Today in Black History: Abolitionist Levi Coffin, President of the Underground Railroad, was born in 1798 in New Garden, North Carolina.
The New York Times
After Year of Working Around Federal Cuts, Agencies Face Fewer Options
A $13 Billion Reminder of What’s Wrong
Obama, at Brooklyn School, Pushes Education Agenda
Editorial: Why Prisons Are Shrinking
Health Site’s Woes Could Dissuade Vital Enrollee: the Young and Healthy
Military Families Who Want to Home-School Their Children Find Support
De Blasio in Position to Win Mayor’s Race by Historic Margin, Poll Shows
City Drops Bid to Ban Display of Cigarettes
The Christian Science Monitor
A first for Estonia: an elected black politician
Kathleen Sebelius prepares to face the music on Obamacare (+video)
In three US cities, three longtime mayors prepare exits. What legacies?
In one of South Africa's most violent townships, a peace arrives
The Star Ledger
Trenton residents rally in protest of high school conditions, Gov. Christie's lack of action
Buono delivers passionate Christie critique at Trenton rally
State to review American Dream Meadowlands financing this week
Effort to honor longtime AIDS advocate by renaming Newark street sparks dispute
Minority voters key to Christie coalition, for N.J. race and beyond
Women speak out at conference against domestic violence in Jersey City
The Detroit Free Press
Funeral today for Detroit police officer, 37, killed in shootout
Legislation targets meth production in Michigan
Detroiters on hook for millions used to renovate schools now empty or demolished
Some DPS buildings no longer in use after major investments
Michigan's color-coded school ratings face overhaul; A to F grades considered
Philly.com
Back from slinging drugs, he's now cleaning the streets
Philly schools' hidden riches: Millions in artwork
Neshaminy school paper bans the word "Redskin"
Endless hearings. Withering invective. It's a thankless job on the SRC
Stung by tax ruling, Atlantic City braces for worse
South Coatesville mayor, 96, won't run again
The Washington Post
If Hillary Clinton passes in 2016, who will run?
Report: Outside spending distorts state supreme court rulings
The most important race of 2014 won’t happen on Election Day
Young workers souring on federal careers
School shootings are about more than bullying
D.C. opens battle over minimum wage increase
The Chicago Tribune
Man cleared in rape case arrested in sex-offender registry foul-up
Prison date draws near for Jesse Jackson Jr.
Zion church sues to oust controversial pastor
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Public officials defend practice of double dipping, in published words
Mayor Jackson collects substantially more campaign cash than challenger Ken Lanci
Cleveland school district's 10 percent employee absence rate is too high, district CEO Eric Gordon tells staff
Cuyahoga County judges sending far fewer felons to prison, marking major shift in Ohio's corrections system
Cleveland priest indicted on felony soliciting charge; failed to reveal he was HIV-positive
The Los Angeles Times
Standards too high at revered Harvard-Westlake?
Initiative reform needed in California
Jerry Brown OKs freedom for woman imprisoned at 16 for killing pimp
L.A. moves to boost limits on gifts to lawmakers
Bell's Rizzo and aide made even more than suspected, witness testifies
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Prosecutors launch criminal investigation into suspected church swindler
USA Today
Even healthy kids can die from flu complications
Ben Crump flooded with civil rights cases after Trayvon
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