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Reds fans Dan Walker of Anderson Township, left, and Mark Phillips of Montgomery at a September game. The Enquirer/Leigh Taylor

The whole town's batty

There's something about seeing The Blimp make its way across the sky that says The Big Time has arrived. We're talking about the real deal � the Goodyear Blimp � not the FujiFilm blimp or one of those lesser inflatables.

Oct 9, 2012

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The location of the Anna Louise Inn in the southeast corner of Downtown's Lytle Park, away from the traffic of some of the city's meaner streets, actually helps serve its purpose. Enquirer file

There's room for the Inn

Sunday's Enquirer editorial endorses the idea that the Anna Louise Inn be allowed to stay where it is.

Oct 8, 2012

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Donovan must raise the bar

There�s about to be a new sheriff in town.

Oct 5, 2012

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New memoir illuminates major role the city plays in Republican politics

Buck Niehoff has been active in Republican politics behind the scenes for 30 years.

Oct 2, 2012

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood with Mayor Mark Mallory at the streetcar groundbreaking ceremony in February.

Streetcar: stop

Enquirer editorial: It's time to pull the plug on the streetcar.

Sep 30, 2012

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Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann and Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory last year announced a committee to recommend sharing services between the county and the city. The idea dissolved in a volley of letters last week. Cincinnati Enquirer

City-county momentum dead in its tracks

A promising idea for cost-saving services merge never got off the ground. Taxpayers will end up paying the price.

Sep 23, 2012

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Bayann Shamma, left, and her lab partner Iman Khan work with separated liquids in an eighth-grade science class at the El-Sewedy International Academy of Cincinnati. Under Ohio's Common Core Standards, schools will expect students to collaborate and use what they learn in class to solve real-life problems. The Enquirer/Tony Jones

Memo to students: Change is on the way (again)

Over the next three years, what you learn, but even more important, how you learn, is going to change a lot. Ohio has adopted something called the Common Core Standards. Before your eyes glaze over or drift to the technology in your pocket, give us a minute to explain why you should care.

Sep 17, 2012

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Nationally, the average cost of attending one year at a four-year, public college, in state, is $20,100. The average at a four-year private college is $39,800. Getty Images/Comstock Images

Editorial: College degree slides out of reach

The financial predicament of 25-year-old Katie Brotherton, who shared her story of crushing college debt in Saturday's Enquirer, hit a nerve. Scores of readers recognized her situation. Some sympathized; many didn't.

Sep 12, 2012

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Dina Smith of Evanston and member of SEIU, Service Employees International Union chants, 'Since we need our budget fixed go ahead and tax the rich' with other local activists during 'Not My President Day' Protest of Mitt Romney outside Great American Tower at Queen City Square where Romney was attending a fundraiser. Smith, a single mom with 3 sons said, 'He's (Romney) not for the working class. I don't think it's fair that he doesn't have to pay higher taxes. I'm out here working like a slave everyday for my three boys, while the rich keep getting richer and the poor getting poorer.' Smith a member of SEIU since 2007 cleans an office building downtown. The Enquirer/Cara Owsley

Talking points

Our political dialogue has devolved into simple squabbling. We're better than that.

Sep 8, 2012

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Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig, right, talks with Corline Stone, grandmother of Africa Hope, after Craig announced the arrest of suspect Harold Croft in her slaying. Africa Hope was shot and killed on June 19. The Enquirer/Joseph Fuqua II

Heart-to-heart with Chief Craig

At times, an interview with Cincinnati's police chief can seem more like a heart-to-heart with a minister. Here's what he says about policing in 21st-century urban Cincinnati: 'We have to be about the business of love.'

Sep 2, 2012

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An Arlington Heights police officer looks for cars going above the speed limit while on patrol on Interstate 75 northbound at the Lockland split. The Enquirer/Leigh Taylor

Courts out of order

Drop by the Arlington Heights town hall on a Thursday afternoon, and you will find government at its most efficient. Within about a half-hour a couple Thursdays ago, the mayor's court in this small village levied fines and court costs totaling more than $3,000 on 20 people who were nabbed speeding, running stop signs or driving without a license.

Aug 19, 2012

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The whole town's batty

There's room for the Inn

Donovan must raise the bar

New memoir illuminates major role the city plays in Republican politics

Streetcar: stop

City-county momentum dead in its tracks

Memo to students: Change is on the way (again)

Editorial: College degree slides out of reach

Talking points

Heart-to-heart with Chief Craig

Courts out of order

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