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Hollywood Couple Say They Were Racially Profiled by Police - Man released from solitary confinement after 41 years, a 10-year-old pushes brother who has cerebral palsy in 5K race, plus more news. — Natelege Whaley Actors Cherie Johnson (Punky Brewster, Family Matters) and Dennis White (Notorious) were driving to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and stopped to walk in a cotton field and take a photo. When they walked back to their car, a police officer began questioning them about drugs and handcuffed them before letting them go. The couple said they were stopped because they were Black. (Photo: Showbiz Tonight via HLN)

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Free at Last - Herman Wallace, 71, was freed from prison after spending 41 years in solitary confinement on Tuesday night. Wallace was taken immediately to the hospital in New Orleans, his hometown, to be treated for liver cancer. He only has days or weeks to live. Wallace was serving a sentence for armed robbery in Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. (Photo: MSNBC)

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10-Year-Old Pushes Brother Who Has Cerebral Palsy in 5K Race - Titus Bass was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and cannot walk or hear, and cries when he cannot play outside. To help his big brother, Tobias Bass, 10, decided he wanted to run in a 5K and push his brother while he does it. Tobias wrote a letter to a local news station in Oklahoma City and asked for someone to donate a jogging stroller to complete his mission, which he received in time to run the race on Friday. (Photo: News9 via CBS)

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Affair May Have Led to Pastor’s Death in Church - Investigators say Woodrow Karey, 53, who is charged in the shooting death of Pastor Ronald J. Harris in a Louisiana church Friday, may have been motivated by a relationship Karey’s wife had with Harris. Karey is held on second-degree murder charges in the incident. (Photo: AP Photo/Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office)

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KKK Rally Canceled Due to Government Shutdown - A Ku Klux Klan rally that was scheduled to take place at the Gettysburg National Military Park Saturday in Pennsylvania has been canceled because of the government shutdown. The closing requires that all non-essential government services be closed as well, including national parks. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Mississippi to Break Ground on State History and Civil Rights Museums - Civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and elected officials, teachers and students will participate in the groundbreaking for the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Oct. 24 in Jackson, Mississippi. Both museums are scheduled to open in 2017 for the state’s bicentennial celebration. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NAACP)

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African Hair Braider Takes Texas to Federal Court - Dallas entrepreneur Isis Brantley is a well known hair braiding expert who plans to file a lawsuit against the state of Texas for telling her she must complete barber school in order to be certified to teach hair braiding for a living. (Photo: Matt Stamey/Staff photographer/Gainesville Sun /Landov)

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Funeral Service Held for Jonathan Ferrell - Family and friends of Jonathan Ferrell, the 24-year-old who was shot dead by a Charlotte police officer in September, gathered to remember his life in his hometown of Tallahassee, Florida. A separate memorial service was held in Charlotte, where he had recently moved to be with his fiancée. (Photo: AP Photo/Florida A&M University)

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NY Bakery Fined $25,000 for Not Hiring Black Applicant - Jamilah DeCosta, 25, applied for a position at a bakery in Queens, New York, in 2011 and was told by one of the owners, “I can’t hire you because you’re Black.” DeCosta filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. The business must now pay a $10,000 fine to DeCosta and an additional $15,000 for racial and gender discrimination. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Black Nurse Settles Racist Lawsuit - The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit between Tonya Battle, a veteran Black nurse from Michigan, and a Flint hospital for posting a note on a chart stating, “No African-American nurse to take care of baby.” The father of the infant had made the request to the hospital. The amount was not disclosed. (Photo: Fuse/Getty Images)

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Black People Watch More TV Than Other Groups - African-Americans watch more television than any other group, according to research published by Nielsen. The report states that more needs to be done to connect corporations and marketers to Black audiences. (Photo: JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images)