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Missing Woman Coverage a Black and White Issue?

Why does one missing woman get all the attention while another woman's story becomes a buried headline? Jackson, Miss., Police Chief Malcolm McMillin, who has been heading a search over the past eight days for 20-year-old Latasha Norman, thinks he knows one reason why. "As far as the interest by the national media in the story, I think race probably had an impact," the police chief said. Norman, who is an honors student at Jackson State University, is black. "It's a small college in...Full Story
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