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Today in Black America - July 7

POSTED: July 07, 2014, 10:00 am

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Today in Black History: Baseball legend, Negro League star and Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige was born in 1906 in Mobile, Alabama.

The New York Times


Testing Ground for a New Detroit


Blow: Ramparts Against Republicans

Rethinking the Globe

Students Joining Battle to Upend Laws on Voter ID

Shut Out of White House, G.O.P. Looks to Democrats of 1992

Sirius XM Radio Fires a Host of ‘Opie & Anthony’ Over Racist Twitter Posts



The Christian Science Monitor

Why a Palestinian youth's murder lit a fuse in Jerusalem

Confidence in the presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court all plummets

Hillary Clinton donates big speaking fees to a nonprofit foundation – her own

Robert Mugabe says no whites may own land in Zimbabwe



The Star Ledger


Report: Public salaries in N.J. rose $360M last year

Policing the homeless at Port Authority Bus Terminal, but not as criminals

Camden murder victims are focus of Rowan photography teacher's project

Paterson girl, 12, left 'brain dead' in shooting, police say

Winslow Township girl hit by stray gunshot as she was lying in bed

NJ Catholic schools fight to keep doors open as future dims


Philly.com

Help pours in as community mourns

Trooper runs stop sign; woman killed


Superintendent ratings still lagging

Push to keep incoming college students on track


Bills target struggling Camden



The Detroit Free Press

Dearborn cleric popular with militants faces travel, social media restrictions

NEIdeas contest draws close to 600 entries from Detroit small businesses

Leader of national charter schools group calls for stronger accountability in Michigan

State of charter schools: The feedback and the facts


The Washington Post

Shock in Israel after 6 arrested in teen’s death

Gun-safety group to survey 2014 candidates


Which federal agencies have gained and lost the most employees?

This term’s key Supreme Court rulings, in the justices’ own words

Twelve states now have plans for a minimum wage of $9 or more


The District’s interim fire chief confronts numerous problems as he takes the helm

Charter school ‘cannibalism’?


The ‘collateral damage’ left behind by those behind bars



The Chicago Tribune

At least 30 shot in 13 hours of city-wide violence

Two boys, 14 and 16, among five people shot by Chicago police

Obamacare goal: Spend on prevention, save on cure


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ohio's tax cuts favor the affluent, do not create jobs: Zach Schiller, Policy Matters Ohio

Cleveland councilman's son charged with felonious assault

Ohio's public colleges among the most costly to attend, according to federal rankings


State Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council lacks members, hasn't met


The Los Angeles Times

63 abducted women, girls escape extremists in Nigeria

Civil rights groups to meet with CHP after highway altercation

Gov. Jerry Brown likes to break the mold with his judicial picks


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Cobb residents try to block bonds for stadium


New APS superintendent officially starts work today


USA Today

N.C. toddler dies days after being found in hot car

Family of Fla. teen beaten in Israel to discuss ordeal

Once fabled Atlantic City hits free fall














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