williams hit 3 of 4 3-pointers and 7 of 10 overall while the Bulls (18-6, 11-3 American) shot 55 percent in the first half for a 38-27 lead. Kitija Laksa added 14 points and Maria Jespersen 10 for South Florida, which has won six of its last seven. It was Williams' 15th game this season scoring at least 20. Jasmine Whitfield had 14 for the Bearcats ..
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  • Family of man shot by Cincinnati university officer sues: report

    Family of man shot by Cincinnati university officer sues: report
    The family of a black man shot and killed last summer by a University of Cincinnati police officer during a traffic stop sued the officer in federal court on Friday, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper.Former officer Raymond Tensing has already been charged with murder in the death of Samuel DuBose, 43. Tensing had initially claimed that he shot DuBose during an off-campus stop because he was being dragged by DuBose's car.An independent investigation by Kroll Inc. last year found th..
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  • Cincinnati vs East Carolina Preview: Lebo's Leapin' Lefties

    Cincinnati vs East Carolina Preview: Lebo's Leapin' Lefties
    Six games remain in American Conference play for the Bubblicious Cincinnati Bearcats, who have just six Top-150 RPI wins in 2015-16. Four of the final six ...
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  • Cincinnati sculptor's work to hang in Cooperstown

    CINCINNATI (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr.'s Hall of Fame career was shaped in Cincinnati, and his Hall of Fame plaque will be as well.Not only will Griffey, a Cincinnati native, be immortalized in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum this July, so, too, will sculptor Tom Tsuchiya, another Cincinnati native.The 43-year-old Tsuchiya will take over for the retiring Mindy Ellis as the sculptor for the Hall of Fame, according to Josh Rooney, the director of sports and entertainment for Matthews Int..
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  • Komets begin road trip with loss in Cincinnati

    Komets begin road trip with loss in Cincinnati
    Cincinnati, OH- The Cincinnati Cyclones (23-19-3-2) earned a 6-5 win over the Ft. Wayne Komets on Friday night. Forward Nick Huard tallied a pair of goals, while forwards Mike Hammond, Jack Downing, and Tommy Mele, along with defenseman Brett Wysopal added lone markers for the Cyclones. The Cyclones drew first blood early in this one when forward Christiaan Minella threw a shot that banked off of the end boards right to Hammond on the goal line, and he walked in and fired a wrister past Komets ..
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