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In today’s news, a higher number of American women than ever are now the primary breadwinners; the judge in the Trayvon Martin trial has placed limitations on the defense of George Zimmerman; and former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said she will not run for reelection to Congress in 2014.

More U.S. women are breadwinners than ever, study finds. [LA Times]

Judge in Trayvon Martin case puts limits on defense. [BET]

Michele Bachmann will not seek reelection to Congress in 2014. [NY Times]

African-Americans have longer delays in treatment of prostate cancer. [Science Daily]

Obama and Christie together again on post Sandy visit. [Star Ledger]

Freight train hits truck and derails in Maryland. [CNN]

South African economy growth slows to 0.9. [BBC]

Supreme Court rejects ban on funding Planned Parenthood. [LA Times]

Home sales figures fuel optimism on economy.  [Wall Street Journal]

Kenyan parliament, already among highest paid, vote for pay increase. [BBC]

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In today’s news, the United States is weighing an overhaul of wiretap laws to extend to the internet; President Obama will dine with congressional Democrats; and more than 50 people were killed in a militant raid in Nigeria.

America is weighing overhaul of wiretap laws. [NY Times]

Obama to dine with House Democrats. [USA Today]

More than 50 killed in Nigeria militant raid. [BBC]

Florida A&M names alumnus as new band director. [USA Today]

Delaware becomes 11^th state to approve same-sex marriage. [Fox]

Catholics in Kenya oppose advertisement for condoms. [BBC]

Ja Rule released from prison. [TMZ]

Leader of Black farmers strikes back at New York Times article. [BET]

Louisiana Supreme Court rules voucher funding violates state constitution. [Nola.com]

Cleveland dishwasher becomes national hero in kidnapping case. [BET]

In today’s news, the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing appear to have had their sights on additional targets; the surviving suspect in the bombing is said to be too ill for questioning; and budget cuts are not reducing the number of air traffic controllers.

Bombing suspects seemed set to attack beyond Boston. [NYTimes]

Marathon suspect not well enough for questioning. [Fox]

Budget cuts force air traffic control furloughs. [ABC]

Five people killed in Seattle apartment complex shooting. [Washington Post]

Nearly 200 people killed in Nigeria fighting. [BBC]

Chicagoans react to eight shootings in 24 hours. [BET]

Trayvon Martin’s parents send letter to family of 8-year-old Boston victim. [BET]

Kenya’s Priscah Jeptoo wins the London Marathon. [BBC]

Caribbean airline BWIA is having fiscal troubles. [NY Amsterdam News]

Robin Roberts hospitalized, expected to return to TV soon. [Jet]

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In today’s news, one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead as the city is effectively closed during the dragnet for a second suspect; President Obama turns from scolding the Senate to comforting Bostonians; and the father of Hadiya Pendleton slams the Senate for not voting for background checks bill.

One suspect in the Boston Bombing is dead. [NYTimes]

Boston is shut down in hunt for potential assailant. [Boston Globe]

Obama turns from scolding to comforting in Boston. [Christian Science Monitor]

Hadiya Pendleton’s father condemns Senate gun vote defeat. [BET]

Authorities recover 12 bodies after Texas fertilizer plant explosion. [Fox]

Eight people were shot within 24 hours in Chicago. [Chicago Tribune]

Derek Jeter will not be back with the Yankees until after the All-Star break. [ESPN]

Eight people were killed in Kenya gun attack. [BBC]

Jon Stewart slams CNN for Boston suspect reporting.  [Politico]

Nigeria’s president is looking at opening talks with militant Islamic group. [BBC]

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In today’s top news, Michelle Obama went home  to Chicago to discuss gun violence; Ben Carson has withdrawn as Johns Hopkins Medical school’s commencement speaker; and Anthony Weiner hints that he may run for mayor of New York.

Michelle Obama traveled to her hometown of Chicago to give an emotional speech about gun violence and the need for youth programs. [BET]

South Korea, U.S. remain on edge over North Korea missile crisis. [Reuters]

Ben Carson, the African-American pediatric neurosurgeon, has withdrawn as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after negative reaction to derogatory comments he made about marriage equality. [The Washington Post]

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg launches immigration lobby group. [The Guardian]

Django Unchained opening cancelled in China. [BBC]

After resigning from Congress in an internet sex scandal, Anthony Weiner is hinting that he is interested in running for mayor of New York City. [NYTimes]

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are displeased by the prospect of President Obama’s budget plans calling for reductions in entitlement programs. [BET]

Duke student wrote Kenya’s President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta’s victory speech. [NYAmsterdamNews]

Officials in Major League Baseball are looking for ways to increase the participation of African-American fans, whose support has sunk to a record low. [USAToday]

2,000 invited to Margaret Thatcher funeral, but not Argentina’s president. [Yahoo News]

A year after George Zimmerman was arrested for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman’s mother has written a letter of thanks to supporters of her son. [WESH.com]

The Midwest is being hit hard by storms, with tornadoes creating hazardous conditions in the St. Louis area. [USAToday]

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In today’s top news, President Obama will sign an updated version of the Violence Against Women Act; the Seattle public school system is under investigation for racial bias in disciplining students; and an African-American man’s DNA has been traced back 338,000 years.

President Obama will sign an updated version of the Violence Against Women Act that includes new requirements for how colleges handle allegations of sexual assault. [NPR]

The Seattle public school system is under federal investigation for alleged racial bias in disciplining students. [AP]

DNA from an African-American man living in South Carolina has been traced back 338,000 years. [Discovery News]

Tia Norfleet, the ‘first and only African-American female licensed by NASCAR,’  has been overstating claims about her success. [Yahoo! Sports]

A petition is going around demanding the National Anthem be changed to R. Kelly’s “Ignition” Remix. [TheGrio]

A 24-year-old interning at a California Cat Haven was mauled to death by her favorite lion. [CNN]

North Korea threatened the United States on Thursday with a  nuclear strike before the United Nations approved new sanctions against the country. [Reuters]

An Italian court sentenced ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to one year in jail over a leaked wiretap transcript published in his family’s newspaper. [BBCNews]

The party of Raila Odinga, Kenya’s prime minister, wants to halt the election vote-counting process on claims votes were “doctored.” [NYTimes]

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In today’s top news, President Obama will appoint new leaders for the Department of Energy and the EPA, Lawrence Reed charged in the death of Mississippi mayoral candidate Marco McMillian and Malik Obama — Obama’s half brother — is running for office in Kenya’s elections.

President Obama plans to name Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and Gina McCarthy to head the EPA.  [AP]

Lawrence Reed was charged with murder Thursday in the death of Marco McMillian, a Mississippi mayoral candidate. [ABC]

Malik Obama — a half-brother of Barack Obama — is running for a governor’s position in Kenya’s elections. [AP]

Vice President Joe Biden led a march in Selma, Alabama, Sunday to commemorate the 48th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. [BET]

Corporations have benefited more than the unemployed during the economic recovery. [NY Times]

Miracles Singer Bobby Rodgers has died at the age of 73. [BET]

Connecticut Rep. Ernest Hewett was stripped of his deputy speaker position after making a sexist remark to a young woman. [Black Voices]

Newborn baby dies after parents were killed in hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn. [NY Daily News]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released $250 million in economic aid Sunday to Egypt. [CNN]

Israeli rights group are calling the launch of two Palestinians-only bus lines in the West Bank  racist. [Al Jazeera]

In today’s top news, police say they are “reasonably sure” fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner died in a cabin fire, Black leaders say they were happy to hear President Obama address urban issues in the State of the Union address and the CDC says there is an “ongoing, severe epidemic” of STDs in the U.S.

Police say they are “reasonably sure” fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner died in a cabin fire. [CNN]

Former L.A. cop Christopher Dorner has a bevy of online supporters. [NYDN]

Black leaders say they were happy to hear President Obama address urban issues in the State of the Union address. [BET]

The CDC says there is an “ongoing, severe epidemic” of STDs in the U.S. [NBCNews]

A controversial lyric of Lil Wayne’s has been condemned by the family of Emmett Till. [BET]

Three men were charges for the brutal, broad-daylight beating of a New Jersey man. [Grio]

Many African-Americans hailed President Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9. [BET]

South African paralympic champion Oscar Pistorious was charged with murder after his girlfriend was found dead in his apartment. [AJE]

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says Michigan’s state government is also to blame for the city’s decline. [Reuters]

Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has asked the International Criminal Court to delay his crimes against humanity trial. [Reuters]

In today’s top news, police have taken two men into custody in the case of slain Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton, the manhunt for renegade ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner enters its second week and President Obama is expected to be more aggressive in this year’s State of the Union address.

Police have taken two men into custody as “persons of interest”  in the case of slain Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton. [BET]

The manhunt for renegade ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner enters its second week. [CNN]

President Obama is expected to be more aggressive in this year’s State of the Union address. [Politico]

Pope Benedict XVI resigned from his position because of his age. [CNN]

Chris Brown crashed his car while trying to evade paparazzi after the Grammy Awards. [AP]

Rapper Ab Soul called fugitive Christopher Dorner’s revenge killing rampage a “necessary evil.” [Grio]

New York City’s Central Park Five may be closer to receiving a settlement from the city. [BET]

U.S. teen births have hit a record low. [NBCNews]

Kenya is set to hold its first presidential debate ahead of this year’s general elections. [BBC]

Guinea’s military chief and nine others were killed when their plane crashed in Liberia. [AJE]

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In today’s top news, the White House says President Obama supports women in combat, the battery charge lodged against mega-church pastor Creflo Dollar after a fight with his daughter was dropped and witnesses have been called to make statements in the George Zimmerman murder trial.

The White House says President Obama supports women in combat. [AP]

The battery charge lodged against mega-church pastor Creflo Dollar after a fight with his daughter was dropped. [AJC]

Witnesses have been called to make statements in the George Zimmerman murder trial. [BET]

A federal judge says families of those killed in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting should not be allowed to sue the theater for wrongful death. [NBCNews]

Martin Luther King III says he was deeply moved that President Obama was sworn-in on his father’s bible. [BET]

Whitney Houston’s mother says she questions her own parenting skills. [Reuters]

Tina Turner will soon become a citizen of Switzerland. [AP]

Chief Keef stands to earn $6 million from his record deal with Interscope. [BET]

The U.S. military admits to mistakes in the training of Malian troops. [BBC]

Al Shabab’s Twitter account was disabled after the militant group threatened to kill Kenyan hostages. [BBC]