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Today in Black America - January 27

POSTED: January 27, 2015, 9:00 am

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Today in Black History: Opera great Leontyne Price makes her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on this date in 1961.

The New York Times

Investment Riches Built on Auto Loans to the Working Poor


Koch Brothers’ Budget of $889 Million for 2016 Is on Par With Both Parties’ Spending

A Drone, Too Small for Radar to Detect, Rattles the White House


Decades After Sit-In, South Carolina Seeks to Make Things Right

Oklahoma Asks Supreme Court to Delay Executions

C.I.A. Officer Is Found Guilty in Leak Tied to Times Reporter

Assembly Democrats Call on Sheldon Silver to Step Down as Speaker


The Star Ledger

Christie's out-of-state travel shows no sign of slowing down

What a Christie 2016 candidacy has going for it — and against it

Reaction to Christie forming campaign PAC in anticipated presidential run

No money for transportation without new gas tax, N.J. lawmaker tells rail coalition


Philly.com

Some Feltonville middle-schoolers 'opt out' of standardized testing

GOP sues Wolf over fired appointee

City councilman's name hijacked by rival


The Washington Post

The cable industry wants to reshape the economics of the Internet

Koch-backed groups plan to spend freely on ’16

Obama’s approval hits 50 percent -- just a couple months too late for Democrats (again)

The 2016 GOP field explained in one quote from their Iowa speeches this weekend

Absenteeism high in D.C. Head Start programs

Tim Clark, young political star, is mourned by D.C. leaders


The Detroit Free Press


U-M fraternities, sororities suspended for vandalism

Column: Why serious people discount Fox News


Adviser: Detroit faces risks to financial turnaround

Snyder makes rare appearance at civil rights panel


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


MetroHealth and other Ebola-designated centers need federal money: editorial

Democrats take a few more steps toward a possible Columbus convention: Ohio Politics Roundup

Cleveland police officers shoot and kill unarmed man during arrest: Forcing Change

Cleveland police officer shocks gas station clerk with Taser after 'playful banter': Forcing Change

Tight handcuffs caused skin infection, according to woman's lawsuit: Forcing Change


The Christian Science Monitor


Appeals court denies lobbyist's bid to blow hole in campaign finance law

When does a traffic app become dangerous? Waze sparks police outcry.


At Davos, rising income inequality worries some billionaires too

Will Hillary Clinton run for the Democratic nomination unopposed? (+video)


The Chicago Tribune


Fire sale at Johnson Publishing feels like karma


The Los Angeles Times


Migrant college students face more stress than their peers, study says

Cheap gas may not lead to drop in transit ridership, experts say

Homeless youth bring bold, confrontational approach to Santa Clarita

Councilman cancels wake for man killed in police shootout



USA Today

2 police officers shot, 1 person dead at Minn. city hall

Teen faces murder charge in infant's drowning


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Report: Google expected to pick Atlanta for fast Internet service

DeKalb school fire may have been arson
















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