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Government reopens investigation into lynching of Emmett Till

The federal government has reopened its investigation into the murder of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose brutal murder in 1955 shocked the nation. The Justice Department said the decision was made after receiving "new information." CBS News senior national correspondent Jim Axelrod reports.
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