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Arrest at Walmart triggers charges of racism

Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute, she faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years. Full story

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Breaking Barriers: U.S. minority leaders
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