Today in Black History: A.M.E. Bishop Daniel Payne, first Black president of a Black college (Wilberforce), is born on this date in 1811 in Charleston, SC.
The New York Times
In the DeMint Era at Heritage, a Shift From Policy to Politics
Stability and Chaos, Hallmarks of Presidential Races, Swap Parties
Fed’s Aid in 2008 Crisis Stretched Worldwide
Keller: Crime and Punishment and Obama
For Detroit, New Stage in Its Race to Recover
Ad Campaign Seeks to Increase Chances of Cuomo’s Campaign Finance Plan
The Christian Science Monitor
What?? Congressional approval rating inches upward
In North Carolina coal ash spill case, feds eye Southern regulators
How colleges are finding tomorrow's prodigies
Supreme Court takes up challenge to Obama and the EPA
Eyes on the White House, GOP governors audition for 2016 (+video)
The Star Ledger
Princeton University student alleges discrimination following attempted suicide in dorm room, officials said
Christie to raise money with Romney for Republican governors in Boston
Christie rebuffs reporters, counts on fellow Republicans' support at governors meeting
In bridge scandal, one lawyer could topple Christie
David Samson's business interests overlap with work at Port Authority
Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries hits superintendent, opponent in rollout of education plan
The Detroit Free Press
Detroit's plan to invest $150 million in technology could end dark ages
Louis Farrakhan: African Americans deserve own courts after failings of U.S. justice system
Detroit police chief warns gang member who issued death threat: 'We will find you'
Monumental effort to tear down blight would improve neighborhoods and Detroit's image
Novi judge accused of pressuring defendant to drop police brutality lawsuit
Philly.com
Union violence in Phila. area rarely prosecuted
In Chester County, a school district's fragile truce
Local Tuskegee pilot to be honored on a U.S. stamp
Primarily, the race for governor has just changed
New target date, fall 2015, for combining Rutgers' two law schools
The Washington Post
Why big cities so often lose in state legislatures
Four Pinocchios for Obama’s fishy Medicaid stat
Obama to host governors at White House
Obama to award Medal of Honor to veterans overlooked because of racial or ethnic backgrounds
Medicaid expansion politics flare in Richmond
Millions of D.C. scholarship dollars unaccounted for
Charter board adopts new way to judge alternative schools
The Chicago Tribune
Charter school's bid for former CPS building gets swift backlash
Ex. Rep Mel Reynolds deported from Zimbabwe: official
Illinois Tollway to add 'smart highway' features
Chicago lands U.S. tech effort
The birth of the sit-in
Harvey mayor belatedly files 3 years of campaign reports
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Abolishing Ohio's death penalty would be humane, economically prudent: State Rep. Nickie J. Antonio
Lawmakers seek alternatives to lethal injection, as death penalty becomes mired in litigation
Ed FitzGerald sets out on State of the State prebuttal tour, talks education in Cleveland and Medina
New bill would set additional rules on Ohio childrens' services agencies
Cleveland Schools' enrollment decline squeezes elementary building plans
The Los Angeles Times
Many L.A. Unified school libraries, lacking staff, are forced to shut
Foster mother who beat 2-year-old gets sentence of 25 years to life
Brown makes the sale on water program
State Sen. Ron Calderon faces 395 years for alleged bribery scheme
State Sen. Rod Wright's sentencing on felonies is delayed 2 months
No easy fix for California's teacher pension crisis
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Ole Miss struggling to stay ahead of its past
USA Today
E-mails reveal general's attempt to ban Marine newspaper
Detroit police chief answers gang member's death threat
2014 midterm races to test Tea Party power to last
Poll: Most Americans say Obama not respected globally
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