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Looting, Clashes Shatter Uneasy Calm

Unrest Continues

Ferguson, Mo., had returned to a state of wary unease but early morning looting is likely to inflame things.

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FERGUSON, Mo. — A man with a red bandana over his face loaded liquor bottles into a plastic bag early Saturday behind the counter of Ferguson Market and Liquor.

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