Today in Black History: Robert Abbott launches the Chicago Defender newspaper in 1905 and begins a golden age in the life of the Black press.
The New York Times
Stories of Struggle and Creativity as Sequestration Cuts Hit Home
Editorial: A Disappointing Debut
The Great Divide: How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment
N.R.A. Leadership Rallies Members for 2014 Elections
Corporations Find a Friend in the Supreme Court
Girl’s Death by Gunshot Is Rejected as Symbol
Wrongfully Convicted Often Find Their Record, Unexpunged, Haunts Them
Corruption Charge Expected for Senator
The Christian Science Monitor
Teenagers, social media, and terrorism: a threat level hard to assess
As NRA meets, Great Gun Debate intensifies America's culture war
Republicans pursue probe of Benghazi attacks, name witnesses for hearing
The Star Ledger
Jersey City mayor's opponents say his comments about nude photos insult Hispanics
Sources: Middlesex prosecutor stepping down to work for Attorney General
Christie administration silent as it starts raiding affordable housing funds, report says
A quarter of N.J. workers fall short of rising living costs, study shows
Buono's money woes threaten campaign, cause a change of mind
The Detroit Free Press
Gov. Snyder, U.S. education secretary to visit 3 schools today
Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano says he was trying to reduce his budget when he terminated James Wallace.
Cincinnati's top cop is finalist to become Detroit's police chief
Technology upgrades among big-ticket items in school elections
The Washington Post
Recognition Week highlights work of public employees
Federal education loan policy knocks some students off black campuses
LaPierre: NRA members will never surrender guns
Column: What has the GOP done since November?
How military rifles became a civilian favorite
Inside the Baltimore jail gang scandal
Poll: Despite FBI inquiry, road funding overhaul, Va. governor still popular
The Chicago Tribune
Police fatally shoot teen they say fired at pedestrians
HIV positive man accused of sexually assaulting teenage boy
Governor vetoes bill that would upgrade electric grid
First lady cites Chicago violence in CBS interview
Restaurant, retail jobs at issue in immigration legislation
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Senate bill vote today on state taxing Internet purchases
Cocaine, heroin suspected in Kris Kross rapper’s death
Morehouse, Spelman alums reflect on sometimes tense history
DeKalb school system spends more than other systems on legal expenses
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
President Barack Obama visits The Ohio State University to deliver commencement address
Kent State University May 4 shootings remembered 43 years later
Sen. Rob Portman targeted by gun control advocates after background check vote
RTA, union seek harsher penalties to protect bus drivers from assault
Ohio 'right to work' fight likely to resurface in state legislature
The Los Angeles Times
Garcetti, Greuel find common ground
Getting patients off the merry-go-round
Thousands in Reserves, Guard lose civilian jobs
Using technology to fight cheating in online education
USA Today
Obama to launch new jobs tours
Study: Many suicidal kids have access to guns at home
Uncle meets resistance in planning Tsarnaev's burial
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