Thursday, March 24, 2016

This day in 1862: Melee during speech in Cincinnati and other top stories.

  • This day in 1862: Melee during speech in Cincinnati

    Buy PhotoThe second Pike's Opera House was renowned for its palatial interior. It was destroyed in a fire on February 26, 1903. Courtesy Cincinnati Museum Center(Photo: Enquirer file)Buy PhotoOn March 24, 1862, abolitionist orator Wendell Phillips spoke to a gathered crowd of reportedly 2,000 people in Cincinnati delivering a lecture on the merits of ending slavery.Phillips wasn't greeted with applause or even flying tomatoes. Instead he had to dodge volleys of boos, eggs and rocks before a smal..
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  • UNLV meeting with Cincinnati basketball coach Mick Cronin again ...

    UNLV meeting with Cincinnati basketball coach Mick Cronin again ...
    UNLV athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy said in a text message today she will meet again this morning with Cincinnati basketball coach Mick Cronin regarding the Rebels’ open position.Cronin told the Cincinnati Enquirer no decision would be made today, however, and that he planned to fly back home. He didn’t go into further details, according to the article.Cronin landed in Las Vegas late Tuesday night and interviewed throughout Wednesday.UNLV has made Cronin, 44, its top target, with the Rebel..
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  • Calling all Greater Cincinnati young professionals

    Calling all Greater Cincinnati young professionals
    Buy PhotoA Cincinnati Intern Network Connection event at Great American Ball Park.(Photo: Enquirer file/Fatima Hussein)Buy PhotoA few good young professionals are wanted for the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's HYPE Connections program, kicking off next week.HYPE Connections is a six-month program for young professionals, new and native alike, to get an introduction to HYPE opportunities, make new friends, discover new experiences, and establish professional and community connections in the reg..
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  • Cincinnati and the 'little woman' who started the Civil War

    Cincinnati and the 'little woman' who started the Civil War
    Harriet Beecher Stowe spent her formative years in Cincinnati.(Photo: Enquirer archives)Fifty dollars in Cincinnati changed the course of this country.That was the prize for a short-story contest hosted by "Western Monthly" in 1833. And that's exactly what Harriet Beecher Stowe took home for her winning "Uncle Lot" tale.It was the 22-year-old schoolmistress' first triumph with her pen. And from that moment, Stowe spent her spare moments with her pen to paper. During her 18 years in the Queen Cit..
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  • Cincinnati education company partners with PayPal on second ...

    Cincinnati education company partners with PayPal on second ...
    A Cincinnati-based education company is partnering with PayPal to open its second location, this time in Arizona. Education at Work is opening its second ...
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  • Father who overdosed on heroin in daughter's Cincinnati hospital ...

    Father who overdosed on heroin in daughter's Cincinnati hospital ...
    CINCINNATI, Ohio รข€“ A man who overdosed in his daughter's Cincinnati Children's Hospital room has been sentenced to prison Thursday. Wesley LandersHamilton County Sheriff's Office  Wesley Landers, 32, received a two year prison sentence from Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman, Cincinnati.com reports. Landers previously pleaded guilty to drug possession and gun charges. Landers was found unconscious Jan. 7 in the bathroom of his 7-month-old daughter's hospital room. He had over..
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  • In wake of Brussels attacks, Cincinnati officials talk security

    In wake of Brussels attacks, Cincinnati officials talk security
    In the wake of terror attacks in Brussels and Paris, many wonder about safety closer to home. The Queen City is counting down the days to Cincinnati Reds' Opening Day. The Cincinnati tradition comes at the heels of the deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels.Brussels terror attacks: What we knowCincinnati's finest said they're ready and studying where the city might be vulnerable. Officials said they always keep the mindset that Americans are vulnerable anytime and anywhere.“We don't take anythin..
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  • Top 9 things to do in Cincinnati this weekend: March 24-27

    Top 9 things to do in Cincinnati this weekend: March 24-27
    Hustle Home Run Derby at RhinegeistRhinegeist Brewery is celebrating the return of baseball season a little early. Donate $5 and get 10 swings in Rhinegeist’s Hustle Home Run Derby on Thursday. There will be ballpark-style hot dogs provided by Dutch’s Larder and plenty of beer, including the launch of Hustle Rye Pale Ale. Proceeds benefit Bow Tie Cause and Butler County Challenger Baseball, a baseball league designed to meet the needs of children and young adults from 5 to 22 years of age with ..
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  • Free public Wi-Fi headed to Newport, courtesy of Cincinnati Bell ...

    Free public Wi-Fi headed to Newport, courtesy of Cincinnati Bell ...
    The plan to provide free high-speed Wi-Fi Internet throughout Newport is an extension of Cincinnati Bell's "Light Up Cincinnati" initiative but was born when Russ ...
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  • List of Cincinnati Park Board and Cincinnati Park Foundation members

    List of Cincinnati Park Board and Cincinnati Park Foundation members
    Otto M. Budig, Jr.(Photo: Provided)Cincinnati Park Board of CommissionersOtto M. Budig Jr., chairmanA board member for 11 years, Budig is president of the Budco Group, a company specializing in transportation, equipment leasing and real estate and a resident of Indian Hill. He also serves on the board for the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority and the Cincinnati Recreation Commission and is president of the Music Hall Revitalization Co. Arguably one of the region’s greatest philant..
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More ancient viruses lurk in our DNA than we thought .A late dunk, a last-second 3 add to Cincinnati's heartbreak .
5 cheetahs born in rare C-section procedure at Cincinnati Zoo .Three Trump Protesters in Arizona Arrested, While Demonstrators in NYC Detained .

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