Today in Black History: Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., head of Rainbow/PUSH was born in Greenville, South Carolina in 1941.
The New York Times
A G.O.P. Moderate in the Middle ... of a Jam
Senate Leaders Mull Raising Debt Ceiling
Threat of U.S. Default Generates Fear Around Globe
National Mall Fire Victim Identified as New Jersey Man
Health Exchange Delays Tied to Software Crash in Early Rush
Cuomo’s Office Is Said to Rein In Ethics Board He Created
Fact-Checking Hynes’s Take on a Reversal
For a Skilled Fund-Raiser, Lhota Looks No Further Than Home
The Christian Science Monitor
Commando raids: Africa's 'arc of instability' reorienting US terror map
US debt ceiling: the wary view from Mexico
Beyond Obamacare glitches, some consumers face dramatically higher rates (+video)
The Monitor's View: Supreme Court, campaign finance, and civic literacy
The Star Ledger
Essex County officials fire back amid calls for federal probe into charity fund
Drug companies paid for seat at the table on panel evaluating safety of painkillers
MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper opens with committment to research, cancer prevention
Former Jersey City housing official sentenced to 33 months in jail for taking bribe
Poll: Did Booker or Lonegan win the first U.S. Senate debate?
The Detroit Free Press
Feds seek $9.6 million in restitution from Kilpatrick, Ferguson
Benny Napoleon proposes $3-billion neighborhood revitalization plan
Consumers struggle to sign up for health care on Michigan exchange
Federal employees plan Thursday rally in Detroit over government shutdown
Philly.com
Despite surge, fewer tax appeals filed than expected
Despite violent weekend, Philly homicides drop
A common-sense plan to reduce gun violence
Charges dropped in Temple rape case
The Chicago Tribune
Activist's son one of 7 shot on South, West sides
Shutdown disrupts Head Start programs, threatens to force layoffs
Preckwinkle to judges: Pay up for health insurance
Ex-jail guard sentenced to prison for bribery
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Oberlin City Council begins defense of gun lawsuit brought by Ohioans for Concealed Carry
Jimmy Carter says today's middle class resembles Americans who lived in poverty during his term
Funding for Ed FitzGerald's $100 college savings account plan advances past county council committee
Rep. Marcia Fudge defends Obamacare on "Meet the Press," says Redskins should change name (videos)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur plans rural outreach for Obamacare
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Student injured in dog attack at Carver High
Clark Atlanta sets program in campaign against dating, domestic violence
High court denies Warren Hill’s petition
The Los Angeles Times
Emboldened Republicans defy D.C. ways
Brown vetoes measure allowing noncitizens on juries
L.A. school board president denies sexual harasment, other claims
Former SEIU local leader gets 33 months in prison
Editorial: AWOL from the classroom
USA Today
Budget slugfest hits medical device tax
U.S. adults lag behind counterparts overseas in skills
Carter: Middle class today resembles past's poor
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