Today in Black History: Groundbreaking ceremonies take place for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 2006.
The New York Times
Debts Canceled by Bankruptcy Haunt Credit Scores
Cuts in Military Mean Job Losses for Career Staff
Congress Returns After 6 Weeks Away, but Immediate Actions Are Few
Justices Hear Challenge to Alabama Redistricting
Blow: Race, to the Finish
New Orleans Police Routinely Ignored Sex Crimes, Report Finds
De Blasio Balancing His Promises With Reality
The Christian Science Monitor
Supreme Court weighs role of race in Alabama voter redistricting case
Obamacare architect says 'stupid' voters let bill pass. White House face-palm?
Why NYPD officers are unhappy with New York's new marijuana policy (+video)
The Star Ledger
City fire inspector admits taking bribes from brothels
Proposals aimed at stopping 'the bleeding' in Atlantic City to be made public today (VIDEO)
East Orange murder rate falls 73 percent, officials credit technology
Marge Roukema's 'signature legacy' was the Family and Medical Leave Act
Baraka to sign Newark law banning smoking in parks
The Washington Post
‘Stupidity’ comments renew GOP vitriol on Obamacare
House, Senate to hold votes on Keystone project
When low-income housing becomes millennial chic, where do the poor go?
Intense backlash after religious holidays wiped from school calendar
The 2014 election was very bad for Democrats. It was almost even worse.
Will Obama fade or fight as Republicans gain control of Congress?
How urban voters failed Democrats in 2014
Mom: Bullying led to slain student’s depression, drug use
The Detroit Free Press
Macomb Jail frees 71 inmates early to ease overcrowding
Detroit to resolve bankruptcy fee concerns in mediation
DPS asks for more time to submit deficit plan
The Los Angeles Times
Boy, 14, on scooter killed during police pursuit in Northern California
California can't challenge ruling on concealed guns, court says
Deal approved to audit DWP nonprofits' records
These local heroes saw a wrong and tried to right it
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gerrymandering helps return Ohio's entire delegation to Congress, with no close races
Feds announce details of tests on Trinity guardrail caps that Ohio and other states have stopped installing
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Georgia Democrats to pursue an ‘autopsy’ of 2014 campaign
Report: help low-income students by helping their parents
The Chicago Tribune
Emanuel puzzled by Rauner on minimum wage
Man guilty of killing woman whose sister was at Obama speech on violence
USA Today
Ferguson teen's parents 'praying for an indictment'
Report: Slain man was not texting in movie theater
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