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Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson has some explaining to do after being caught yesterday receiving a shipment of 2.5 points of weed to his home. Authorities found another 6 pounds inside the Crestview Hills house, which Simpson owns. Here's how the...
Posted: 9/22/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - News & Politics
Candidates On: How to Budget for Public Safety
As CityBeat did in the 2007 and 2009 election cycles, we’ve once again sent a questionnaire to the non-incumbent Cincinnati City Council candidates to get their reactions on a broad range of issues.Nine of the 14 non-incumbents chose to answer our questions....
Posted: 9/22/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - News & Politics
State of Georgia murders another innocent black man
Despite a lack of evidence and an extremely problematic trial Troy Davis has just been executed by the state of Georgia after the Supreme Court denied his stay. There was no DNA, murder weapon or physical evidence. The world was watching.
Posted: 9/21/2011 11:29 PM in The Cincinnati Beacon
Politicians will plead case to Obama
Kentucky politicians will bend the ear of the president tomorrow when Obama visits the Brent Spence Bridge to tout his jobs act on Thursday. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, announced Wednesday evening he will travel on Air Force One with President...
Posted: 9/21/2011 7:28 PM in Kentucky Politics
Ethics Commission declines to rule on homeless voter issue
Republican Secretary of State candidate Bill Johnson doesn’t expect he will get a decision from the Executive Branch Ethics Commission on his ethics complaint over allowing homeless people to vote without requiring an address. Johnson said the ethics...
Posted: 9/21/2011 5:42 PM in Kentucky Politics
Bengals on Obama
Bengals reporter Joe Reedy filed this: Since he is speaking across the street from the Bengals practice field, President Obama could sneak in a couple minutes to watch practice tomorrow, but right now there aren’t any indications that will happen. “There’s...
Posted: 9/21/2011 4:53 PM in Politics Extra
Brent Spence lane closures announced
Three lanes of traffic each way will remain open on the Brent Spence Bridge Thursday while President Barack Obama gives a speech next to the bridge. The left-hand lane southbound on the top deck and the right-hand lane on the bottom deck will be closed,...
Posted: 9/21/2011 4:02 PM in Politics Extra
Serious Talks: Race Relations in the U.S.
Troy Davis is scheduled to die by lethal injection today. Davis, an African American man, was convicted for killing a white police officer in Savannah, Georgia in 1988. Significant doubts about his guilt have been raised and remain unresolved. Despite...
Posted: 9/21/2011 4:01 PM in Freedom Blog
Weary area residents stand in rain to see Obama
Nic Vogele, a 26-year-old geology student at the University of Cincinnati, doesn’t know yet how he’ll vote in the 2012. He’s still waiting to hear a message he can get behind. That’s why the Marine, who will re-enlist in the military later this year,...
Posted: 9/21/2011 3:17 PM in Politics Extra
Grand opening event Thursday at 4th Street Boutique, College Hill
4th Street Boutique, College Hill will host its grand opening celebration from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday. The main events — a ribbon cutting and refreshments — will begin at 5 p.m. The new boutique is at 5838 Hamilton Ave. Read my original post about the...
Posted: 9/21/2011 2:01 PM in New in Town
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