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National Guard troops moved in by Gov. Jay Nixon didn’t get involved, and the officer in charge of security in Ferguson said police came under fire and were targeted by Molotov cocktails.

Ferguson, Mo., saw more protests last night – but instead of meeting demonstrators with tear gas and armored vehicles, police walked with them, and posed for photos.

Police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson used helicopters, armored vehicles and the threat of arrests Wednesday to try to control an area that’s been torn by racial tension and outrage over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager this past weekend.

The Netherlands and Australia — countries that lost large numbers of citizens in last week’s downing of Flight MH17 — are planning to send police to eastern Ukraine to help secure the debris field there.

A man suspected in the shooting deaths of four children and two adults surrendered to police in a Houston suburb after a three-hour standoff Wednesday night.

Police in Rhode Island have a secret weapon to fight child pornography: a 2-year-old Labrador named Thoreau, who’s been trained to sniff out computer hard drives.