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September 4, 2014PBS NewsHour full episode

Sep 4, 2014 9:10 PM EST

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Tonight on the program, we examine the Justice Department's announcement of a full-scale investigation of the Ferguson, Missouri police. Also: getting into college with a cell phone video, former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell found guilty of fraud, whether an Independent can steal Kansas from the GOP, saving the Great Lakes from toxic algae and whether new rules will make the NFL safer.

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