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Today in Black America - December 17

POSTED: December 17, 2013, 10:00 am

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Today in Black History: Educator Barbara Sizemore, the first Black woman to lead a major public school system (Washington, DC), was born in 1927.

The New York Times

Judge Rules Against N.S.A. Bulk Collection of Phone Data

Editorial: A Powerful Rebuke of Mass Surveillance

Score One for the Legal Thorn in Government’s Side

Budget Deal Heads for Senate Approval as More Republicans Give Support


G.O.P. Firebrands Tone Down Their Message and Run Again

Boycott by Academic Group Is a Symbolic Sting to Israel

Bloomberg Focuses on His Legacy in Farewell Tour Across the City


Facing Suit, New York City Agrees to Remove Mold in Public Housing More Quickly


The Christian Science Monitor

FDA: Antibacterial scrubs might be worse than plain soap (+video)

Teen gunman at Arapahoe High School bought ammo on day of attack (+video)

Tea party and political buttons: Supreme Court declines Minnesota case

Snowden: To be heard on NSA spying, I need asylum


The Star Ledger

Ramapough chief, Ramapo professors to discuss stereotypes in 'Out of the Furnace'

New N.J. bill would forgive $200k in medical school debt

Trenton schools may face funding difficulties next year as charters open

Lawmaker wants Congress to investigate GWB lane closures

Group of N.J. special-needs schools pledges more accountability for use of taxpayer dollars


The Detroit Free Press


Michigan to coordinate donations to support reading

More Michigan kids qualify for food aid, report says

U-M survey: 47% of Michigan local government leaders support right-to-work law

Detroit bankruptcy judge allows appeal of eligibility, pension rulings


Philly.com

Two years later, no answers for widow in N. Philly slaying

Judge in Phila.-linked case: NSA phone sweep likely illegal


Bill to sells ads in Philly school paused

Bill would bar employers from checking applicant's criminal history

At this SRC meeting, the students were in charge


The Chicago Tribune


Nonprofits see earlier need for winter clothes

Emanuel seeks to highlight drop in violent crime


In Cook County, same-sex couples who are terminally ill can wed early, federal judge says

Judge to rule next year on Burge class action



The Washington Post


Poll: Obama suffers most in year of turmoil

Obama’s approval ratings plummet

Pepper spray and locked weaponry cabinets?

GOP feels heat from Common Core opponents

School’s Medicaid billing at center of probe


Immigrant students in Va. seeking in-state college tuition

Herring widens lead in Virginia attorney general recount

Pr. George’s Exec. Baker to sign minimum wage bill



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


College presidents doubt President Obama's higher education rating system will work: Higher Education Roundup

Ronald Adrine re-elected to Cleveland Municipal Court Presiding Judge

Cleveland dad shot picking up children from school released from hospital


The Los Angeles Times


Death rate unusually high for young veterans

2 sheriff's officials accused of recording FBI agent

Parole board to set minimums for life-term prisoners

Gov. Jerry Brown opposes government-imposed standards for schools


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Two more teachers plead guilty in APS scandal

Two teens shot in four days on the same DeKalb street


USA Today


Father of Colo. shooter questions son's discipline by teacher


School shooting suspect yelled 'I'm not perfect'










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