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POSTED: October 16, 2012, 12:00 am

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The New York Times

If Roe v. Wade Goes

Debt Impasse Shadows Race for Presidency

2nd Presidential Debate Is Less Formal, but Little Is Left to Chance

Obama Campaign Feels ‘Good’ About State of Race


Romney Is Attacked by His Father’s Longtime Aide

Jackson Is Investigated Over Money in Campaign

New York’s Rising Jobless Rate Poses Test for Cuomo

Prosecutor Testifies on Stop-and-Frisk Tactics

Brooklyn District Attorney Has a New Rival


Manhattan Borough President Seeks Bonds to Expand Early Education



The Christian Science Monitor


Will US economy rebound in 2013? Forecasters say not much.

Obama vs. Romney on 'fiscal cliff': May the bolder man win, polls say (+video)

Ohio pushes welfare recipients to find work and exit the system


Supreme Court to review Arizona law making would-be voters prove citizenship


The Star Ledger


N.J. ready to issue sports betting licenses in January

Sweeney: Take politics out of minimum wage hike

Assembly committee approves giving towns more control on judge appointments


Trenton Mayor Tony Mack maintains innocence on federal bribery charge during groundbreaking event

3 Camden mothers ask N.J. to find better schools for city children


The Detroit Free Press

Suit claims Morgan Stanley financed predatory loans targeting black communities in Detroit

Snyder, feds: Time to stop squabbling and jump-start mass transit for metro Detroit


Controversial standards place more emphasis on students' critical thinking skills

Graphic: Common core state standards initiative


State proposal would give Michigan schools a break on MEAP scores


Not even rain dampens enthusiasm for helping Focus: HOPE help others


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Atlanta to spend $2M on surveillance cameras

New Wal-Mart hiring; welcomed in Atlanta’s Vine City community

Thousands of Georgia voters line up for early voting


Georgia: The past four years

DeKalb schools settle suit with employee who spoke out at board meeting



The Chicago Tribune

Voters blame politicians, not unions, for pension mess

Pain on way for Chicagoans despite good-news budget

Culture plan emphasizes arts in schools

Video: Clarence Page issues an empathy alert for next debate

Obama coming back to Chicago to vote early



The Los Angeles Times

Prop. 38 proponent to stop airing TV ad

State hotline provides inaccurate voter registration deadline

Education cuts at stake in tax battle



The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Vote early, Michelle Obama urges crowd at Tri-C Metro in Cleveland

New CFPB report combs through student loan complaints

Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan and Condoleezza Rice to campaign Wednesday in Berea

Sherrod Brown and Josh Mandel face off in first debate in race for U.S. Senate

John Glenn addresses Ohio voters in new commercial for President Barack Obama (video)


USA Today

First women drop out of Marines' infantry training

FDA widens meningitis drug warnings



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