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Today in Black America - July 24

POSTED: July 24, 2012, 12:00 am

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The New York Times

Largest School Districts See Steady Decline in Enrollment

Real Penalty for Penn State Football, but No Cheers Yet

Video: Penn State Deserved Worse

On Campaign Trail, No Takers on Gun Control

G.O.P. Senators Face Risks Over Proposal on Tax Cuts

A Closer Look at Middle-Class Decline

Hasty and Ruinous 1972 Pick Colors Today’s Hunt for a No. 2

Sharp Words on New Jersey Halfway-House System at Assembly Hearing


The Christian Science Monitor

Colorado shooting: Why calling Obama 'anti-gun' is smart politics

Penn State sanctions: NCAA aims to end 'mindset' that led to tragedy

Obama vs. Romney: VFW hosting campaign side trip into foreign policy


The Star Ledger

Gov. Christie says N.J. has enough gun laws, smacks down 'grandstanding'


Gov. Christie puts positive spin on N.J.'s jobs numbers


N.J. Assembly hears pleas for legislative reform of state halfway houses


Trenton Mayor Tony Mack puts business administrator in charge until return next Monday


Newark Fire Department welcomes 30 new all-military veteran recruits


The Detroit Free Press

SMART, DDOT awarded $30 million in bus grants


$44 million to help finish Detroit RiverWalk

2 guilty in Detroit mortgage fraud scheme

Rochelle Riley: Search for justice must continue at Penn State even after NCAA punishment


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Stay of execution granted

Businesses push sales tax


New principals after scandal


The Washington Post

GAO: Debt fight cost at least $1.3B

The next massacre

Capehart: A response to a racist reader

Mitt Romney’s ‘exotic’ tax problem

The incredible, shrinking undecideds

District agency examines policies in wake of Gray campaign list flap



The Chicago Tribune

Chicago church leaders: 'We're tired of doing funerals'

Chicago school board delays budget vote, worries charter leaders


Daley won't face deposition in Burge torture case


College graduate's life takes different course after conviction



The Los Angeles Times

Officer-involved shootings spark outrage

Scientists: HIV cure possible, needs priority

Ruling supports Adelanto charter school effort



USA Today

Penn State's football future like death penalty


Study: More than $21T hidden offshore

Romney: New gun laws not needed after Aurora

Court martial begins in death of Chinese-American solider


Complaint: Elite high school unfair to minorities

D.C., don’t let politicians ruin that smile

HIV increase among black gays called 'alarming'


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, despite his vow against tax hikes, will back the Cleveland schools' proposed 15-mill levy


Neo-Nazi group run by North Royalton man has withered, says Southern Poverty Law Center






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