Today in Black History: Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald, the "First Lady of Song," was born on this date in 1918 in Newport News, Virginia.
The New York Times
Editorial: On Beyond Fear
Blow: Politics of Paranoia
Thomas B. Edsall: The Shadow Lobbyist
Despair Drives Guantánamo Detainees to Revolt
New Medical Exam Policy for Sexual Assault Cases
Quinn to Allow Vote on a Profiling Bill
Westchester Leader Acts on a Fair-Housing Bill
The Christian Science Monitor
Glenn Beck conspiracy theory: What's his evidence?
Why trial for Boston bomb suspect could be at least a year away (+video)
The Star Ledger
Trenton council to discuss plan if Mayor Tony Mack, council member is removed from office
Campaign finance overhaul by N.J. Senate Democrats would also reform pay-to-play
Newark board votes 'no-confidence' in schools chief Cami Anderson
Poll: New Jerseyans don't think we're 'back to normal' after Sandy
N.J. county political party fundraising plummets
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Death sentence for man who killed College Park teens
Defiant 30 Deep gang member Johnquavious Hood sent back to prison
Second lawsuit filed in Buckhead IHOP police scrum
Charter school officials unhappy with early actions of new Georgia commission
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit Fire Department captain: Our equipment is 'junk'
Tom Barrow to kick off bid today for Detroit mayor
FBI outreach aims to show kids, communities: You can trust the cops
Michigan school chief to lead education work group
Bobby Ferguson may get publicly funded lawyer for bid-rigging trial
The Washington Post
House GOP faction rebels against leadership proposal on health care
Suspect had no gun when bullets hit boat, officials say
Holder says no furloughs at Justice Department this fiscal year
House honors ‘four little girls’ killed in Birmingham church bombing
After GOP loss this week, what’s the future of the Republican party in D.C.?
Maryland’s biggest health insurer seeks to raise premiums 25 percent
Maryland prison officials sought FBI’s help with gang at Baltimore jail
The Chicago Tribune
Mississippi pawnshop sued in Chicago cop's death
Virginia congressman rips federal government for buying Illinois prison
State senator pleads guilty to misdemeanor in O'Hare gun case
The Los Angeles Times
Jerry Brown promises 'battle' over education
Bloomberg donates $350,000 to L.A. school board race
Rumor of deal roils teachers union
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Internal review of deadly Cleveland police chase complete, more than 100 officers and supervisors face discipline
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia Fudge seeks fair phone call rates for prison inmates (video)
Ed FitzGerald kicks off his long-planned bid for governor by banking on his Cuyahoga County base
USA Today
Survey: Nearly a quarter of teens drive while impaired
Illinois mayor's nephew kills 5, dies after firefight
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