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Monday, March 26, 2012

NEWS ROUND-UP -- MONDAY AFTERNOON 26 MAR

by Michael Monks 
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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
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COVINGTON'S MOST WANTED
From the Covington Police: 
On May 8, 2011, Covington Police and Fire Department responded to a building fire at 132 East 11th Street in Covington. By investigating the propellants used to start the fire Covington Detectives determined that Bechir Ethiah had set fire to his own building. Mr. Ethiah is a foreign national who frequently travels back and forth between the U.S. and the African continent. 
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For more updates from the Covington Police, follow them on Facebook here
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SEE ALSO: Men steal guns from Covington home Cincinnati Enquirer
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BRENT SPENCE TEAM RELEASES ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
And Covington's Goebel Park & 5th Street exit are factors: 
Both alternatives would impact Goebel Park and the Queensgate Playground and Ball Fields, as well as Covington's Lewisburg Historic District and Queensgate's Longworth Hall. They would also impact approximately 3,340 linear feet of intermittent streams, 1.38 acres of wetlands, and habitat for both the Indiana bat and running buffalo clover.  
Full analysis and a link to the full report at the link. 
Building Cincinnati  
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NKU IDENTIFIES THIRD FINALIST FOR PRESIDENT'S JOB
Geoffrey Means is currently Provost at Cleveland State University:  
“The caliber of these three finalists is evidence of NKU’s reputation in higher education nationally,” said Presidential Search and Screening Committee Chair Martin Butler. “Our applicant pool was outstanding, and we are very excited to bring our finalists to campus.” Mearns will visit NKU's Highland Heights campus April 9 and 10, after Gibralter and Eisler make their visits. 
Business Courier  
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SEE ALSO: More from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer here
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COVINGTON AND NKY PUT THE GREATER IN GREATER CINCINNATI
So says C-Forward's Brent Cooper: 
Covington is on the cusp of a revival, he says, pointing to quietly explosive growth in biotech and the eZone. It's an exciting time to be here, he says. That's one of the reasons he set up shop here, making creative use of an old building and hanging his shingle at Fifth and Madison for C-Forward, the computer networking and IT consulting business he founded in 1999.
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His employees value urban living. Covington offers that. "We can walk to restaurants, walk to vendors, walk to customers," he says. 
Read the full story at the link. 
Cincy Magazine  
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QUICKIES
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Congressman Geoff Davis is still going on about health care, two years later Geoff Davis 
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MTV producers coming to Gateway College (Edgewood) looking to cast for revamped series Made Cincinnati Enquirer 

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Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert suffers heart attack in Dubai WKYT 
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Low-income phone program ending WKYT 
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FRANKFORT
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House, senate work toward agreement on budget Bluegrass Politics 
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Capitol notes Kentucky Forward
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Failed anti-bullying bill offered real protections Herald-Leader 
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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
PHOTOS: SPRINGTIME AT THE GARDEN OF HOPE

Lots more at the link! 
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MONDAY MORNING'S NEWS
Police investigate a home invasion in Rosedale; Students from Covington Schools launch a micro-enterprise: growing & selling salsa!; Plus, a soda fountain in Kentucky sells for $4.5 million... Click it.  
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           MARCH MADNESS

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23 reasons that UK star Anthony Davis rocks a uni-brow Buzzfeed 
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Mayors of Louisville and Lexington start trash talking Herald-Leader 
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Must-read piece on the game by Huffington Post columnist and MSNBC analyst Howard Fineman who once wrote for the Courier-Journal while attending UofL's law school: 
All of you non-Kentuckians out there have no idea what brand of deep-fried hell is about to break loose in the Bluegrass state this week and in the New Orleans Superdome Saturday. 
Read the whole thing by an outsider-turned-insider. 
Huffington Post/Howard Fineman  
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QUICKIES
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Frost advisory for Northern Kentucky NWS 
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Megamillions jackpot climbs to $356 million Courier-Journal 
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Ladies with a little junk in the trunk, listen up. The NKY Health Dept wants to help you out -- and there's a discount NKY Health 
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Bob & Tom radio show coming to Cincinnati for Opening Day Cincinnati Enquirer

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