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Years about excessive fines and fees imposed by law enforcement, amounting to ultimately half of the town's budget. >> the policing problems have only gotten worse in recent years, putting the town under some new scrutiny here and cnn's nick valencia went to take a look. >> reporter: less than 30 minutes north of birmingham sits the small town of brookside, alabama. it's a former mining town with no stoplights, no retail stores other than the dollar general and no major crimes. a stretch of interstate 22 runs directly through brookside and the town has a lot of cops to police it. brookside is ...

Hello, and welcome to dateline. cassie farrington was building a new life, in the tiny desert town she called home. the single mom had two beautiful kids, a doting boyfriend, and an exciting new job. that future washed away when cassie was found dead in her bathtub. unsatisfied with the police investigation cassie's parents set out to solve this mystery and would stop at nothing to get justice for her daughter. here is keith morrison with suspicion in silver city. >> out in the middle of new mexico, hours of desert highway from better known haunts like santa fe is an old mining town called sil...

One miner died and eight more were injured in a coal mine explosion in western Georgia's Tkibuli town late at night on January 30, according to Agenda.ge. The eight injured workers were admitted to the hospital in Tbilisi today. A total of five people are suffering from burns

Their son archie to south africa two years ago, writing, he will be remembered for his optimistic, his moral clarity and his joyful spirit. tutu was born into poverty in a small mining town in 1931. by 1975, he was the first black anglican dean in south africa. >> he communicated with black south africans and also he got under the skin of white south africans. >> reporter: resistance to south africa's apartheid regime was met with brutal violence. hundreds of activists including nelson mandela spent decades in prison. >> the system in this country is evil. >> reporter: in 1984 he won the nobod...

We're tired. >> i know you are, doctor. thank you for joining us amid the circumstances. hopefully no more icu admittances to your hospital. appreciate your time. the world is saying goodbye to a hero in the fight for civil rights. archbishop desmond tutu died overnight. he was a huge figure in the fight against apartheid in south africa and tributes have been pouring in since the announcement was made a few hours ago. nbc news foreign correspondent molly hunter has a look at his life and legacy. >> black and white together! >> reporter: desmond tutu was the unmistakable voice and conscience...