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POSTED: June 23, 2014, 10:00 am

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Today in Black History: Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas was born on this date in 1948 in Pin Point, Georgia.

The New York Times


Conservatives Plan to Use Poll Watchers in Mississippi

How Mississippi’s Runoff Defies Conventional Wisdom


Mayors Put Focus on How to Raise Wages for Lowest-Paid Workers in Cities


Democrats’ Strategy to Keep the Senate

Charles M. Blow: The Frustration Doctrine


Seeing Sons’ Violent Potential, but Finding Little Help or Hope


As Primary Nears, Candidates Retreat to Their Campaign Comfort Zones



The Christian Science Monitor

Why hedge funds are under attack by cyber-criminals

Would immigration reform make border crisis better – or worse? (+video)



The Star Ledger

Christie's pension maneuver would cost nearly twice as much in 5 years


Editorial: Stop forcing all state workers to live in New Jersey

Bergen libraries increasingly adding foreign language story times, report says

New director pushes to give Newark residents a chance in the film business

NJ targeting unemployment insurance fraud; the check may not be in the mail

East Side HS student documentary to air on Cablevision



Philly.com


Rittenhouse neighbors see wake-up call after woman's rape

Mastery mistake meant big bill for star student

Pa. Senate's opportunity to make Legislature look better

Editorial: State's turn to do more for schools



The Detroit Free Press


Weak Michigan charter school laws enable scams, insider dealing

State of charter schools: How Michigan spends $1 billion but fails to hold schools accountable


New York, Indiana critical of National Heritage Academies' business model


Garden partygoers raise money for Charles Wright museum in Detroit


Warren Evans gets Kym Worthy's backing for county executive



The Washington Post


Crashes mount as military flies more drones in U.S.


Clinton’s rarefied life could be a liability in campaign


North Carolina Republicans try -- despite themselves -- to win minority voters

White House holds 'Working Families Summit'


Vergara vs. California: Are the top 0.1% buying their version of education reform?

Longtime congressman Rangel in political peril

How teachers are solving the problem of inept teachers

Montgomery schools chief proposes plan on math failures


The Los Angeles Times

Latino lawmakers move to reverse decades of anti-immigrant legislation

Gov. Jerry Brown's prison reforms haven't lived up to his billing

Compton Community College trustees slowly regain influence


The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Job numbers remain central focus in Kasich-FitzGerald race, Tea Party makes strides downstate: Ohio Politics Roundup

West Siders don't want to build new schools as much as East Siders do, Cleveland schools chief says

Cleveland school board will have 24 hrs to debate new school construction plans before voting on them


Ed FitzGerald's choice for treasurer's rental income faces scrutiny from inspector general


Some Cleveland police officers involved in the deadly police chase may still be under scrutiny



The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Toddler burned; Hall County daycare worker charged

DeKalb Ethics Board gets final member amid investigations



USA Today

Supreme Court limits greenhouse gas regulations

Eight big cases await Supreme Court rulings





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