Today in Black History: Jazz saxophonist and bebop stylist Charlie "Bird" Parker was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1920, becoming a trend setter in the industry.
The New York Times
Blow: ‘The Most Dangerous Negro’
Saluting a Dream, and Adapting It for a New Era
Legislators Push for Vote Before Strike
Gun Bill in Missouri Would Test Limits in Nullifying U.S. Law
In Congress, a Bid to Undo Dialysis Cuts
Poll Shows de Blasio With Big Lead
In N.Y. Mayoral Race, Small Checks From Hedge Fund Giants
Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand on Key Issues
The Christian Science Monitor
The Monitor's View Obama and King's 'Dream' speech
Race equality in America: How far have we come?
US Treasury to hit debt limit by October. What if pols can't reach a deal?
YouthBuild: solving America's youth crisis
The Star Ledger
Gov. Christie says controversial 'Stronger Than the Storm' commercials will soon end
Newark rally echoes 1963 March on Washington, calls for higher wages, immigration reform
The recession's toll: Number of N.J. children with an unemployed parent has spiked dramatically, Census says
Newark homicide victim identified as 37-year-old East Orange resident
The Detroit Free Press
Delay in Medicaid expansion to be costly
Benny Napoleon: Downtown development hasn't resurrected Detroit's neighborhoods
Diggan, Duggen, Boggan: State workers continue exam of Detroit's mayoral primary write-in ballots
Corruption charges expected Thursday in probe of rogue Detroit building inspectors
Detroit to keep access to casino tax revenues, bankruptcy judge rules
Philly.com
Nutter offers plan to sell school buildings
Protestors demand Philly teen's release
Court overturns cross-burning conviction
Philly's 'Dream' celebration: tears, memories
Former Councilman: Need $$ for schools? Revisit soda tax
The Washington Post
Dionne: President Obama, the reluctant warrior
Republican-led states find new ways to thwart Obama’s health-care law
GOP leaders absent from march commemoration
Obama says a U.S. strike on Syria would send 'strong signal'
The state of voting rights' fights in the states
African Americans in Congress, by the numbers
The Chicago Tribune
Inmate trying for decades to prove innocence dies in prison
Rush, Kirk to tour Englewood on Thursday, talk violence
Chicago school board approves budget
Former top aide to Stroger convicted of theft
Quinn defends early release program
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
House Democrats complain Republicans put Medicaid expansion on back burner with no legislative sessions set until October
500 attend rally in Cleveland marking anniversary of famous speech by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and Prosecutor Timothy McGinty end turf war over law director
Attorney General Mike DeWine taps Jones Day lawyer Eric Murphy for state solicitor
'Social engineering' or good policy? HUD wants deeper look at housing segregation and opportunity
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Ex-APS principal details 'go to hell' meeting
No jail time in Fulton employee’s credit card scheme
New Black Panther leader’s gun charges dropped
Julian Bond tells of family’s slave history at March on Washington
The Los Angeles Times
Judge's remarks, sentence in rape case draw fire
Brown prison plan: Democrats in Senate offer cheaper approach
Coalition asks Gov. Jerry Brown to halt fracking in California
Two more UC campuses exonerated of fostering anti-Semitic climates
USA Today
Low-paid workers are marching for fairness
Gulf Coast marks 8th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Weather advisory before Hurricane Katrina chillingly accurate | USA NOW video
N.J. store rewards honest college 'burglars' who paid
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