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  • The supermoon rises over the Arch in St. Louis as seen from the Compton Hill Water Tower on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The supermoon will peak on early Monday morning shortly before sunrise, it will be the nearest supermoon in almost 70 years and will be the largest until Nov. 25, 2034. A supermoon happens when a full moon makes its closest pass to Earth appearing up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter in the sky. Viewing of the moon should also be good on Monday after the sun sets and the moon rises out of the east. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
  • A member of the St. Louis County Police tactical team fires rounds of tear gas into a crowd of people in response to a series of gunshots fired at the police during demonstrations along W. Florissant Road near the QuikTrip in Ferguson, Mo. on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Protesters also threw bottles and rocks with at least one rock striking an officer in the arm.
  • {quote}Don't shoot us{quote} cries out the crowd as they confront police officers arriving to break up a crowd on Canfield Dr. in Ferguson, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed18 year-old man, and community members turned out large numbers at the scene to express their outrage.
  • A looter armed with a gun takes items inside the QuikTrip in 9400 block of W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Rioters set fire to the store about an hour later.
  • A protester takes cover as he crouches down to protect himself from tear gas and flash bangs exploding around him that were fired police fired to break up a crowd on W. Florissant Avenue in Fergson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Shortly before this picture was shot the protester ran up, grabbed a tear gas canister and threw it back at the police.
  • Thursday October 7, 2010--An American flag is put out with the trash from a home being put on the market as a short sale in the Briarchase subdivision in O'Fallon. The subdivision has had 17 foreclosures since the recession began.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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