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  • Drafting tight end Tyler Eifert will pay off big time for the Cincinnati Bengals

    Tyler Eifert is a reliable blocker, but the tight end’s real allure is as a pass catcher. (Al Behrman/AP) As soon as the Bengals selected Tyler Eifert with the No. 21 pick in this year’s draft, speculation began regarding exactly how much the Notre Dame product could help Cincinnati’s offense. What we all might have failed to consider here is the reverse hypothetical — ...

  • Colerain Fire Department adjusts medical response

    Colerain Township fire trucks now carry full paramedic gear so they are equipped to respond to advanced life support medical calls. Firefighters say it means faster response times for critical medical situations. / Jennie Key/The Community ...

  • GMAHS holds first Rafflemania Quarter Auction

    The Greater Milford Area Historical Society (GMAHS), in cooperation with the Central Cincinnati Direct Sales Network (CCDSN), will host its first quarter auction Thursday, June 9. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the auction will begin at 7 p.m. at Pinebrook Retirement Living, 3877 Wolfpen-Pleasant Hill ...

  • Kenyans top finishers in Cleveland marathon

    The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (bit.ly/19QoJsK) says both are represented by Richfield native Scott Robinson, who runs the AmeriKenyan Running Club in Santa Fe, ...

  • Ohio to Bolster Checks on Home Health Care Workers

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The state of Ohio has received a $2.1 million federal grant to improve criminal background checks for those home health care workers who directly serve the disabled and elderly.The money means more thorough reviews for more than 100,000 workers who provide direct care to patients in Medicaid- and Medicare-funded settings.Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-siks) ...

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Inherit the Wind [DVD]

Inherit the Wind [DVD]

All the names were changed, but the events depicted in Stanley Kramer's Inherit the Wind were based on one of the most spectacular court battles of the first half of the 20th century. The trial is usually referred to as the "Scopes Monkey Trial, "which in a single phrase combines the name of the defendant (Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes), the major bone of contention (whether he ha ... ...

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  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 19

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...

  • Four-star general returns to Ohio campus roots

    General Carter Ham will address graduates at John Carroll University near Cleveland Sunday afternoon. The Jesuit university will award Ham an honorary ...

  • OH bill would require only 1 license plate

    CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ohioans would only be required to display one license plate on their vehicles instead of two if a bill proposed by two state legislators is ...

  • Cleveland police visited kidnap street regularly

    CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police made regular crime runs to the Cleveland street where three women were held captive in a house over a decade before ...

  • Cost could sink Cleveland trash plant

    But mayoral chief of staff Ken Silliman tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (bit.ly/13CJbNN) the city has not ruled out the idea. He says the city is still pursuing an air emission permit from the state in case the project goes ...

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