The New York Times
Vital Tests for Obama on Mandate for Change
Debate on Creating Jobs, Without Raising Deficit
Unemployment and Midterms
Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades
Stacking the Deck Against Kids
The Jobs Imperative
The Christian Science Monitor
Three questions Obama must answer in Afghanistan speech
Baltimore Sun
A house of (gift) cards at City Hall
Dixon talk-radio divide may reflect the one in jury room
Dixon trial maneuvers' effects disputed
Atlanta Journal Constitutrion
Mayoral candidates go on attack in final TV debate
Police chief touts record
Detroit Free Press
Bing says rebuilding Detroit is 20-year task
Detroit's compounding debt points to disaster
Affordable insurance key for young adults
The Washington Post
A party both united and divided
In health-care reform, no deficit cure
Lenders to get push to help homeowners
D.C. mayor's blunt style an asset, liability
Chicago Tribune
Some black youth feel more at home in Boystown, but get chilly reception
City targets ex-NBA star for 'slum' housing
Chicago budget: Aldermen focus on ward issues rather than $370 million plan to dig deep into parking-meter reserves
Los Angeles Times
Atlanta mayoral candidates appeal to gay vote
Four police officers fatally shot near Seattle
L.A. faces $1-billion deficit by 2013; budget chief calls for pension reforms
Star-Ledger
N.J. medical duo earns Afghan warlords' trust
Municipalities brace for steep cuts in state aid
Boston Globe
Fun and games fail to hit the teen target
Black-white vote looms in Atlanta mayor race