Today in Black History: Scholar, civil rights advocate and federal judge Leon Higginbotham, Jr. is born on this date in 1928 in Trenton, New Jersey.
The New York Times
Budget Impasse Signals a Shift in G.O.P.’s Focus
A Complex Role for Medicare in the Standoff in Washington
Panel on Health Care Work Force, Lacking a Budget, Is Left Waiting
Opinion: Less Innovation, More Inequality
Crossed Paths: Chicago’s Jacksons and Obamas
New Drone Base in Niger Builds U.S. Presence in Africa
In Impasse, New York Would Face Steep Cuts
Silver Calls for Reversing Cuomo’s Cut in School Aid
Shaping a Gun Reform Agenda That Includes Teenagers and Handguns
The Christian Science Monitor
Firearms-makers to politicians on gun rights: You balk, we walk
Obama administration to argue for gay marriage in Supreme Court case
Sequester: 'It's your fault....No, your fault!' (+video)
The Star Ledger
White House outlines what spending cuts mean for N.J.
Bedeviled Menendez confronts accusations with words of Martin Luther King
Celebrating Rosa Parks' 100th birthday with a call for action
UMDNJ to offer free stroke screening fair
Wall Street warns Christie to avoid election-year budget moves
The Detroit Free Press
Young adults, churchgoers demonstrate for improved public transportation in metro Detroit
Emergency financial managers in Michigan cities bringing big sacrifices, some success
U-M public policy class takes it cues from 'The Wire'
Snyder calls for GOP unity as right-to-work targeted
Smith & Wesson chairman confesses to past felony conviction
The Washington Post
White House details impact of cuts on states
Effect of cuts on your state
Report predicts a tough road ahead for Washington region
The Post’s View: Bullet overkill
Supreme Court considers South’s legacy and progress on voting rights
Six young lives end in six months
Both dreams and reality loom large in debate over raising minimum wage
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
DeKalb school woes invigorate push for broader overhaul
Judge calls time out in DeKalb school board suspension case
Deal to announce whether he'll suspend members
Armed robbery in Georgia: Unequal justice
The Chicago Tribune
2nd District race in homestretch
CPS considers boosting sex ed
Federal prosecutor blasts Jacksons' 'indulgence in the excess'
The Los Angeles Times
Gov. Brown's funding plan splits poorer, richer schools
Change slow at L.A. County's child protective agency
MC Hammer, arrested in Bay Area, alleges racial profiling
'Great 9th' district may lose more black political clout
Next mayor faces stark budget challenges
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
A year after fatal Chardon High School shooting, superintendent isn't interested in having teachers carry guns
Black History Month: The 1964 Cleveland schools' boycott to protest segregation
Riding Cuyahoga Valley railroad into Underground Railroad history
Federal cuts will affect Northeast Ohio if budget stalemate continues
Bill would commit sex predators after their prison terms
USA Today
High court’s DNA case pits crime solving vs. privacy
A year after Trayvon Martin's death, town is healing
White House details sequestration cuts by state
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