Five things you need to know today, and take that, NFL!

Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Andy Brownfield, who's covering every minute of the P.G. Sittenfeld corruption trial (here's a timeline), reports the cross-examination of an FBI agent raised new revelations about alleged crimes at City Hall around the financing of political campaigns. To wit: The jury heard a local political operative allegedly pocketed $15,000 that was to go toward the campaign of former…