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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

NEWS ROUND-UP -- TUESDAY MORNING 24 APR

by Michael Monks 
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THE RIVER CITY NEWS MORE COVINGTON NEWS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE
FOSSIL FOUND IN KENTON COUNTY STUMPS EXPERTS
The Cincinnati Enquirer has a cool story about an ancient fossil found on KY-17: 
Walking along a hillside that is “a haven for fossil hunters,” he spotted two large rocky lobes – the shape of pads from a cactus pear – at his feet.
“The rest was sticking out of the hillside,” Fine said. “I had to dig it out. Took all summer, every Saturday until Labor Day. Most fossils around here are small, the size of your thumbnail or your thumb. This thing’s huge.” 
Cincinnati Enquirer/Cliff Radel 
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MONDAY AFTERNOON'S HEADLINES
A fundraising update from the Covington City Commission race; Bunning & Davis endorse Alecia Webb-Edgington for Congress; Plus, the national champion UK Wildcats basketball team will be here tomorrow night for a Reds game. Those stories and more at the link. 
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VILLA HILLS DRAMA COMES TO A HEAD MONDAY
Our neighbors to the west continue to deal with a highly dysfunctional city council and an independent review of its working relationship will be unveiled next Monday: 
Issues the Taliaferro, Carran & Keys law firm has investigated at the request of a majority of council include Martin’s business practices, disposition of open record issues, alleged retaliatory behavior and comments, misuse of city facilities and improper disposition of city property, improper administration of the civil service ordinance and bidding and purchasing concerns. 
Cincinnati Enquirer/Cindy Schroeder 
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SEE ALSO: Villa Hills mayor apologizes to councilman Cincinnati Enquirer 
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QUICKIES
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Governor Beshear to sign pill mill bill WKYT 
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10% of Kentucky high school students abused prescription drugs Courier-Journal
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Loophole in law opens door for nuclear energy in Kentucky WFPL 
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Congressional candidate Thomas Massie counters opponent Alecia Webb-Edgington's endorsement from Geoff Davis by landing an endorsement from the guy that inspired Davis's signature bill Thomas Massie 
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Mayor says city of Manchester fell victim to scam WKYT 
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JEROME SIMPSON SUSPENDED THREE GAMES FOR DRUG CONVICTION

Cincinnati Bengals free agent wide receiver Jerome Simpson will be suspended for three games under the league's substance abuse policy, an NFL source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. Simpson has visited the Minnesota Vikings and St. Louis Rams, and still is expected to sign with a team for this season. 
ESPN  
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UK basketball team to be honored at tonight's Cincinnati Reds game Herald-Leader 
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SEE: A photo of President Bill Clinton with the UK team Kentucky Sports Radio 
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WHY ARE UK FANS SO DESPISED?
Cincinnati sports anchor John Popovich weighs in: 
I have now read and heard three days of heated discourse about the plans to honor Kentucky. And I am truly baffled by the distaste that some in Greater Cincinnati have for UK basketball and more specifically, its loud, proud and often arrogant fans.
I've seen fans write that they had tickets for Tuesday's game, but wouldn't attend because Kentucky's team was being honored. Another fan said he was done with the Reds because of what they were doing.
On my way home Monday, I was listening to Lance McAllister on WLW, and there was a 56-year old caller who seems to become physically ill when he sits next to a fan wearing a Kentucky jersey. He said he wouldn't go near GABP Tuesday, even if he was offered Diamond seats, the best seats in the house.
What the hell am I missing? 
WCPO 
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GET ON THE BUS! A FREE TOUR THROUGH COVINGTON'S BLACK HISTORY
Kentucky Fair Housing partners announce the Get on the Bus Tour of historic African American sites in Elsmere,Covington and Newport, Kentucky.
The free bus tour is being held to help recognize the U.S. and Kentucky Fair Housing Month of April, which promotes the civil rights to live in housing in America and in Kentucky, free from discrimination.
The event will include a free walking tour of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in nearby Cincinnati,Ohio, just minutes away from the Northern Kentucky cities included in the tour.
The Get on the Bus Tour will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT) on, Wednesday, April 25. See the attached flyer for more details.
Register for the tour by calling the Lexington Fair Housing Council toll-free at1.866.438.8617 or the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Northern Kentucky Office in Covington at 1.859.292.2935. When registering, please leave name, phone number and e-mail address if you have one.
The Get on the Bus Tour is sponsored by the City of Covington, Ky., the Covington Human Rights Commission, the Covington Center for Great Neighborhoods, Covington Independent Schools, the City of Elsmere, Ky., the City of Newport, Ky., the Lexington, Ky., Fair Housing Council, the Kentucky Housing Corporation, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center of Cincinnati, Ohio, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.

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