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Football great Emlen Tunnell, the first Black player inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame was born on this date in 1925 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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Today in Black History: Educator and health advocate Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X, was born on this date in 1936 in Detroit, Michigan
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The New York Times

Editorial: The Death Penalty Ends in Nebraska


Blow: Social Liberalism and G.O.P. Resistance


You Draw It: How Family Income Affects College Chances


Sanders Is a Hit With One Age Group: His Own

Pataki Announces Run for the Republican Nomination


A Crisis of Funding on New Jersey’s Roads and Rails


Plan to Build Tower at Grand Central in Exchange for Transit Upgrades Is Approved



The Christian Science Monitor


Cleveland police reform: What can feds do that local police couldn't?

With Common Core tests, a lot at stake for first-year principal


The Washington Post


George Pataki officially launches his 2016 candidacy for president


Rick Santorum announces second presidential bid

Liberal Jewish group weighs in on Maryland’s U.S. Senate race

NBA players are the most political in pro sports. Here’s why.

O’Malley backers launch super PAC ahead of Democrat’s presidential bid

This vote could determine whether Prince Georgians pay more in taxes



The Los Angeles Times

L.A. County wins grant to reduce jail population

Feds order pipeline company to clean up Santa Barbara coastline

L.A. mayor: Minimum wage exemption for unionized firms needs study

Advocates seek to end solitary confinement options for young offenders


The Chicago Tribune


Is rent out of reach? Study shows how 11 U.S. cities stack up

Rand Paul in Chicago: Crime 'not a racial thing, it is a spiritual problem'


Ex-aide to Ald. Brookins gets 15 months in prison for bribery


Illinois House approves heroin treatment measure



The Detroit Free Press


Inkster, Floyd Dent agree to nearly $1.4M settlement


Bankruptcy judge to decide Detroit spousal health care

Heads of academics, operations out at DPS



The Star Ledger


N.J. grads still facing tough time in job market, report says

500 jobs on chopping block with planned closing of N.J. distribution centers

Cumberland County denied law firm access to documents in excessive force claims, attorney says



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Akron City Councilman Mike Williams directs focus on neighborhoods in mayoral campaign

Cleveland police union says Justice Department reforms would endanger police

Consent decree offers Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson unprecedented leverage over the police – and a way to alter his legacy: Mark Naymik


Philly.com

Man, 23, admits killing over backpack


School exec. indicted over $900K deal


Frat's national office accepts penalty



USA Today

Trumka: Disappointment with Obama, a warning for Hillary







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