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Today in Black America - May 12

POSTED: May 12, 2014, 6:30 am

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Today in Black History: Mervyn Dymally, who served as California's Lieutenant Governor, in the State Legislature and Congress, was born in 1926 in Trinidad.

The New York Times

In Town of Missing Girls, Sorrow, but Little Progress

First Lady Condemns Abduction of Nigerian Schoolgirls


Legal Alliance Gains Host of Court Victories for Conservative Christian Movement


Rubio on a Presidential Bid, and Climate Change

Democrats Look Dubiously at Joining Benghazi Panel

Republican Push on Benghazi Could Backfire


Brothers Battle Climate Change on Two Fronts


Charters, Public Schools and a Chasm Between

Cuomo Works to Mend Fences With Liberals

The Lasting Legacy of an Unwelcome Pioneer



The Christian Science Monitor


Month after Boko Haram kidnapping of girls, what's shocking is what remains unknown (+video)

Democrats' Benghazi dilemma: Join 'blatantly political' congressional probe? (+video)

Hillary Clinton: How will her roles as mother and grandmother play in 2016? (+video)


The Star Ledger


Union: Thousands of airport workers want to join ranks for better pay and benefits


Newark's race for mayor: Baraka and Jeffries at the end of old-school battle with new cash


Newark mayor's race: Candidates outline positions

Newark election 2014: candidates compete for council seats

Policy analyst: Trenton's troubles likely made residents more aware of city's problems ahead of election

Average NJ per-student spending is close to $19K, new report finds



The Detroit Free Press

Susan Tompor: Retirees face complex ballot as they mull voting on Detroit's bankruptcy plan

What's at stake in the Detroit bankruptcy voting


Northern Michigan criminal justice students learn alongside prisoners

Metro Detroiters rally for abducted Nigerian girls, call for action to get them released

Brian Dickerson: Michigan GOP concocts way to silence the voice of voters


Philly.com

Conventions in Philly brace for possible labor protests


Students put feelings about their rough neighborhoods on video

Repeated complaints ignored in Cayuga cheating scandal


Little competition for Pa. incumbents

Did Christie office cross the line between campaign and government?


The Washington Post

Jeb Bush weighs burdens of 2016 bid on family

Fact-checking the Benghazi attacks

Don’t write off Democrats’ chances in midterms just yet

The top 10 primaries of 2014


Jobless deal with obesity and unemployment

Montgomery candidates grapple with school concerns

Montgomery schools: Is parent fundraising equitable?

Howard adds doctorate to Sean Combs’s honors


The Chicago Tribune

15-year-old killed, 5 others wounded in city shootings

Jewel-Osco stops asking about criminal history on job applications

Editorial: How 8 young Chicagoans balance violence and hope


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland State University receives $1 million for scholarships


Brush High School student charged with raping classmate inside the building during school day

Cleveland City Council bars public from special committee to review consulting contracts



The Los Angeles Times


Sterling apologizes for comments, saying they were 'terrible mistake'


NBA: Wife would lose share of team if Donald Sterling is voted out

California puts $750 million in tax credits into retaining employers


Liberal groups urge Senate to block Obama judicial nominees


State's new computerized exam tryout plagued by glitches


USA Today

Vet with chest pains: VA said wait '3 or 4 months'

Texas cop fired following killing of 93-year-old

Activists protest university's bid for Obama library


Secret Service units patrolled aide's neighborhood




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