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Today in Black America - November 13

POSTED: November 13, 2014, 8:30 am

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Today in Black History: Groundbreaking ceremonies take place for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 2006.

The New York Times

Debts Canceled by Bankruptcy Haunt Credit Scores


Cuts in Military Mean Job Losses for Career Staff


Congress Returns After 6 Weeks Away, but Immediate Actions Are Few


Justices Hear Challenge to Alabama Redistricting

Blow: Race, to the Finish

New Orleans Police Routinely Ignored Sex Crimes, Report Finds

De Blasio Balancing His Promises With Reality


The Christian Science Monitor

Supreme Court weighs role of race in Alabama voter redistricting case

Obamacare architect says 'stupid' voters let bill pass. White House face-palm?

Why NYPD officers are unhappy with New York's new marijuana policy (+video)


The Star Ledger

City fire inspector admits taking bribes from brothels

Proposals aimed at stopping 'the bleeding' in Atlantic City to be made public today (VIDEO)

East Orange murder rate falls 73 percent, officials credit technology

Marge Roukema's 'signature legacy' was the Family and Medical Leave Act

Baraka to sign Newark law banning smoking in parks


The Washington Post

‘Stupidity’ comments renew GOP vitriol on Obamacare

House, Senate to hold votes on Keystone project


When low-income housing becomes millennial chic, where do the poor go?

Intense backlash after religious holidays wiped from school calendar

The 2014 election was very bad for Democrats. It was almost even worse.


Will Obama fade or fight as Republicans gain control of Congress?

How urban voters failed Democrats in 2014


Mom: Bullying led to slain student’s depression, drug use


The Detroit Free Press


Macomb Jail frees 71 inmates early to ease overcrowding

Detroit to resolve bankruptcy fee concerns in mediation

DPS asks for more time to submit deficit plan



The Los Angeles Times

Boy, 14, on scooter killed during police pursuit in Northern California


California can't challenge ruling on concealed guns, court says

Deal approved to audit DWP nonprofits' records

These local heroes saw a wrong and tried to right it


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Gerrymandering helps return Ohio's entire delegation to Congress, with no close races

Feds announce details of tests on Trinity guardrail caps that Ohio and other states have stopped installing


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Georgia Democrats to pursue an ‘autopsy’ of 2014 campaign

Report: help low-income students by helping their parents


The Chicago Tribune


Emanuel puzzled by Rauner on minimum wage


Man guilty of killing woman whose sister was at Obama speech on violence


USA Today

Ferguson teen's parents 'praying for an indictment'

Report: Slain man was not texting in movie theater










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