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Today in Black America - August 5

POSTED: August 05, 2010, 12:00 am

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The New York Times

Senate Clears Way for $26 Billion in State Aid

Senate Debate Looms on Tax Cuts for Rich

Senator to Review Accreditation of For-Profit Colleges

Voters in Missouri Oppose Health Law

Diversity Debate Convulses Elite High School

Young Residents on Staten Island Try to Make Sense of a Spate of Violence

For Cuomo, Foretaste of a Bitter Ideological Divide


Baltimore Sun

Prosecutor, council leader want independent audit of rape case

Rally seeks construction jobs for city residents to build Red Line

Judge hears arguments in suit over city pregnancy center law


The Christian Science Monitor

Is racism at heart of Connecticut shooting? Answer still unclear.

2010 elections: Another incumbent falls in primary

Kenya referendum monitored by SMS and Twitter

Prop. 8 overturned: Why Vaughn Walker ruled against gay-marriage ban


Star Ledger

Poll: N.J. voters oppose Atlantic City takeover, aid to Xanadu

N.J. Assembly committee to discuss $10.5B budget deficit

N.J. lease deals with utility companies continue to cost taxpayers

Essex County is ordered to perform repairs on long-vacant Newark hospital site

Newark City Council tables Mayor Cory Booker's MUA proposal


The Washington Post

Aid package aimed at saving state jobs passes key hurdle in Senate

Democrats launch campaign to help defend majority in House

Obama travels to Illinois to help Alexi Giannoulias in Senate race

1,100 colleges join Veterans Affairs' reduced-tuition program for students

D.C. teachers union accuses Rhee of 'playing loose' with numbers on firings

Gray lays out jobs plan for city with 10% unemployment

2,000 attend free health clinic at D.C. convention center


Philadelphia Inquirer

Council members will wait to discuss DROP

Obama-like target in carnival game stirs outrage

New Pennsylvania plan offers health care hope for residents with preexisting conditions


Chicago Tribune

Obama has birthday dinner in River North

Daley warns service cuts an option to balance budget

Former political workers sentenced for vote fraud


Los Angeles Times

Ruling against Prop. 8 could lead to federal precedent on gay marriage

Senate musters the votes for aid to states

Black conservatives say 'tea party' isn't racist


Atlanta Journal Constitution

Teachers' morale tumbles at state schools


Detroit Free Press

Tough past fueled Clarke's victory

Family woes end Kilpatrick dynasty

Judge: Lawyer can question Kilpatricks

DPS reaching out to all at meetings

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