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Today in Black America - April 24

POSTED: April 24, 2014, 6:00 am

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Today in Black History: The "Journey of Reconciliation," the first "Freedom Ride" into the Jim Crow south took place in 1947, organized by CORE.

The New York Times

F.C.C., in a Shift, Backs Fast Lanes for Web Traffic

Justice Dept. Expands Eligibility for Clemency

Editorial: Reviving Clemency, Serving Justice

A Defiant Rancher Savors the Audience That Rallied to His Side

Southerners Don’t Like Obamacare. They Also Don’t Want to Repeal It.


Film at 9/11 Museum Sets Off Clash Over Reference to Islam

Proposal to Limit Prosecutions of Marijuana Cases in Brooklyn

New York City Council Seeks Bigger Police Dept. and Free School Meals

New Labor Contract Will Cost M.T.A. $525 Million


The Christian Science Monitor

US widens path to clemency for nonviolent federal drug offenders

IRS takes new hit: Report finds agency gave bonuses to tax evaders

Georgia adopts law allowing guns at airports, bars, most other places


Why Israel may need to rethink its assumptions on Palestinian unity


The Washington Post

Lewd conduct, hazing alleged in Blue Angels

In a digital world, computer science is largely missing from U.S. education

Senate panel critical of ex-DHS watchdog

Bob Dole says the GOP is way more conservative than it was even 20 years ago. He’s right.

So, what did Hillary Clinton accomplish at the State Department?

New online job-searching tool helps veterans connect with employers

What Georgia’s expansive new pro-gun law does


Prince George’s Wayne Curry is battling cancer

Md. governor’s race adds to clout of Washington suburbs

Jim Graham is considering run for D.C. education board


Philly.com

State of Center City: Signs of distress

Firm quits Philly schools over loss of trust

NJ Ethics Commission confirms Samson probe


New chancellor for Rutgers-Camden


Matthew Saad Muhammad: I'm still fighting



The Star Ledger

Trenton pastor: Multiple bullet holes in church's stained-glass windows after shooting outside funeral for city teen

Newark election: two incumbents, one newcomer lead in school board election

Trenton council candidates vow to put differences aside during forum


Newark mayor's election: judge throws out Baraka lawsuit

Most New Jersey residents don't think life is back to normal after Sandy, poll finds

Port Authority director will comply with bridge scandal subpoena to testify


The Chicago Tribune

CPS board approves 3 schools for AUSL takeover

3 city schools handed to private group for 'turnaround'

Day care worker in prison for nearly a decade to be freed during appeal


Prosecutors cleared to use Rep. Smith's admissions at bribery trial


The Detroit Free Press

Michigan lawmakers support bill to require prompt testing of rape kits

Editorial: Detroit better get what it pays for with highly paid Duggan staff


Religious leaders call for interfaith effort to reduce violence

UST Global to start hiring minority women for information technology jobs

Snyder: Demand for union help makes Detroit bankruptcy settlement 'challenging'

Arab-American group develops phone app for reporting hate crime


The Los Angeles Times

Palestinian factions say they have a unity deal


California judge named head of state's political ethics agency

California secretary of state candidates clash over ethics ideas

Sheriff's secret air surveillance of Compton sparks outrage

Transfers show community colleges' rising reputation


USA Today

'Monticello' exhibit examines Jefferson and slavery

Self-funding campaigns can backfire on candidates

Md. university offers free tuition for final semester





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