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Today in Black America - December 10

POSTED: December 10, 2012, 7:00 am

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The New York Times

Obama and Boehner Talk About Deficits at the White House


Fed Is Likely to Sustain Its Stimulus Program


Tax Arithmetic Shows Top Rate Is Just a Starter

New Taxes to Take Effect to Fund Health Care Law

Changing Affiliation Again, Former Governor of Florida Becomes a Democrat


Obama and Boehner Talk About Deficits at the White House


Housing Agency’s Flaws Revealed by Storm

Poor Schools Struggling to Meet State Standards, Years After Critical Ruling


Major Renter to Students to Pay Millions for Civil Fraud


The Christian Science Monitor

More Republicans agree to higher tax rates for the wealthy

Obama's Medicaid expansion: How many states are likely to rebel?

Why Obama insists on higher tax rates for the wealthy

Charlie Crist joins the Democrats: What drives a political chameleon?


The Star Ledger

Interactive map: Income grows in every New Jersey county for first time since 2008

Bernardsville-based 'More Than Me' wins $1 million prize to build schools in Africa


N.J. educators unsure how to improve 4th-grade boys' reading scores on state test

Wisniewski will not seek Democratic nomination to unseat Christie



The Detroit Free Press

Detroit bankruptcy would be long, painful, experts say

Witnesses in Kwame Kilpatrick trial tell of lavish gifts to keep city deals

Jeff Seidel: Right-to-work: The battle for Michigan's soul


The causes, the fallout of the right-to-work battle

Detroit-area pastors urge Michiganders to oppose right-to-work

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing: 'I haven't given up' on city's finances


The Washington Post

‘Fiscal cliff’ deal is starting to take shape

From secession to Star Wars: Online petitioners flood White House

DeMint is leaving. Who might be next?

The entitlement divide

November jobs report: Stubborn unemployment in three charts

At a hearing on why kids throw stones at Metro buses, no one spoke for the kids


The Chicago Tribune

Many steps before an Illinois union can declare a strike

CTA plans public hearings on proposed 2013 budget

Circuit Court Clerk Brown stops taking employee campaign donations

U.S. investigating wrongful murder convictions of the Englewood 4

Sen. Durbin says no special treatment for state lawmaker

CPS plans 4 more charters


Road to exoneration for Bennie Starks hits another detour



The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Poll shows leaders have work cut out on trust issue

Regaining voters’ trust is key


Atlanta kids become random victims of street violence through rash of shootings

Poll: Trust the big roadblock to regional solutions



The Los Angeles Times

L.A. teachers' evaluation victory bucks a trend


Campus police kill student during struggle


Reckless prescribing and lost lives


After generations of failure, a school and its students head for success


L.A. mayoral candidates discuss housing, education, city services


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Cleveland Police Department's history of use of force suggests troubling trend, critics say; police union attorney blasts criminal element

Community vigil today to remember 2 fatally shot by Cleveland police after chase into East Cleveland

After coming close to death, ex-addict Ozetta Harris finds her life's purpose: Margaret Bernstein

Tension between the Cleveland police and black residents predictably increases after 137 shots are fired at end of controversial car chase: Mark Naymik

College students' success increases when they are motivated by money, officials say


USA Today

U.S. deaths decline sharply in Afghanistan

Civil rights icon remembered for voting drives in South


Charities fight possible changes on tax deductions






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