Today in Black History: Legendary jazz innovator, saxophonist John Coltrane,a leading figure of the bebop genre, was born in 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina.
The New York Times
Shots Heard as Kenya Presses Assault Against Mall Attackers
Mall Carnage Shows Resilience of Shabab Terror Group
Obama Honors Victims of Navy Yard Shooting
Philadelphia Plan Aims to Reduce Blight
Lower Health Insurance Premiums to Come at Cost of Fewer Choices
Lawmakers Point Fingers Over Budget Deadlock
A Mayoral Hopeful Now, de Blasio Was Once a Young Leftist
The ‘Tale of 2 Cities’ Mayoral Candidate Who Lost
The Christian Science Monitor
Can this Chicago community be saved? Hope rises in Englewood.
US gun massacres mount up, but no more gun control. Why? (+video)
Government shutdown threat points to seismic shift in Congress (+video)
What's a RINO? How the Republican purity test took an odd turn.
Did IRS bureaucrats, liberal media help Obama win in 2012? (+video)
The Star Ledger
Two Newark men killed in separate, apparently targeted shootings, authorities say
Property tax burden up 13 percent under Christie, AP analysis shows
Lawmakers seek to close 'loophole' in accessing medical records for HIV-positive offenders
Hurricane Sandy insurance complaints lead to N.J. enforcement actions against adjusters
In Union County, 27 percent of population below poverty level, report states
Government documents suggest federal agents could have engaged in warrantless wiretapping of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack's cell phone
The Detroit Free Press
Mike Duggan leads Benny Napoleon in Detroit race for mayor, poll finds
Detroit Lighting Authority begins streetlight review in two areas of city
Panel on Detroit bankruptcy urges other struggling cities to act now
14 of Michigan's public universities to benefit as Wayne State forfeits state funding
Outreach for new health law may be particularly tough for minority populations
Philly.com
Report: Coatesville schools chief quits after racist texts
Feeding homeless banned in Harrisburg
SRC chief learned early to put education first
Artists pay tribute to victims of gun violence
Property-tax appeal backlog as deadline looms
The Washington Post
How the GOP food-stamp bill adds to state bureacracy
New FBI director dogged by budget problems
Conservatives resolute on Obamacare
At CBC gala, Obama focuses on health care, gun control
Gun-control backers losing ground despite mass shootings
The state that taxes the poor the most is ... a blue one
Today’s fight shaping 2014 political climate
The Chicago Tribune
5 shot to death since Friday
Assault weapons rare here, but multivictim attacks add up
Cook County Jail's sordid history
City Colleges teachers start to see bonuses for hitting performance targets
Relative: Worker who died in Chicago sewer had worried about hazards of job
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Women speak out against violence at Old Stone Church in downtown Cleveland
Cuyahoga County, Plain Dealer sued by fired county employee
State report cards show: Districts got easy A's on value-added, few for achievement
Rep. Jim Jordan tells CNN he thinks Senators will 'find Jesus' and vote to defund Obamacare
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Georgians dislike health law but favor key provisions
Friendship agrees to sell for stadium
Wife of Rev. Joseph Lowery suffered “irreversible damage” from stroke, family says
Ruling pending in charter school dispute
The Los Angeles Times
Brown signs bill on fracking, upsetting both sides of oil issue
Fate of Maywood water companies rests with Brown
Editorial: Fix the 'parent trigger'
Napolitano choice fuels criticism over UC system's selection process
USA Today
Budget drama unfolds again, with Obamacare center stage
For Obama, mass shooting overshadowed by other crises
Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis is stepping down
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