Today in Black History: Civil rights leader, attorney, and presidential adviser Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., was born in 1935 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The New York Times
Race Is at Core of Ruling on N.Y. Police Tactic
A Chance to Own a Home for $1 in a City on the Ropes
Jesse Jackson Jr. Gets 30 Months, and His Wife 12, to Be Served at Separate Times
Racial Profiling Lives On
Seeking Better Teachers, City Evaluates Local Colleges That Train Them
Spitzer Has Big Lead Over Stringer, Poll Finds
The Christian Science Monitor
Body cams for N.Y.C. police as a check on 'stop and frisk': a good idea?
Jesse Jackson Jr. and wife get prison terms. Will Chicago ever change?
Cairo erupts into violence as security crushes protest camp (+video)
Egypt violence: US hardens its tone, but is criticized as too soft
The Star Ledger
N.J. shelling out $5M in back pay to current, former corrections officers
Red Cross gives $10M in Sandy recovery grants to eight nonprofits
Dismissal upheld for ex-teacher accused of making racially insensitive remarks in class
Christie signs bill allowing diabetics to voluntarily denote condition on driver's record
The Detroit Free Press
Judge Gerald Rosen viewed as ideal negotiator in Detroit bankruptcy
Detroit students to get gang resistance lessons
Emergency manager Kevyn Orr apologizes for 'dumb, lazy' comments about Detroit
Audit: Wayne County Jail project managers approved $42M in costs without OK from county
Michigan GOP official faces felony charge in Wisconsin in gun incident
State lawmakers mull 7% sales tax to raise revenue for Michigan's crumbling roads
Philly.com
A technology teacher's plea: Save Philly's schools
Officials to hold emergency session today on Philly schools
SRC to consider suspending seniority, other state rules
In surprise move, Nutter lets firefighters ruling stand
The Chicago Tribune
Prosecutor: Jacksons left paper trail of 'greed and entitlement'
Jesse Jackson Jr. - The climb and the crash
Editorial: Jesse Jackson Jr.'s soft fall
Preckwinkle calls for Metra appointee to resign
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
High blood sugar linked to dementia, study finds
Cleveland rape survivor Jennifer Moore receives standing ovation at forum on violence against women
Cleveland Fire Chief Daryl McGinnis retires two weeks after being relieved of duties
State still unsure what this year's high school freshmen will need to pass to graduate
Three NE Ohio men charged with food stamp fraud at convenience stores
The Washington Post
Violence spreads across Egypt
White House criticizes generals for crackdown
Zakaria: America’s fading dream
After fall from political grace, Jackson asks to be imprisoned ‘far away’
What Jesse Jackson Jr. meant to politics
Controversy over N.C.'s voter ID law
New app launched for sex assault victims
Brown: Gansler should apologize ‘maybe to the Maryland voters’
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Victor Hill's case in jury's hands
Atlanta teachers seeking 'Sugar Daddies'?
Georgia’s jobless rate rises to 8.8 percent in July
Many metro Atlanta schools singled out for excellence
The Los Angeles Times
Baca faces more challengers in reelection campaign
L.A. gives final OK to 'urban village' as Jordan Downs replacement
Bill to allow sex abuse victims more time to sue fails to advance
USA Today
Foreclosure activity down 32% year over year
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial repair not completed
Historic Highlander Folk School an activist training ground
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