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Ferguson poised for third night of chaos
(CNN) – The National Guard has been credited with keeping the violence in Ferguson in check Tuesday night. Will there be the same number of troops on the ground tonight?
CNN's Sara Sidner reports.
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Michael Brown's mother: 'This could be your child'
Watch CNN's interview with Michael Brown's parents at 8 p.m. ET on "Anderson Cooper 360."
(CNN) - Michael Brown's mother says hearing that a grand jury had decided not to indict the officer who killed her son felt like getting shot.
"We heard this and it was just like, like I had been shot. Like you shoot me now - just no respect, no sympathy, nothing," Lesley McSpadden told CNN's Sunny Hostin on Wednesday. "This could be your child. This could be anybody's child."
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Thanksgiving travel: Messy mix of snow, rain and delayed flights
Have your travel plans hit a snag? Send us an iReport.
(CNN) - Here's one thing some will not be so thankful for: a messy mix of snow, rain and sleet for Turkey Day.
A storm will dump rain and snow across the East Coast early Wednesday, causing delays of up to six hours on the busiest travel period of the year.
About 30 million people from the mountains of North Carolina to Maine could be affected.
