Report: Brown shot at close range

• NEW: Protests are expected across the United States on Wednesday


• An official autopsy says Michael Brown suffered six gunshot entrance wounds


• Sources told CNN that Brown's blood was on the officer's uniform and in his car


• Legal analyst says the officer still has to explain why he fired all the shots

(CNN) -- Michael Brown's gunshot wounds included a shot in the hand at close range, his official autopsy shows, according to an analysis reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A county official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN the autopsy document that the Post-Dispatch used to do its report is authentic.

The detail could lend credence to Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson's account that he and the unarmed African-American teenager scuffled at his patrol car before Brown was shot and killed.

Wilson told investigators that during a struggle for his pistol inside a police SUV, Brown pressed the barrel of Wilson's gun against the officer's hip, the Post-Dispatch reported, citing a source with knowledge of his statements.

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The officer tried to prevent Brown from reaching the trigger, the source told the newspaper, and when he thought he had control, he fired. But Brown's hand was blocking the mechanism, the Post-Dispatch reported.

Wilson said he fired two shots, and Brown was hit in the hand and ran. He told investigators that he fired again when Brown turned back and charged at him, according to the paper.

Earlier, a private autopsy conducted for the Brown family showed the teen had been shot at least six times, including twice in the head.

The official autopsy, as published by the Post-Dispatch, said Brown suffered six gunshot entrance wounds.

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Dorian Johnson, who was walking with Brown on a street when the shooting occurred, told CNN that the officer pulled up and told them to get on a sidewalk. They told him they were almost home and would be off the street shortly.

Still in his car, the officer grabbed Brown by his neck, but he tried to pull away as the officer pulled him toward him, Johnson said.

The officer drew his weapon and fired, hitting Brown, Johnson said. A bloodied Brown took off running, but the officer followed him and fired, according to Johnson.

Brown turned around with his hands up and told the officer he was unarmed, but the officer fired and the teen hit the ground, Johnson said.

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More details revealed

Brown's blood was found on the officer's uniform and inside his police car, law enforcement sources told CNN this week. Those sources corroborated details first reported by The New York Times.

At least one of the wounds Brown suffered is consistent with a struggle and appeared to have been inflicted at close range, according to a different source with first-hand knowledge of the investigation.

"That tends to support any testimony that there was some kind of scuffle in the police car," CNN legal analyst Danny Cevallos said. "And if so, that tends to support Officer Wilson's testimony and his justification for using deadly force."

But Cevallos said the details about Brown's blood on the officer's gun and on his uniform might only go so far in helping the officer's case.

"Ultimately, that officer will have to come up with justification not for firing his gun the first time, but for each and every bullet that came out of his firearm -- whether at the car or away from the car," he said.

Brown's death is the subject of two inquiries: one by a St. Louis County grand jury considering whether Wilson should be charged, and the other by federal investigators looking into whether any civil rights violations occurred.

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Under the name Ferguson October, activists demanding justice for Brown will host a protest in the Missouri town Wednesday. Numerous other protests are also expected in cities across the country -- in Sacramento, California; San Francisco; New York City; Philadelphia; Athens, Ohio; and Greensboro, North Carolina, among others.

CNN's Evan Perez, Sara Sidner and Pamela Brown contributed to this report.

Serena suffers worst loss in 16 years

Brace yourself for bucket loads of sweat and bags of glitz and glamor. The season-ending championship of women's tennis -- the WTA Finals -- is almost upon as the world's top female players prepare to do battle in Singapore. Who will roar loudest in the "Lion City?"

#1: Serena Williams: The No. 1 seed will soon start her title defense in Singapore. After a stuttering slam season, Willliams quieted her critcs by winning the U.S. Open to put her in elite company. She's now tied with Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Each have 18 grand slam singles titles.

#2: Maria Sharapova: The No. 2 seed arrives in Singapore in good form after winning the China Open. Sharapova isn't just a hard court player -- she's had a lot of success on clay during the later stages of her career. In June, she added a fifth grand slam trophy to her cabinet when she won the French Open.

#3: Petra Kvitova: The Czech Republic star is hoping to win the WTA Finals title like she did in 2011. In July, Kvitova beat Genie Bouchard in straight sets in a mere 55 minutes to claim her second Wimbledon title, three years after her first.

#4: Simona Halep: The Romanian has qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time in her career. She started the year outside the top 10 -- then shot up the rankings to No. 2 in the world. Halep advanced to the French Open final in June before losing to Sharapova.

#5: Eugenie Bouchard: The 20-year-old Canadian has had a stellar year after reaching the Australian Open and French Open semifinals before her Wimbledon final defeat by Kvitova. Bouchard is the youngest competitor in the draw.

#6: Agnieszka Radwanska: Poland's top female player won the Rogers Cup in August in Montreal, but didn't have the results at the slams that she'd been hoping for.

#7: Ana Ivanovic: The former No. 1 is back in the top 10 for the first in five years. She started the year by upsetting Serena Williams at the Australian Open before losing in the quarterfinal, and has won four WTA titles this year.

#8: Caroline Wozniacki: Like Ivanovic, the former world No. 1 is now back in the top 10. The Dane capped off a successful summer by advancing to the U.S. Open final where she lost to her close friend Serena Williams. This is the first time in three years that Wozniacki has qualified for the WTA Finals.

• Serena Williams loses 6-0 6-2 to Simona Halep at the year-end championships


• It's Williams' worst defeat since she lost 6-1 6-1 in Oklahoma in 1998


• The result adds to the inconsistent season for the 18-time grand slam winner


• Halep leads the Red Group with a perfect 2-0 record while Williams falls to 1-1

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(CNN) -- It's been that type of year for Serena Williams.

Williams collected her 18th grand slam singles title at the U.S. Open in September to match retired legends Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert but prior to that didn't get past the fourth round at the three other majors in 2014.

The world No. 1 recently retired due to illness in Wuhan, China and then was a walkover in Beijing with a knee injury -- and on Wednesday at the WTA Finals in Singapore she suffered the joint worst loss of her career.

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Simona Halep battered Williams 6-0 6-2 to leave the two-time defending champion in danger of being eliminated in the group stage.

It matched the number of games won by Williams in 1998 -- when she was just 16 -- against South Africa's Joannette Kruger in Oklahoma.

Williams, two days after looking sharp in defeating Ana Ivanovic, made 36 unforced errors in the 14 games and the encounter lasted a mere one hour and five minutes.

While Halep went 5-for-6 on break points, Williams went 0-for-6.

"Embarrassed is the way I would describe how I played," Williams told reporters. "Definitely embarrassing."

"My forehand was off today. It's obviously gone on an early vacation. My serve was at best at the 10-and-under division of juniors."

In summary Simona Halep played great. Good job and Good luck.

— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) October 22, 2014

Halep improved to 2-0 in the Red Group.

The Romanian -- one of two debutants at the WTA Finals along with Canada's Eugenie Bouchard -- entered the year-end championships in patchy form but she limited her own unforced errors and covered the court with aplomb.

Halep had lost both her matches to Williams last year, with the latter inflicting two "bagels" -- or 6-0 sets -- of her own.

"It was my best match of my life," Halep told reporters. "I played unbelievable shots. At an important time I played really well and after today my confidence will be more high."

Ivanovic eased past a listless Bouchard 6-1 6-3 later Wednesday. Both players hit 20 winners but Bouchard committed 31 unforced errors compared to the Serb's 18.

Caroline Wozniacki and her pal Agnieszka Radwanska posted upset wins Tuesday over Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova, respectively.

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Hillary Clinton returning to Iowa

• Hillary Clinton will return to Iowa for events on October 29


• Every trip Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in 2016, makes to Iowa is seen through a presidential lens


• Clinton was in Iowa last September for the 37th annual - and final - Iowa Steak Fry

Washington (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton is headed back to Iowa on October 29, according to a Democratic source with knowledge of the trip.

The former first lady's visit comes just a little more than a month since she returned to Iowa after a six year hiatus. Clinton stumped for Bruce Braley, Iowa's Democratic Senate nominee, and other Iowa Democrats at the 37th annual - and final - Harkin Steak Fry in September. She had last visited the state in 2008.

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Braley is currently locked in a tight race to succeed Harkin in the Senate with Republican Joni Ernst.

A number of big name Democrats have come to Iowa to help Braley. Vice President Joe Biden will stump for the Senate hopeful at an event in Davenport on Monday and first lady Michelle Obama stumped for him earlier this week.

Any visit Clinton makes to Iowa - the crucially important first-in-the-nation caucus state - is immediately seen through the lens of 2016 politics given that the former first lady is widely seen as the Democratic frontrunner for president and has admitted that she is considering a run.

Clinton's October visit to stump for Democrats in Iowa comes near the end of her prolonged push for Democrats across the country. Clinton has headlined political events in California, Colorado, Michigan, Kentucky, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Florida in the last month. And is expected to return to New Hampshire and Georgia by election day.

While all of these events have been for Democrats seeking to win in November, the campaigning is also a way for Clinton to satisfy Democrats who expect their potential future presidential nominee to help the party in the years before the run.

By election day, Clinton is expected to visit over 15 states in her midterm push.

Warren: I've been treated differently

• Elizabeth Warren said she's been treated differently as a woman in the Senate


• Warren wouldn't talk specifics of her treatment

Denver (CNN) -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren told CNN she has been treated differently as a woman in the clubby upper chamber — echoing the general sentiments of her colleague Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who wrote about sexism in the Senate in a recent book.

During a wide-ranging interview on the Colorado campaign trail—where she was stumping for endangered incumbent Sen. Mark Udall—CNN asked Warren whether she had experienced any different treatment as a woman. "Yes," she said. Would she elaborate? "Nope." But was it surprising? "Not really, I wish it were," she told CNN. "But it's hard to change these big, male dominated institutions. What I am very happy about is that there are now enough women in the United States Senate to bring change to that place and I think that's just powerfully important." There are now 20 women in the senate.

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Warren added: "You know, others have said it before me. If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu." Warren's comments did make one clear case: women will be treated as equals when there continue to be more women in the Senate.

Warren didn't want to talk specifics, or how the different treatment manifested itself. "I've said all I am going to say," ending that part of the conversation. In the book, Gillibrand recounted specific details of unnamed male senators remarking about her appearance—even squeezing her waist.

The rest of the interview was about Warren's role as one of the Democratic Party's most sought after surrogates this election year. Our story, airing today on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, looks at Warren as the unusal Washington phenom—a combination of loyal Democratic soldier and outside agitator, a party star who is willing to take on her own party—including the president.

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Actress, boyfriend face charges

• The charges stem from an incident last month outside CBS Studio Center


• Officers received calls that the couple was having sex in a parked car


• The African-American actress and her white boyfriend accused police of racism

(CNN) -- "Django Unchained" actress Daniele Watts and her boyfriend have been charged with one count each of lewd conduct, a spokesman said Tuesday.

If found guilty, both Watts and her boyfriend, Brian James Lucas, could face a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, according to Frank Mateljan, spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.

The charges stem from an incident last month outside CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department received calls that the couple was having sex in a parked car.

The African-American actress and her white boyfriend accused police of racism for questioning them in what they said was only a public display of affection.

Watts, a native of Atlanta, made her feature film debut in 2012 as Coco in the Oscar-nominated "Django Unchained."

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CNN's Alan Duke contributed to this report.

Obama's ISIS, Ebola "mission creep"

• President Obama risks getting sucked into deeper and deeper conflicts


• ISIS campaign has widened in recent months


• After initially being left out of Ebola response, the Pentagon is playing a bigger role

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is loading new missions on the U.S. military with fast-expanding mandates and no certain end dates as he grapples with the threats posed by ISIS and Ebola.

Evolving operations in the Middle East and west Africa are causing some supporters to ask whether the president, a notoriously reluctant warrior dedicated to ending foreign entanglements and getting troops home, has changed his mind.

By committing the U.S. military to two new crises, with no clear exit strategy, Obama risks the same perilous slide into "mission creep" that hounded some predecessors, who got sucked ever deeper into wars in Vietnam, Somalia and Iraq.

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Already, there are mounting questions about whether the strategy is working. A former top U.S. counterterror official told CNN Tuesday that the "imminent threat" from one of the groups targeted in an initial wave of airstrikes in Syria hasn't abated.

When Obama announced America's new war in August, he said U.S. air strikes would only take place "if necessary" and only in Iraq to save civilians from massacres by the marauding Sunni radicals and to protect U.S. personnel.

Yet less than three months later, in the newly branded Operation "Inherent Resolve," U.S. warplanes have blasted ISIS fighters, vehicles and supply lines in Syria, as well as Iraq. There are more than 1,400 troops in Iraq and hundreds more aboard ships and in nearby countries carrying out airstrikes. U.S. attack helicopters have gone into battle against ISIS in Anbar province.

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It is indisputable that the campaign has widened. US planes this weekend intensified air strikes on the besieged Syrian town of Kobani, and dropped arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces locked in a struggle for the strategic choke point near the Turkish border.

There is every sign the anti-ISIS operation will go on for years. And there is no clear idea of what success will look like, despite Obama's vow to destroy ISIS's "network of death."

As for Ebola, the Pentagon didn't have a role when the outbreak exploded in west Africa.

But soon Obama — warning the deadly epidemic could spark a national security crisis if left unchecked, announced plans to send 3,000 troops to build treatment centers and health care infrastructure. All this came with a caveat that no American soldiers would go near sick patients.

Soon, the Pentagon said the number of troops could go as high as 4,000. Then last week, Obama issued an executive order clearing the way for reservists to be called up to fight Ebola if necessary, amid increasing frustration in the White House that US allies have not stepped up.

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On Sunday, the mission expanded further when the Pentagon revealed it was standing up a rapid reaction squad to leap into action should more Ebola cases emerge on the U.S. mainland — opening the possibility that military officers would be exposed to infected patients for the first time.

Deepening U.S. involvement in Iraq and Syria seems to be the result of a reluctant conclusion by Obama that the burgeoning threat from ISIS requires a wider US response.

But on Ebola, the president is personally and actively demanding the military get more involved.

The concept of an emergency treatment team only emerged after Obama ordered more action from his administration in crisis meetings last week as political pressure spiked amid infections on U.S. soil, two senior administration officials told CNN.

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The White House is walking a fine line. Obama faces skepticism from the Democratic left, which is skittish about new wars and warnings from Republicans that he isn't hawkish enough.

The administration insists there will be no "boots on the ground" in the ISIS conflict and notes an international coalition is helping to bear the burden. Although US involvement may be deepening, it pales in comparison to the 150,000 strong U.S. garrison in Iraq when Obama took office, officials say.

Top Pentagon officials privately say the new mission list exposes the folly of current budget cuts at a time when the military is also being asked to bolster Obama's pivot to Asia and strengthen NATO to counter Russia. Top defense officials often cry wolf but they say this time they're not playing politics, and warn that in future they may not be able to answer every time the president calls.

It is ironic that Obama is parrying questions on mission creep, after being hammered by critics for "leading from behind" on Libya and for setting timelines for troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan rather than making drawdowns conditional on battlefield gains.

But presidents find themselves sucked deeper into military operations for many reasons — including reverses in the field, temptations brought on by the unique capabilities of the US military or the realization that local allies are deficient. Sometimes, they just have their hands forced by rising political heat back home.

Some or all of these conditions may apply to both the Ebola and Iraq operations.

But in the ISIS campaign at least, it's clear those in Obama's inner circle have the dangers of Middle East mission creep on their minds. The message is clearly that Obama will use force if necessary — but not beyond certain points.

"We make no apologies for being deliberate about the use of force, particularly when it engages the United States in conflicts in a region like the Middle East," deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes told CNN's "The Situation Room" on Monday. "The American people want a president who is going to think hard before making those decisions who .... makes sure he is drawing from the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan."

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Top officials pushed back hard against the idea that U.S. ground troops will inevitably be drawn into the fight, and comments by Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that US advisors could see combat advisors on the ground alongside Iraqi troops.

"That's not come up the chain to anybody at the White House. And I don't anticipate that it will," National Security Advisor Susan Rice said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on October 12.

CENTCOM commander Gen. Lloyd Austin rejected the idea that U.S. operations around Kobani represented a stretching of the military's orders, saying last week that he was simply exploiting a chance to hit ISIS forces massed in the town.

"I think that we really have to remain focused on the first task, and that is to help the Iraqis restore security and stability inside of the country of Iraq; restore their borders; regenerate forces to be able to help them do that," Austin said.

But there are concerns in Obama's political base that things are already going too far.

Anna Galland, executive director of progressive group MoveOn.org said that what started off as a humanitarian mission has morphed out of all recognition.

"Our members are very concerned by the prospect of a slippery slope in Iraq and Syria back into another open ended war," she said.

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) told CNN that Americans were war weary and not ready for another widening conflict.

"We cannot allow the U.S. to be dragged into another endless war. Since the start of US military action in Iraq and Syria, I have been gravely concerned with mission creep," Lee said Tuesday.

But Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense, said he believed the limited nature of the campaign would mitigate against public war fatigue.

"I think now we have recognized that no one is going to transform the Middle East," Korb said, comparing the ISIS operation to US anti-terror strikes in Yemen and Somalia. "We just deal with the immediate threats and keep them from getting out of hand."

Men need and use flex time too!

• Nearly eight out of 10 of men have flexible work schedules, according to new report


• Half of the men surveyed have a formal flex arrangement at work


• As more men embrace flex time, the stigma of using it might change, experts say


• Challenges remain: Nearly 40% of male managers wish their employees didn't work flexibly

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(CNN) -- I have long thought millennials, who expect flexibility in the workplace, would be the group that would bring an end to the stigma that is too-often associated with flex time -- the belief that wanting a flexible work arrangement means you aren't willing to work as hard.

But now I'm thinking it's going to be men who will get us there.

A new report by the Working Mother Research Institute had some fairly startling findings: Nearly eight out of 10 men (77%) say they have flexible work schedules and nearly the same amount (79%) say they feel somewhat or very comfortable using flex time.

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The online survey of 1,000 men, 65% of whom were married or had a partner and who had an average age of 39, also found that most men prefer a mix of working from home as well as in the office. Of the men surveyed, 25% favored working in the office full time but occasionally from home, followed by 23% who preferred working from home one to two days per week.

Also, 47% said they have a formal flex arrangement at work, according to the report.

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"Men not only want flex, they are using it confidently -- in numbers that rival women," said Jennifer Owens, editorial director of Working Mother Media. "It means that workplace flex is no longer a working mother, or even a women's, issue. It's an everyone issue, which lends more fuel to the argument that flex works, no matter who you are."

The Working Mother report, which was sponsored by the accounting firm Ernst & Young, follows other surveys that are helping to change the narrative that work-life balance is strictly a concern of women. It's not.

According to a survey last year by the Pew Research Center, 50% of working fathers said it was very or somewhat difficult to balance the responsibilities of their jobs and their families -- nearly as many as working mothers agreed (56%).

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CNN's Kelly Wallace believes the more men embrace flex time, the more acceptable it will become in workplaces.

And, according to a national survey earlier this year by Flex+Strategy Group/Work+Life Fit Inc., which works with organizations and individuals to create flexible workplaces, three out of four telecommuters were men.

The more men embrace flex time, the more perceptions are likely to shift. Consider this finding in the Working Mother Report: 63% of the men surveyed said employees who use flex time are as productive or more productive than employees who don't participate in any flexible work arrangement.

"For women, it's a really big deal to realize that the men on your team are flexing their schedules as well," said Owens. "When everybody's doing it, the women are less likely to be thought of as less committed to their work and careers just because they leave at 5 p.m. to pick up the kids from after-school programs a few times a week."

That said, there still appears to be a double standard when it comes to men and women using flex time.

Dorothy Liu, founder and partner of VelaTrio Consulting, said on Facebook that she "always found it interesting" that when women take advantage of flexible schedules, they are viewed as not "being serious about their careers." When a man uses flex time, she said he is often viewed as "being a good family man."

Sara Sutton Fell, chief executive officer of FlexJobs, a company which tries to find flexible work arrangements for women and men, said there are "historical stigmas" associated with work flexibility.

"For example, when many people think of 'working from home,' they envision a mother working while also watching her kids, doing laundry, taking regular breaks to chat with neighbors or any number of similar less-than-professional distractions."

Sutton Fell, who is also founder of the nonprofit 1 Million for Work Flexibility, which focuses on raising awareness of work flexibility, pointed to a study published last year by the Journal of Social Issues. It found that bosses favored men over women when granting requests for flexible work schedules.

The hope is that as more men are part of the work-life conversation and are experiencing it firsthand, the double standard may start to shift.

But here's another sticking point: There is still a widely held belief that flexible work arrangements are more challenging to manage. According to the report, while eight out of 10 male supervisors believe employees should have access to flexible schedules, 39% wish they didn't have to manage employees who work flexibly.

"This is something we try to educate people on all the time," said Sutton Fell. "Any change in the way we are used to doing things will feel 'hard' at first, but the great thing is that the management style that works best with flexible workers is also the style that results in better productivity, a more engaged and collaborative team, and a better functioning team overall."

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Men also face some of the same judgment that women who use flex-time experience.

According to the Working Mother report, 41% of men who have flexible schedules say they frequently feel their commitment to work is questioned by others. That number jumps to 58% for men who work from home three to four times per week.

And, while 59% of the working dads surveyed would choose to work part time if they could still have a meaningful and productive career, 36% say part-time work is looked down upon at their company.

We clearly have a long way to go before more managers and companies realize what the men in the Working Mother report, and what women in many other surveys, have said loud and clear: Flexible work schedules are good for employee and employer.

In this newest report, 86% of men said flex time improves their overall job satisfaction, 85% said it improves their productivity, 84% said it improves their motivation, and 82% said it improves their loyalty to the organization.

With numbers like those, why wouldn't all companies embrace it?

Do you think there is a double standard in how men and women who use flex time are judged? Tell Kelly Wallace on Twitter or CNN Living on Facebook .