Today in Black History: Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald, the "First Lady of Song," was born on this date in 1918 in Newport News, Virginia.
The New York Times
Editorial: Creating a Two-Speed Internet
Latest Attempt at Web Rules Is Met With Lobbying
Fight to Keep Athletes From Pain of Injury Costs
Democratic Candidates Grow More Vocal in Supporting Health Law
Rancher’s Views on Race Send Supporters Fleeing
Cliven Bundy Accidentally Explained What’s Wrong With the Republican Party
Seattle Mayor Says Effort to Build Agreement on $15 Minimum Wage Has Faltered
De Blasio Names Chief of Agency Overseeing Sick Pay Law
Pre-K Applicants Up 36% This Year; Mayor’s Challenge Is Finding Seats
Judge Rejects New York Limit on Donations to ‘Super PACs’
The Christian Science Monitor
Net neutrality rewritten: Will next generation of innovators have a chance?
Cliven Bundy on 'the Negro': Why his words aren't a huge surprise
Can leafless e-cigarettes be regulated as a tobacco product? FDA says yes.
The Star Ledger
Christie dismisses bridge scandal critics during Sandy town hall in Brick
Princeton University to pay town $21.7 million over 7 years in new deal for tax-exempt school
Newark mayor's race: Negative advertisements intensify in final stretch
Newark fights court order to fund shutdown of watershed agency
Port Authority adopts minimum wage policy for airport workers
Number of N.J. children living in poverty climbs sharply
Bill to ban employers from asking about applicants' criminal histories gets new life
The Detroit Free Press
Decision whether to remove judge in Renisha McBride porch shooting case expected today
33 charged with illegally collecting $400K in Detroit jobless benefits
Oakland County sees 77% increase in poverty rates, reports shows
Detroit lawyer Godfrey Dillard announces run for Michigan attorney general
BAMN holds Ann Arbor protest over court ruling on college admissions
Mable Williams died April 19 at the age of 82.
Philly.com
Black pioneer, a cemetery founder, honored
No charges for cops in probe? Shame on Phila.
School district hires a 90G director of recruitment
Report: Pa.'s bridges worst in U.S.
Fiery meeting focuses on charter schools
The Washington Post
Robinson: The Supreme Court hurt minorities
GOP leaders abandon rancher Cliven Bundy over race remarks
U.S. judges balk at police requests for digital data
Obama is calling for more clemency, but rarely grants it.
No, southern whites are not the new blacks
Honoring beauty of Lupita Nyong’o is fine but what’s next for her and other ‘dark girls’
Listeners believe they can find Relisha
Obama administration wants better trained teachers
Michael Brown should serve more than 3 years, prosecutors say
The Chicago Tribune
New Chicago high school to be named for Obama
Editorial: The FDA's smart ruling to curb e-cigarettes
Illinois graduated income tax vote next week
Illinoisans have lowest home-state opinions in the U.S., poll says
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Browns, Cavs, Indians bankroll pro-sin tax campaign, according to latest campaign finance report
Cleveland sex offender accused of raping former co-worker at Warrensville Heights motel, records say
Prosecutors, defense attorneys urge Ohio Parole Board to spare death row inmate's life
Where should concealed guns not be allowed in Ohio?
The Los Angeles Times
Republicans back Brown's concept of a fund for debt and rainy days
State to provide $75 million in mental health grants
L.A. Unified doesn't have to release teachers' names with performance ratings
USA Today
War-years military suicide rate higher than believed
Obama wants better data on teacher preparation programs
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Authorities: 14-year-old stabbed grandmother more than 50 times
First of two churches demolished for new Falcons stadium
Two schools win national “green” award for building and education
Atlanta-area evangelical leaders call for immigration overhaul
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