Today in Black History: Abolitionist, minister and AME church pioneer Absalom Jones is born in 1746.
The New York Times
National
Strong Growth in Jobs May Encourage Fed to Raise Rates
Carson Holds Off on Wooing Black Voters
Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee, in Blow to Their Campaigns, Are Cut From Main Debate Stage
First President Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan
U.S. to Share Criminal Records With Native American Police
Inquiry Opens Into Shooting Death of Boy, 6, in Louisiana Police Chase
Boy, 9, Was Pawn in Gang War, Chicago Police Say
Legislators Could Upend Finance Laws in Wisconsin
House Passes $300 Billion Bill to Improve Roads and Bridges
Local
Connecticut School Seeks to Expel 2 Accused of Wearing Columbine Costumes
Doctor in Sheldon Silver’s Corruption Trial Denies Improper Relationship
Former Manhattan Prosecutor Avoids Jail in Assault on Woman in Bar
Lawsuit Accuses Brooklyn Charter School of Failing to Provide Special Education Services
The Christian Science Monitor
Paul Ryan, a highway bill, and the political virtue of patience (+video)
How Ben Carson became leader in war against ‘political correctness’
Criminal justice: Obama's big push to address race, quietly
The Star Ledger
Why debate diss is 'enormously damaging' to Christie campaign
Christie: Boot from main GOP debate won't kick me out of race
Christie N.H. support gets big boost in poll showing Trump still in lead
Philly.com
Tears, shock after teen girl's suicide
Chip Fattah: no apologizing, no regrets about trial
'That's all you see out here - poverty'
Adidas offers to help eliminate Native American mascots
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
No Child Left Behind and unequal opportunities are the target of NEA President Garcia at City Club today
Cuyahoga Community College to participate in project to develop pathways for student success
Cleveland police seek help with finding missing girl, 12
$35,000 STEM grants available for Cuyahoga County schools
The Washington Post
Hiring surged in October, spurring predictions of Fed rate hike
Ben Carson’s stories of violence in his past questioned
Fox Business reshuffles GOP debate lineup, sends campaigns reeling
Black grad student on hunger strike in Mo. after swastika drawn with human feces
How a black inventor beat the odds to create the Super Soaker, now in the Toy Hall of Fame
The Obama effect: An education in hope and change
Yale’s president tells minority students: “We failed you”
The black-white gap in life expectancy is narrowing as African Americans get healthier
After a year-long search, Metro names new general manager
Why even GOP-led states are keeping a key part of Affordable Care Act
Berkeley High students walk out in protest of apparent lynching threat
Less than half of Montgomery students are college-ready, new tests show
Black officer in Pocomoke City, Md., says ‘n-word’ complaint led to firing
The Detroit Free Press
Hamtramck elects Muslim-majority city council
Charles Pugh on videotape: I did a 'horrible thing'
DPS to award former student $350K in Pugh sex suit
Wayne County wants to fill more than 100 positions
The Los Angeles Times
One year later, Prop. 47 has shaken up criminal justice in California
Classes resume at UC Merced campus after stabbing rampage
Former Raiders player Anthony Wayne Smith convicted in 3 murders
Settlement seeks to keep high school students out of 'fake' classes
Looming deficits could push L.A. Unified into bankruptcy, panel says
Berkeley students protest after KKK lynching message appears on campus
The Chicago Sun-Times
Gliniewicz's personnel files show different side of 'hero'
Preckwinkle to ditch amusement tax, add hotel tax: county commissioner
USA Today
Carson slams CNN for questions about his youth
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