Today in Black History: Conductor William Levi Dawson, who led the Tuskegee Choir for 25 years, was born in 1899 in Anniston, Alabama.
The New York Times
Key Syrian Rebel Groups Abandon Exile Leadership
U.S. Sees Direct Threat in Kenya Mall Siege
A Tea Party Hero Rankles His Senate G.O.P. Colleagues
Editorial: Lasting Damage From the Budget Fight
Obama’s Approval Rating Matches Two-Year Low, Poll Shows
Treasury Puts a Date on When Cash May Run Out: Oct. 17
Americans’ Views on the President
Facts Are Lost in Lhota’s Attack on de Blasio’s ‘Marxist’ Strategy
The Christian Science Monitor
Even in government shutdown, Obamacare is ‘good to go’
Ted Cruz vs. John McCain: This time, it's about Hitler. (+video)
As more states back casinos, inequality rises
The Star Ledger
N.J. SAT score leaps 10 points; Class of 2013 outpaces national average
Feds: Plainfield chapter of MS-13 made violence its business
N.J. Supreme Court to issue major affordable housing decision
Booker, Christie cut ribbon to officially open Teachers Village in Newark
Latest poll shows a closer race between Christie and Buono
The Detroit Free Press
Feds could bring news of $100M in aid for Detroit
Rochelle Riley: Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr says it's time for state to run Belle Isle
Family grieves for Detroit boy, 8, killed in hit-and-run: 'How many kids gotta die?'
Philly.com
'Birdie Africa,' 41, dies in hot tub on cruise ship
Nonprofit supermarket to open in Chester
City law asks about women execs, board members
Poll: Nutter's approval rating way down
Willingboro deputy mayor's ouster goes to court
The Washington Post
House GOP offers plan to avert shutdown
How a shutdown would impact government agencies
How Obamacare affects eight lives
Editorial: Obama downgrades democracy
Behind Nairobi mall attack, a Somali mastermind of many contradictions
Gansler to push Metro stop at National Harbor
A. Knighton Stanley, civil rights leader, dies at 76
The Chicago Tribune
Urban Prep junior charged with bringing gun to school
Overhaul transit funding, officials urge task force
Torture panel director retiring under pressure from Quinn
Chicago Board of Education to address overcrowded schools
State's youth prison system violates inmates' rights, experts say
Unrepentant Beavers sentenced to 6 months in prison
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cleveland schools have made progress, just not enough, district CEO Eric Gordon says in his State of the Schools speech
Harry Mitts Jr. executed by lethal injection this morning at Lucasville, following 20 years in prison
Ohio executions 1999-2013 (database), and schedule of next executions
New legislative Education Funding Caucus will study Ohio school-funding issues
Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed reports to Solon jail to serve sentence for drunken driving
State report cards show: Charter schools don't quite measure up even to big-city districts, one study says
The Los Angeles Times
Mortgage aid failed to help many keep their homes
Who pays if LAUSD students break or lose iPads?
L.A. Mayor Garcetti's goal: modernize city government
Analysts see hope for California prison overcrowding solution
Schools lose academic ratings after claims of cheating
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Lawsuit filed over “unauthorized” court costs
Mrs. Lowery goes home; still critical
U.S. Department of Education honors eight Georgia schools
USA Today
Test scores flat, raising concerns about students' readiness
Fact check: Who's telling the truth about 'Obamacare'?
Schools criticized for bans on dreadlocks, afros
Petition targets Fla. school named for KKK leader
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