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Football great Emlen Tunnell, the first Black player inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame was born on this date in 1925 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Today in Black America - February 5

POSTED: February 05, 2015, 10:00 am

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Today in Black History: Major League Baseball's all time home run king Henry "Hank" Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama on this date in 1934.

The New York Times

Governor of Illinois Takes Aim at Labor

Editorial: President Obama’s New Budget

On Economy, Jeb Bush Tests Divergent Message

Jeb Bush, Evangelicals and the Pandering Question

Operator of Drone That Crashed Outside White House May Be Charged

Tennessee: Health Care Extension for Poor Is Rejected in Senate


New Challenges to Secrecy That Protects Police Files


Lawyers Who Appeared in Anti-Police Video Are Forced to Resign

New York State Attorney General Reaches Deal to Reduce Price of Heroin Antidote



The Christian Science Monitor


Senators fight on Tuesday, lunch on Wednesday. New face of bipartisanship?

What does White House want from next Defense secretary? Clues at hearing. (+video)

Why Detroit? The meaning of Jeb Bush’s first 2016 speech. (+video)

Why some privacy advocates are skeptical about Obama's new NSA guidelines (+video)


The Star Ledger

Couple accused of using temp agencies in $30M fraud

Hundreds of Izod Center workers learn they're losing their jobs

By the numbers: Jersey City schools have a yearly $50 million problem

Agencies perform 24-hour survey of Trenton area homeless population to gauge needs, raise awareness


The Detroit Free Press


Evans: Wayne County debt crisis worse than expected

Evan Reed's case back in court Thursday

State suspends Cushingberry's law license for one year



The Cleveland Plain Dealer

President Barack Obama's poll numbers under water in Ohio, but voters agree with his tax plan

Number of uninsured Ohioans nearly cut in half; Obamacare, expanded Medicaid cited

Ohio School Superintendent's Richard Ross' testing-reduction plan is a good beginning: editorial

Former Ohio State star Maurice Clarett granted early end to probation

Former Sen. Shirley Smith appointed to fill seat on state parole board


The Los Angeles Times

A fight over access to video from LAPD body cameras is shaping up

L.A.'s Broadway poised for a major revival


2 teachers charged with supplying alcohol to students on beach trip


Editorial: The FCC's new rules for a free and open Internet


USA Today


Massive breach at health care company Anthem Inc.

2 teens shot at Maryland high school

Low vaccination rates at schools put students at risk



The Chicago Tribune

Emanuel goes on offensive in mayoral TV debate

Rauner's plans get mixed review by business leaders


Man implicated in witness tampering: Just using 'black slang'


Ex-Burr Oak worker moved to tears recounting story



Philly.com

Official: No wrongdoing in shoveling incident


SEPTA: Felonies down after fare crackdown

Kenney: Expand city's pre-K education








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