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Today in Black America - July 5

POSTED: July 05, 2013, 7:30 am

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Today in Black History: Arthur Ashe, Jr. won the men's singles tennis championship at Wimbledon in 1975, making him the first Black male to take the title.

Update: (8:00 ET) Latest news from South Africa on the condition of former President Nelson Mandela

Who will own Madiba shrine?


The New York Times


I.R.S. Scrutiny Went Beyond the Political

2 Senate Democrats Seek Comey’s Views on Waterboarding

A Coup? Or Something Else? $1.5 Billion in U.S. Aid Is on the Line

Booker’s Opponents May Use His Friendship With Christie Against Him

Staten Island, Joined by Mayoral Candidates, Celebrates 4th of July


New York City Housing Board to Add Tenant Representatives and Cut Positions



The Christian Science Monitor


Veterans' benefit? VA, buried under claims, says it's finally digging out.


Gun grab? No Trayvon Martin DNA on George Zimmerman gun, expert says (+video)


Poll: Republicans pushing immigration reform could score with Latinos in 2016

Obamacare 101: Why major part of health law is delayed, and who's affected (+video)


The Star Ledger

Booker ballot slogan raises eyebrows - and ire - of Sussex Dems

N.J. Politics Roundup: Book says Christie threatened F-word; court hears gay marriage fight


Remorseful Trenton gang member sentenced to 13 years in killing


Star-Ledger puts its building on the market, says it is seeking to lease space

Democratic, community leaders blast U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

Christie, Booker invited to annual Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley

4 Essex County officials accused of campaign finance violations


The Detroit Free Press

Stephen Henderson: Kevyn Orr to load bankers in a bus, show them Detroit's worst neighborhoods

One of Detroit's largest private blight-cleanup blitzes gets under way in Brightmoor

Rochelle Riley: An army of volunteers is ready to battle blight in Detroit's North End

Charles Pugh's accusers: Teen called 'typical kid'; parents had troubles

Police seek missing 15-year-old Detroit girl

Halfway through 2013, Detroit homicides have dropped


The Chicago Tribune

Teen fatally wounded in police-involved shooting on South Side

3 dead, 3 others including 7-year-old wounded in city shootings

Unsung hero of the civil rights era remembered

Lawmakers say no pension vote by governor's deadline


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Applications for grants could cover 75 percent of kids at risk of becoming criminals

Georgia sets new execution date for convicted killer Warren Hill

10 members of Cobb drug ring facing combined 141 years behind bars


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Editorial: Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson is right to urge parents to work harder to choose best public schools for their kids


The Los Angeles Times

Childhood readers stay sharper in old age, brain study says

UC retreats from broad graduate school tuition hikes

L.A. City Council a hot destination for former state legislators

Judges refuse to delay order to release 9,600 California inmates


The Washington Post

In Connecticut, a struggle to launch state’s health-insurance exchange


Remains of three of Mandela’s children reburied; family feud grows deeper

Lower income college students deserve better

Group stands up for low-wage workers at federal buildings

Rachel Jeantel proves that this July 4th, Jim Crow lives

Howard U. student fatally shot late Thursday; second student beaten

Montgomery advocates fear loss of incentive to build affordable housing


USA Today

Islamists to hold 'Friday of Rejection'

Zimmerman trial judge is no-nonsense



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