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Today in Black America - May 9

POSTED: May 09, 2011, 12:00 am

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The New York Times

Obama Elaborates on Bin Laden Raid

Obama Can't Depend On New Poll Numbers


Battle Over Health Care Law Shifts to Federal Appellate Courts


Big G.O.P. Donors Adopt Wait-and-See 2012 Tack


The Partisan Corners of the News

In Kansas Courtroom, Echoes of Rwanda Genocide

A Bleak Life, Cut Short at 4, Harrowing From the Start

In Buffalo, Visions, Perhaps Illusions, of a University-Fueled Revitalization



The Detroit Free Press


Some metro, state school districts cut costs by sharing top executives

Hundreds of volunteers clean up 8 Mile in Detroit

Education and economic self-reliance stressed at summit for young men in Detroit

State Police arrest Inkster councilman in traffic incident


The Christian Science Monitor

The bin Laden effect: How the Al Qaeda leader changed America

Did Navy SEALs bring a peace dividend for Obama?

Two Muslims bounced from Memphis flight, despite extra screening

Memphis and Baton Rouge brace for record-breaking Mississippi flood


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

2010 better than expected for Grady Hospital

Deputy resigns over deleted email

Chief: Clayton County commissioners can have police-issued guns



The Star Ledger

Budget cuts end some N.J. neighborhood watch programs

Lt. Gov. Guadagno's own records contradict public criticism of N.J. arts council

U.S. Justice Department to launch formal investigation into Newark police

While Newark police investigate shooting of 2 men, stolen car crashes into parked police cruisers


Newark pastors, council members ask new police director to release disciplinary record



The Baltimore Sun

Move to pull Balto. Co. police from rec centers sparks concern

W. Baltimore youth baseball league seeks to refurbish fields


Mourners remember Phylicia Barnes in Ga.


Former community activist sentenced to life in murder of wife



The Wasington Post


Obama’s team sharply divided over raid

Obama approval rating jumps in Va.


Mitch Daniels’s serious decision


Freedom Riders look to youths


A college connection for D.C. students

D.C. Council divided over taxes, service


A legal quandary in Pr. George’s


Robert Johnson ready to take hotel firm public


Chicago Tribune


CPS chief: 'I've never had an easy job'

Issues for Chicago's next schools chief, Jean-Claude Brizard

Daley leaves Emanuel slightly smaller budget hole

End the Wal-Mart phobia


What bin Laden, Geronimo shared



The Los Angeles Times

UC may charge higher tuition at popular campuses


Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris: the California Democratic Party's future?

Times updates and expands value-added ratings for Los Angeles elementary school teachers

Education reform: Shorter week, more learning


USA Today

USA's pulpits address bin Laden death

Inquiry sought into D.C. test scores

Feds: All kids, legal or not, entitled to school


NYC Mayor Bloomberg's budget would cut 1 in 12 teachers



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