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Real estate news: A mushroom sprouts in Cincinnati

MSNBC.com Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Located amid Colonials, Cape Cods and ranch homes in Cincinnati is a home that may have you asking yourself, "What is that?"

"That" is the "Mushroom House" — a home built over a 10-year span by architect Terry Brown. In Hyde Park, across from a restaurant and surrounded by more "traditional" looking homes, Brown's creation stands out as a one-of-a-kind art installation.

Now it's up for sale.

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Middletown business community key to college's success

Chicago Tribune Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Cincinnati State's investment is in downtown Middletown, but the school's president wants the entire city involved to help get people jobs and provide training.

"We exist for you" is the message Cincinnati State Technical & Community College President Dr. O'dell Owens wants delivered to the business community.

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NKU student nabs innovation in philanthropy prize

BrandeisNow Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Darnell Wilson, a junior at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) is the winner of the third annual Sillerman Prize for Innovations in Philanthropy on College Campuses this year, a $5,000 award. Wilson conceived of “Norse in Need” to boost student retention by helping peers in need of emergency aid.

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Cincinnati offers Toledo a model in crime fight

Toledo Blade Tuesday, May 08, 2012

University of Cincinnati Journalism alum Taylor Dungjen, a cops and crime reporter for the Toledo Blade, returned to her college home town to report on an innovative initiative that is having an impact in Northern Ohio.

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'Godzillus' fossil found in Cincinnati

International Business Times Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Scientists are baffled after an amateur Kentucky paleontologist discovered a 150-pound mystery beast nicknamed the 'Godzillus' fossil in Cincinnati.

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Cincinnati dumps Duke Energy

Huffington Post Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Today, Duke Energy found out that more than 50,000 commercial and residential electricity users in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, are dumping Duke and shifting to 100 percent clean energy. Cincinnati is a trendsetter: it is the first city in Ohio, and the first of its size in the nation, to go 100 percent green.

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UC tops architecture list with four buildings

Top Colleges Online Tuesday, May 01, 2012

College campuses play a large role in the quality of life of students, and Top Colleges Online believes a quality campus plays a significant part in creating a quality learning environment and successful educational experience. Many college campuses are pleasant, but some go a step further and are themselves intellectually stimulating by being interesting architecturally. UC tops the list with four different building making the list.

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Cincinnati is launchpad to revamp job training

The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday, May 01, 2012

This week in Cincinnati, the Kasich administration brought together GE Aviation, Duke Energy, health-care providers, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, the University of Cincinnati, technical schools and business groups such as the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber to discuss how they can be the business community’s “first responders” to help them fill their employment needs.

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Fifth Third 1Q earnings quadruple after Vantiv IPO

CBS Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Fifth Third Bancorp reported sharply higher first-quarter net income Thursday, thanks in part to the regional bank's stake in the payment processor Vantiv.

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third reported net income of $421 million, or 45 cents per share. That compares with $88 million, or 10 cents per share, reported in the same period last year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected the bank to earn 35 cents per share, on average.

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Cincinnati may scrap parking minimums downtown

Slate Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Cincinnati City Councilor Roxanne Qualls is leading the charge to abolish parking minimums for developers building homes in the downtown and Over-the-Rhine neighborhoods.

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Health jobs grow in Cincinnati region

Dayton Daily News Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Hospitals in the Cincinnati region had more than 3,500 job openings at the end of 2011, a 26 percent increase from 2010, according to the newest annual vacancy report by Greater Cincinnati Health Council released Wednesday.

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New plan to reduce litter in Cincinnati

WVXU.Org Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Cincinnati Council could soon pass a new ordinance to give owners of littered properties an added incentive to clear them of trash. Member P.G. Sittenfeld announced the plan this morning in the West End. He said litter is the single most frequent complaint to the city.

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SpringBoard featured in Art Place America

Art Place America Tuesday, April 17, 2012

SpringBoard is a program from ArtWorks of Cincinnati made possible in part by an ArtPlace grant of $150,000. The goal is to provide artisans and creative entrepreneurs with business development training and a collaborative work space in the city’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, which will be home to a proposed streetcar line.

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Cincinnati Art Museum: Lively works seem to dance with joy

Columbus Dispatch Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The work of Nick Cave is a compelling blend of sculpture, fashion, dance and sound. His vision is decidedly contemporary but rooted in traditions stretching back to Africa.

The artist, who serves as chairman of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, has an exhibit of lively, intriguing works on view in the Cincinnati Art Museum.

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Cincinnati: A growing city

Ventura City Star Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The only outsiders who regularly visited this notoriously violent part of the city were police. Perhaps that's why nobody seemed to care that Over-the-Rhine's crumbling, two- to five-story brick buildings, occupied largely by squatters and drug dealers, comprised the largest collection of 19th-century, Italianate architecture in America.

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