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Today in Black America - October 3

POSTED: October 03, 2012, 12:00 am

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The New York Times

Editorial: Temporary Voter Relief in Pennsylvania

Stark Backdrop as President Prepares to Debate

Taking Note: Romney Has a Visa Problem


Obama Outspending Romney on TV Ads

The Mitt Romney Who Might Have Been (Sunday Times Magazine)

Voter ID Rules Fail Court Tests Across Country

In Illinois, Jackson Runs Unseen


G.O.P. Aims to Remake Florida Supreme Court


Diallo’s Mother Asks Why Officer Who Shot at Her Son Will Get Gun Back

City Subpoenas Film Outtakes as It Defends Suit by Men Cleared in ’89 Rape

New York’s Proposed Council Map Is Called Unfair to Minority Groups


The Christian Science Monitor

Can GOP find votes in wreckage of Pennsylvania voter ID law?


Presidential debate: Which questions might trip up Obama, Romney?


Critics pounce after Mitt Romney says he'd honor Obama approvals for illegals

On eve of first debate, Romney floats tax proposal that hits the rich (+video)



The Star Ledger

Newark mother fatally shot while sitting in parked car

Study urges school districts to boost number of students who receive free school breakfasts


Obama leads Romney by 17 points in N.J., latest poll shows


Violent school offenses rise 50 percent in N.J. schools, statistics show


Christie: N.J. will help Newark with budget dilemma after city cuts spending



The Detroit Free Press

Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. suspended amid sex scandal

Stephen Henderson: If scandal proves true, Chief Godbee has to go

Grant money in corruption trial: Was Kwame Kilpatrick's role criminal, or just unethical?

Clara Stanton Jones: First woman, first African American to lead Detroit library

DPS tries to draw students for count day with notebook computers


The Atlanta Journal Constitution


Georgia school boards group accused of anti-charter efforts

Atlanta City Council passes new anti-panhandling law

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed calls Walmart “a valued partner,” declines to wade into Buckhead debate

State Dept. of Education announces it's neutral on charter amendment


The Washington Post

Report for Senate slams anti-terror ‘fusion centers’

8 questions about the first presidential debate

Obama ahead on key poll issues before debate

Judge halts Pennsylvania voter ID law

GOP cuts ties with longtime operative

Romney’s comments on the ‘47 percent’ aren’t going away anytime soon


Gray to unveil city playoff plans

Michael Brown pressed on nonprofit

Construction boom in D.C. leads to discoveries of old burial sites


The Chicago Tribune


Evanston mayor: 'We will change as a result of this death'

Cemetery criticized as 'appalling' gets pricier deal to bury poor

Reputed gang member guilty in murder of federal informant

Charter backers rally as teachers vote on contract



The Los Angeles Times

Most swing states are better off today

Brown uses vetoes to press for Prop. 30


Charles R. Drew University continues comeback, president says


USA Today

Obama up in Ohio; tied in Fla., Va.

Rethinking what leads to success in education

Studies show race-neutral college admissions could work



The Cleveland Plain Dealer


All gun owners aren't created equal, nor should they be treated equally: Phillip Morris


Cuyahoga County Democrats make show of first day of voting

Greater Cleveland Drug Court receives $975,000 grant to expand outreach program


The Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., to be inducted into Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame


Ohio college enrollment falls for 2nd year in a row






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