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Today in Black America - April 25

POSTED: April 25, 2014, 7:30 am

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Today in Black History: Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald, the "First Lady of Song," was born on this date in 1918 in Newport News, Virginia.

The New York Times

Editorial: Creating a Two-Speed Internet


Latest Attempt at Web Rules Is Met With Lobbying

Fight to Keep Athletes From Pain of Injury Costs


Democratic Candidates Grow More Vocal in Supporting Health Law

Rancher’s Views on Race Send Supporters Fleeing

Cliven Bundy Accidentally Explained What’s Wrong With the Republican Party


Seattle Mayor Says Effort to Build Agreement on $15 Minimum Wage Has Faltered


De Blasio Names Chief of Agency Overseeing Sick Pay Law

Pre-K Applicants Up 36% This Year; Mayor’s Challenge Is Finding Seats


Judge Rejects New York Limit on Donations to ‘Super PACs’



The Christian Science Monitor

Net neutrality rewritten: Will next generation of innovators have a chance?

Cliven Bundy on 'the Negro': Why his words aren't a huge surprise

Can leafless e-cigarettes be regulated as a tobacco product? FDA says yes.


The Star Ledger


Christie dismisses bridge scandal critics during Sandy town hall in Brick

Princeton University to pay town $21.7 million over 7 years in new deal for tax-exempt school

Newark mayor's race: Negative advertisements intensify in final stretch


Newark fights court order to fund shutdown of watershed agency

Port Authority adopts minimum wage policy for airport workers


Number of N.J. children living in poverty climbs sharply

Bill to ban employers from asking about applicants' criminal histories gets new life


The Detroit Free Press

Decision whether to remove judge in Renisha McBride porch shooting case expected today

33 charged with illegally collecting $400K in Detroit jobless benefits

Oakland County sees 77% increase in poverty rates, reports shows

Detroit lawyer Godfrey Dillard announces run for Michigan attorney general


BAMN holds Ann Arbor protest over court ruling on college admissions


Mable Williams died April 19 at the age of 82.


Philly.com

Black pioneer, a cemetery founder, honored


No charges for cops in probe? Shame on Phila
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School district hires a 90G director of recruitment


Report: Pa.'s bridges worst in U.S.


Fiery meeting focuses on charter schools



The Washington Post

Robinson: The Supreme Court hurt minorities


GOP leaders abandon rancher Cliven Bundy over race remarks

U.S. judges balk at police requests for digital data


Obama is calling for more clemency, but rarely grants it.


No, southern whites are not the new blacks

Honoring beauty of Lupita Nyong’o is fine but what’s next for her and other ‘dark girls’


Listeners believe they can find Relisha

Obama administration wants better trained teachers

Michael Brown should serve more than 3 years, prosecutors say


The Chicago Tribune


New Chicago high school to be named for Obama

Editorial: The FDA's smart ruling to curb e-cigarettes

Illinois graduated income tax vote next week

Illinoisans have lowest home-state opinions in the U.S., poll says


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Browns, Cavs, Indians bankroll pro-sin tax campaign, according to latest campaign finance report


Cleveland sex offender accused of raping former co-worker at Warrensville Heights motel, records say


Prosecutors, defense attorneys urge Ohio Parole Board to spare death row inmate's life


Where should concealed guns not be allowed in Ohio?



The Los Angeles Times

Republicans back Brown's concept of a fund for debt and rainy days

State to provide $75 million in mental health grants

L.A. Unified doesn't have to release teachers' names with performance ratings


USA Today

War-years military suicide rate higher than believed

Obama wants better data on teacher preparation programs


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Authorities: 14-year-old stabbed grandmother more than 50 times

First of two churches demolished for new Falcons stadium


Two schools win national “green” award for building and education


Atlanta-area evangelical leaders call for immigration overhaul



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