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Today in Black America - July 12

POSTED: July 12, 2012, 12:00 am

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The New York Times

Romney Says He Offers Better Chance for Blacks

The Caucus: Romney Faces a Tough Sell and a Few Boos at N.A.A.C.P.

Blow: Romney In the Lions’ Den


Romney Faces Conservatives’ Calls to Deliver Counterpunch

For a Soaring Political Career, Uncertain Turns


In an Iowa Dining Room, Obama Puts a Middle-Class Face on a Tax Fight


Editorial: The Road to More Jobs

9/11 Memorial Bars Elected Officials From Speaking at Ceremony


The Christan Science Monitor

Did health care 'tax' just blow up California's careful budget plans?

Mitt Romney booed at NAACP. Could that be good for him? (+video)

Who's the real 'outsourcer in chief'? Why Obama, Romney both shoulder blame.


The Star Ledger

Red light camera class action suits filed against Glassboro, Monroe Township

Higher ed borrowing won't affect state's credit rating, says N.J. treasury official

Christie by the numbers: Governor trumpets achievements, pokes fun at self in release


Reputed Bloods gang member found guilty of killing mother, 3 teenage girls



The Detroit Free Press

Teen death plotter says she regrets all her decisions

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing frustrated by continued obstacles to consent agreement


Bobby Ferguson seeks to push back his retrial in bid-rigging case

Both sides appeal 90-day suspension of city lawyer in Kwame Kilpatrick text message scandal


ACLU readies school-related suit


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

FAMU president out


State eyes new HIV strategy

City pays $600K for false arrest

Tougher oversight of tax allocation districts?



The Chicago Tribune

Jesse Jackson Jr. under treatment for mood disorder, staff says

Teachers, activists boo CPS budget

Illinois inmates may be receiving illegal unemployment benefits

5 teens among 8 shot from Logan Square south to Morgan Park

Homicide numbers reveal stark contrast


The Washington Post


Gray allegedly knew of scandal in January

Dvorak: Are Gray’s days numbered?


A tainted administration

Three D.C. Council members call on Gray to resign

For 33rd time, House votes to repeal health law

Dick Cheney will host major Romney fundraiser at his Wyoming home



The Los Angeles Times

LAUSD fights order to give more space to charter schools

Mayor's advisor becomes 13th candidate for City Council seat


Rising costs push California cities to fiscal brink


Bullet train vote demonstrates California Legislature working well


USA Today

25% of Romney bundlers hail from finance sector

FAMU president resigns in wake of hazing death


NAACP boos Romney's health care remarks

Racial profiling difficult to prove, experts say


Truvada trials signal AIDS 'turning point'


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland VA expands telemedicine program to bring veterans specialty care at outpatient clinics

Cleveland voters to decide in November whether Mayor Frank Jackson should appoint the city's next fire chief


Cleveland is second largest TV market for political ads this year, analysis says

Cleveland officials authorized to break ground on first new police station in decades





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