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Today in Black America - October 1

POSTED: October 01, 2012, 12:00 am

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The New York Times

Debates Can Shift a Race’s Outcome, but It’s Not Easy

Poll Averages Have No History of Consistent Partisan Bias

Tired Cries of Bias Don’t Help Romney

Supreme Court Faces Weighty Cases and a New Dynamic

As Iowa Goes, So May Go Romney’s Chances

50 Years After Integration, Ole Miss Grapples With History


The Christian Science Monitor


Rent or own? The new sharing economy values access over ownership

As US Supreme Court opens, all eyes on Chief Justice John Roberts


First debate jitters? Obama, Romney camps maneuver for advantage (+video)

Fight over ‘bias’ in political polling as numbers show clear edge for Obama (+video)

Obama and Romney fight for religious groups’ votes. Then there’s Romney’s Mormon faith


The Star Ledger

Aretha Franklin in Jersey City: The Queen of Soul sings for cancer survivors

FBI investigation of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack includes connection to environmental clean up company

Bankruptcy trustee calls for investigation into auction sale of Jersey City's Christ Hospital

Christie champions Romney on talk shows in lead-up to Wednesday's debate


South Jersey waging war on unemployment, encouraging economic development


The Detroit Free Press

Detroit officials to ask court to end water department strike over cuts; picket expected again today

Michigan probation and parole agents often face threats, violence on the job


Wave of violent crimes underscores corrections system's monitoring failures


Week 1 of Kwame Kilpatrick trial alleges greed, government with an agenda

Live blog 9 a.m.: Fifth day of testimony in Kilpatrick public corruption trial


The Washington Post

Race is tight, but not in key states, a new poll finds

For canvassers, door-to-door combat in an Ohio town

For Mitt Romney, wealth first brought freedom, then political obstacles

What to expect in Wednesday’s debate


Haiti, a country of 10 million, takes on disease one mouth at a time

As election nears, Jesse Jackson Jr. still absent

Brown’s troubles fit a pattern, former aides say


McDonnell on pace to restore voting rights to record number of felons


The Chicago Tribune

South Side pastor leads march against violence

'Reshoring' jobs gains appeal

Program could help CPS grads land city jobs

CPS gets a debt-rating downgrade as teachers prepare to vote on contract

Hundreds attend memorial for slain Evanston teen

Man held in Evanston teen's death was seeking revenge, prosecutors say


USA Today

DREAM Act would boost economy, think tank says

Calif gov. OKs bill on illegal immigrant licenses

Moody's: Obama has at least 303 electoral votes


The Los Angeles Times

O.C. post office is also a community hub

Oakland schools to let feds monitor discipline of black students


Brown OKs driver's licenses for young illegal immigrants

Californians back change on three strikes, but not on death penalty


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in Cleveland to introduce $2 million child defense initiative

Colleges in Ohio courting students far from the Buckeye State

Online schools serve students with a range of goals, officials say


Jobs Partnership program uses faith to open up jobs for the unemployed: Margaret Bernstein


President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talk infrastructure in Plain Dealer interviews







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