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Today in Black America - October 26

POSTED: October 26, 2009, 12:00 am

The New York Times

Recession Drives Surge in Youth Runaways

A Nation Battling Swine Flu, and Short Vaccine Supplies

Southern White Teams Just Didn’t Play Black Ones, but One Game Ended All That

U.S. Considers Reining In ‘Too Big to Fail’ Institutions

Another Look at the Dinkins Administration, and Not by Giuliani

The Cover-Up Continues

The Christian Science Monitor

Obama nets $600,000 for Gov. Deval Patrick’s war chest

Baghdad bombings: Iraqis at the scene blame political parties

Detroit Free Press

Ford's success comes at a price

Crumbling schools hope for save

Re-elect Mayor Dave Bing

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Engine for growth has run out of fuel

Atlanta mayoral race goes down to the wire

Cameras may police city streets

Covington woman embraces abandoned, deceased babies

Chicago Tribune

Poets tell story of Chicago school children killed

Chicago grandmother recalls last moments with Dequarrius D. Cannon, 17, who was fatally shot on Far South Side

Obama outs Fox, but reveals a big flaw

The Washington Post

A lift on the road to graduation

A crucial last dash for Deeds backers

Corzine comes back, but far enough?

Obama declares flu emergency to ease restrictions for hospitals

Boston's landmark election

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- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- Hate American Style
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- White House Seeks to Muzzle Foreign Press
  Bush White House seeks to silence foreign press over criticism of Iraq War
- President Bush Addresses the Nation
  A NorthStar Network news report on President Bush's speech on Iraq
- Black Politicians in New Jersey Reach New Low
  NorthStar Network Editorial 2003
- Justice for the Central Park Five
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organizations
- Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society
  P. O. Box 73067 Washington, DC 20056-3067
- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
  Dr. Peter A. Sam, Chairman/CEO
- African Development Institute Inc.
  Lee Cassanelli: Director
documents
- Poverty in the United States, 1999
- HIV/AIDS Today, Issue 1
  A Global Epidemic
- Alternatives to Incarceration
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at alternatives to incarceration
- Members of Congress
  A dierctory of Members of the U.S.House of Representatives in the 110th Congress
- The Search for Osama Hussein
  NorthStar Network Editorial from October 2003

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