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Prayers rise for 1800 dead and billions lost across Mississippi and Louisiana 10 years ago     

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In this Aug. 26, 2003 file photo, Amelia Boynton, Robinson appears at an American Civil Rights Education Services tour at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who nearly died while helping lead the Selma march on “Bloody Sunday,” championed voting rights for blacks, and was the first black woman to run for Congress in Alabama, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. She was 104. Boynton Robinson was hospitalized in July after having a major stroke and turned 104 on Aug. 18. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File) 

Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who helped lead the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march in 1965, died early Wednesday 

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President Francois Hollande says men gave 'a lesson in courage...

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Democrats wait to see if Joe Biden will challenge Clinton, Sanders and other Democratic hopefuls    

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Jury hung in case of unarmed Jonathan Ferrell shot by Police Officer Randall Kerrick in 2013   

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A 26-year-old was arrested after one serviceman was stabbed and another passenger injured with gun    

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Three self-employed women succeed with wellness and fitness centres   

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Rhonda Tunstall, 40, prays for peace in the middle of the street as police move in to disperse the large crowd gathered at Page and Walton, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 in St. Louis. An armed man fleeing from officers serving a search warrant at a home in a crime-troubled section of north St. Louis was shot and killed Wednesday by police after he pointed a gun at them, the police chief said. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) 

An autopsy showed that an 18-year-old who was shot and killed by an officer died from a single wound in the back

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Disaster left throngs of people dead in the streets and a city in shambles   

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Remembered as a dedicated, even-keeled fighter for justice   

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