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In the fall of 2006 an african-american high school student in the town of gina louisiana, asked if he could sit under a tree that traditionally had been a space reserved only for white students. the day after the student defied the tradition, three nooses appeared on the tree. shortly thereafter amid heightened racial tensions six black gina high students were arrested after a fight that left a white student with multiple bruises and a concussion. all six students were charged with attempted mu...

>> its easy to forget the plight of these families. you can imagine the roller coaster of emotions that goes along with this. you go through all the stages that you go through, including denial, wondering if it happened at all. in this case, theres no wreckage. so you can imagine how people would say maybe they are alive somewhere. and how much would that add to your torment. >> doland believes he has the tools to find the answers. >> this is no easy task, but we think we have the best vessels a...

Revelations about the co-pilot of germanwings flight 9525. "the new york times" and "wall street journal" are reporting citing unnamed sources that andreas lubitz suffered from mental illness. the reports go on to say he hid that from his employer and parent company, lufthanza. police have been scouring the co-pilots apartment in dusseldorf for more clues into his past. friday they carried out boxes of paper and evidence folders. for the latest on the investigation, i want to bring in cnn senior...

>> and now the australian national safety board has set sail with a new man in charge. >> we are confident if we can find the right haystacks, we can find the needles in the haystacks. >> it is easy to forget the plight of the families, but you ku imagine the roller coasters of the emotions along wit, and you go through the stages that goes with it including the e denial of whether or not it happened at all. in this case tlshg is no wreckage, and maybe the people will say, maybe they are alive s...

Foxs empire. now the biggest phenomenon on tv. all those shows and a whole lot of others including scandal, have created an appetite in hollywood to cast more nonwhite actors in the pilot season. according to deadline a new approach comes with pitfalls. pilot 2015 the year of ethnic casting, about time, or too much of a good thing. describes the plight of all the poor, underworked white people in hollywood. are this is from the article. as is the case with any sea change, the pendulum might have...

Actors in this years pilot season. according to deadline, a new approach comes with pitfalls. the articles headline says it all, pilots 2015: the year of ethnic casting about time or too much of a good thing. describes the plight of all the poor, underworked white people in hollywood. im only slightly exaggerating. this is from the article. as is the case with any sea change, the pendulum might have swung a bit too far in the opposite direction. instead of opening the field for actors of any rac...

Pilot 2015, the year of ethnic casting, about time, or too much of a good thing. describes the plight of all the poor, underworked white people in hollywood. are this is from the article. as is the case with any sea change, the pendulum might have swung a bit too far in the opposite direction. instead of opening the field for actors of any race to compete for any role in the color-blind manner, there are a significant number of parts designated as ethnic this year. heres the thing. im very, very...

About the plight of the people on board. we know the beacon expired more than a year before the plane vanished. j.p., appreciate you being here, sir. do you think theyll ever find the plane? >> i think its a 50-50 chance it could be discovered tomorrow, and it could be discovered on the last day of the scheduled search at the end of may. its 50-50 the luck of the draw. >> well, could it never be discovered even after the scheduled search? >> well i think that it behooves all the nations of the w...

The moment, we are not searching for a needle in the haystack, u but we are trying to define where the haystack is. >> that is last year, when the vessel "shield" set out in hopes of finding the the plane, and failed. >> we had limited it to a small number of haystacks. >> and now the australian transportation safety board is searching again with the chief commissioner martin dolan in charge. >> we have very good techniques for detecting needles in those haystacks. we have high confidence that i...

Causing major headaches for a big part of the united states. the storm has stretched across more than 3,000 kilometers about 1800 miles, and affected some 90 million people. in the state of minnesota, those who braved the cold could barely see the road in front of them. and in the nations capital, enough snow fell not only to close schools, it even shut down the federal government. in kentucky, heavy snow caused accidents and brought traffic to a stand still. it left some stranded for much of th...