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Today in Black America - July 11

POSTED: July 11, 2014, 1:00 pm

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Today in Black History: The first meeting of the "Niagara Movement" that spawned the birth of the N.A.A.C.P. is held in Canada on this date in 1905.

The New York Times

Obscure Rule Restricts Health Law’s Expansion of Care for Addicts

Editorial: Early Returns on Health Care Reform

Suit Against Obama to Focus on Health Law, Boehner Says

F.B.I. Honors Office Opened Amid Struggle for Civil Rights

Evidence of H.I.V. Found in a Child Said to Be Cured


Judge Rules G.O.P. Illegally Redrew Florida Districts

Available Soon for People Needing ID: City-Issued Cards

Wrongfully Convicted Man Takes $3 Million Settlement



The Christian Science Monitor

Robert Mugabe's racial decree on whites and land brings backlash

Bipartisan alternative to Obama's border crisis plan takes shape (+video)


College sexual assaults: US campuses' failures seen as 'call to action' (+video)

Hobby Lobby 101: explaining the Supreme Court's birth control ruling



The Star Ledger

Cops arrested wrong man in killing of 12-year-old Paterson girl, attorney says


Penns Grove-Carneys Point school board member Walter Hudson arrested on assault charge


Blacks more likely to be targeted under stop-and-frisk, new data shows

Atlantic City mayor says town is making painful shift from gambling


Philly.com

Forum on Philly cop shootings turns contentious


Holtec gets $260M tax break to build Camden plant

Cig tax or no, 342 School District workers laid off



The Chicago Tribune

Slayings in hospital room, Gary home linked: police

Man trapped in Cook County Jail 30-plus hours files court papers


Army recruiter: Tougher tattoo rules bring fewer -- but better -- recruits


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland police officer accused of filming sex with 15-year-old girl

Today's young adults are more likely to attend college, but have more student debt and earn less than previous generations, report says

Maple Heights teen killed in Cleveland Thursday was shot in head



The Washington Post

Obama pushes faster payments for small businesses

Obama, long mistaken for a Muslim, has huge following among U.S. Muslims

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wants the nation’s second-largest city to focus on the basics

Hawaii is so convinced it can lower recidivism, it’s already spending the money it thinks it’ll save

Md. test scores see major drop amid shift to Common Core


Teachers union convention opens, Common Core on table

Most with college STEM degrees go to work in other fields



The Los Angeles Times

Teachers union to rally in L.A. against recent court decisions


Brown signs bill lifting ban against light-rail in San Fernando Valley

Investigation urged after Latino caucus rejects Republican lawmaker



The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Beverly Hall won't stand trial next month in cheating case

Fulton County ADA pulled off APS cheating case

DeKalb students to get Internet restrictions











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