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What should a duplex, triplex or four-family building in Cincinnati look like? City officials wants to make it easier and cheaper to build this "middle housing."
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In dozens of states around the country, people are vandalizing, blocking and taking down Flock cameras. A surge in such activity underscores the growing resistance to this police surveillance technology.
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The Fab Four played at 1 p.m. Sunday at Crosley Field after their Saturday night concert was rained out in 1966. It was their second and last Cincinnati performance on what turned out to be their final concert tour.
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Cincinnati has a city manager to run the day-to-day operations of government
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