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Football great Emlen Tunnell, the first Black player inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame was born on this date in 1925 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Today in Black America - May 21

POSTED: May 21, 2013, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Winston Salem State University basketball coaching legend Clarence "Big House" Gaines (Morgan State '45) was born in 1924.

The New York Times

Vast Oklahoma Tornado Kills at Least 91

Editorial: New Efforts to Undercut Health Reforms

White House Says It Didn’t Loop Obama In on I.R.S. Inquiry

Ex-U.S. Attorney in Arizona Is Criticized for Leak to Fox

Judge Criticizes ‘High Error Rate’ of New York Police Stops

Camping Out for Five Days, in Hopes of a Union Job



The Christian Science Monitor

Apple 'tax gimmicks': rotten to the core or sensible business?


Are prayers before public meetings OK? Supreme Court to decide.


The Star Ledger

Jersey City mayor-elect says his eyes aren't on Trenton

Date of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack's corruption trial to be set next month

Christie calls Justice Albin a 'grandstander,' chastises state Supreme Court


Sweeney rips Buono pick for N.J. Democratic Party chairman as infighting continues


Poverty on rise in N.J. suburbs, report says



The Detroit Free Press

Witness: McCree said mistress sought $10,000 for pregnancy; he questioned if child was his

More poor people live in suburbs than in cities, study shows

Urban farming invigorates Detroit neighborhood


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Lottery tickets generate $23 million for education in Georgia

‘Brothers’ top Clark Atlanta’s graduating class


The Washington Post

Antiabortion group plans to make Virginia a ‘template’ for midterms


Low-wage workers at D.C. federal buildings, museums to protest pay


Obama holds steady amid controversies

Thousands march in New York to protest gay man’s killing

CBP presents plan to eliminate furloughs

Farm bills advance with reduced spending



The Chicago Tribune


More poor in U.S. suburbs than cities, report says

Former Chicago police officer gets 18 years for drug conspiracy

Sandy Hook parents help Illinois high-capacity magazine ban

Source: Fewer than 5 schools to be spared



The Los Angeles Times


L.A. County supervisor outlines new jail proposal

Crime rates fall in sheriff's patrol areas, report finds

Funding to L.A. magnet school restored


Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff


The Cincinnati Enquirer

IN OUR SCHOOLS: Glitches follow testing switch

COLLEGE BUBBLE: Student loans ripe for private investment?

IN-DEPTH: Suburbs see poverty rate rising








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