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Today in Black America - October 1

POSTED: October 01, 2014, 8:30 am

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Today in Black History: John Russworm, abolitionist and founder of the nation's first Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal, was born in 1799 in Jamaica.

The New York Times


Lawmakers Rebuke Secret Service Chief Over Breach


Editorial: The Collapse of the Secret Service

Lawmakers Rebuke Secret Service Chief Over Breach

Ebola Is Diagnosed in Texas, First Case Found in U.S.


Nigeria’s Actions Seem to Contain Ebola Outbreak

New School Evaluations Will Lower Test Scores’ Influence

Charges Are Dropped, and Identity of Accuser, Shrouded by City, Is Sought

Freelancers Union to End Its Health Insurance Plans in New York

William Lopez, Wrongfully Imprisoned for 23 Years, Is Dead at 55


The Christian Science Monitor


Federal judge rules Obamacare subsidies illegal. Will Supreme Court weigh in?


Should Secret Service have shot White House fence jumper? (+video)


Living wage: New York mayor gives thousands of workers a raise (+video)


Army opens Ranger School to women, a historic leap toward equality



The Star Ledger

Special Report: What killed Kenwin Garcia?

Murder-suicides add up in NJ: Domestic violence builds slowly, experts say


Construction on PATH airport extension to start in 2018

Clinton tops Christie by double digits in 2016 presidential matchup, poll finds


Princeton University releases campus safety report, revealing 5 on-campus rapes occurred last year


Philly.com


5 area schools win National Blue Ribbon

Ironworkers' Sweeney bullied builders, pleads guilty

Hitting this season's commencement circuit: Abu-Jamal


The Detroit Free Press


What will the future of Michigan's job market look like?

'Gang violence' at Henry Ford High; police arrest 14

Ferndale police deny racial profiling traffic ticket claim

Michigan school districts counting on big Count Day



The Chicago Tribune


Prison warden retires after link to sex offender


Chicago-area business activity robust, report says

Emanuel asking city 'sister agencies' to join $13 minimum wage push

Alderman wants bigger fines for impersonating a city worker


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Bank of America is accused of housing discrimination in Cleveland in complaint filed with HUD

Ohio receives $24.5 million to improve college access and completion: Higher Education Roundup

Gov. John Kasich surges to 22-point lead over Ed FitzGerald in latest Quinnipiac University poll

Minimum wage to rise to $8.10 for Ohio workers in 2015, up 15 cents

Step-by-step instructions for three ways to vote in Ohio


The Los Angeles Times

Bell Gardens mayor shot to death

School board starts weighing Supt. Deasy's evaluation

Statewide ban on disposable plastic bags is signed into law by Brown

Database shows $3.5 billion in industry ties to doctors, hospitals



The Washington Post

First U.S. case of Ebola is diagnosed in Texas

Armed felon came within inches of Obama

Milbank: Putting the ‘secret’ in Secret Service


Did sequestration cause the Secret Service’s problems?


Rep. John Mica has a security tip for the Secret Service

Why they shut down London's chilling 'human zoo' exhibit

D.C. chancellor: Schools on track to progress


Md. teen in coma after Fright Fest recovering from surgery


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


DeKalb group seeks to spark government overhaul

Former APS board member: Beverly Hall bossed board

Committee to investigate domestic violence charge against judge

DeKalb CEO Ellis may take the stand in his trial



USA Today

USA TODAY special report: Where the jobs are

Oklahoma unveils new execution procedures



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