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Today in Black America - October 26

POSTED: October 26, 2012, 12:00 am

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The New York Times

Obama Campaign Endgame: Grunt Work and Cold Math

On a Frenetic Day, Obama Votes and Romney Is for Change

Obama, Romney and Their Parties on Track to Raise $2 Billion

Business Leaders Urge Deficit Deal Even With More Taxes


Editorial: Blocking the Vote


Sununu Suggests Powell’s Endorsement of Obama Was Based on Race


Michigan Vote a Test Case on Enshrining the Rights of Unions

Death of a Boy Prompts New Medical Efforts Nationwide


The Christian Science Monitor

Great expectations for US economy: Are Obama, Romney too optimistic?

Confusing polls: Has Mitt Romney closed the gender gap or not?

Exclusive: E-voting puts vote accuracy at risk in four key states

Hillary Clinton might stay on in a second Obama term. What about 2016?



The Star Ledger

Assembly transportation chief subpoenas Port Authority for documents on toll increase

N.J. attorney general: Prescribed drugs kill more than heroin and cocaine

N.J. education chief can impose salary caps on superintendents, appellate panel rules


Senate bills ban employers from asking for workers' social media passwords


Mahwah police arrest felon with ties to anti-American 'Sovereign Citizens' group


The Detroit Free Press


Bobby Ferguson cost firm millions, contractor to tell jury today

Joyce Parker named emergency manager for Allen Park

Detroit Public Schools not taking millage vote for granted

Detroit neighborhoods mobilize for Angels' Night arson crackdown


The Washington Post

‘Fiscal cliff’ has already cost U.S. jobs, report says


Wonkblog: CEOs want grand bargain


As racial divide grows, whites’ support for Obama erodes


Endorsement: Four more years

What America will we choose?

Top Romney aide Sununu suggests Powell endorsed Obama because he’s black

Prince George’s business leaders call for Purple Line funding

Pastors demand Gallaudet reinstate Chief Diversity Officer McCaskill


District charter schools to get help with facility costs


The Chicago Tribune

Video spurs new problems for embattled rapper

No answers still in case of Yasmin Acree, teen missing since 2008

Family's racial history comes into focus

Cops using sensors to pick up gunshot sounds in 2 locations on South, West sides

Boys, 12 and 14, shot in Roseland neighborhood


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Honey Badger, former LSU teammates arrested

Local jobless rate drops

Atlanta's foreclosure activity down, too

Pre-k paying off, experts say


More controversy at North Atlanta High: Accusations of cheating



The Los Angeles Times


Outside cash pours into Calif. House races

Hearing set on $11-million election donation from Arizona nonprofit


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Brown, Mandel tangle over abortion, auto rescue and more in Cincinnati debate

Cleveland's East 22nd Street project to receive $1.5 million in federal funding

Trick-or-treating on the Ohio campaign trail: Obama to spend Oct. 31 in Cincinnati and Akron


President Barack Obama follows Mitt Romney's Ohio swing with rally at Burke Lakefront Airport



USA Today


Can Ohio's better days help Obama?

Study: Improved economy draws illegal immigrants

Panetta: US lacked early info on Benghazi attack



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