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Friday, December 28, 2012

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As Water Level Falls, Concerns About Mississippi River's Barge Traffic Rise

This WWII-era minesweeper once was a floating museum in St. Louis. Swept away in a 1993 flood, it has been under water in the river for most of the years since. But the ship has been exposed as the river's water level has fallen. (Photo taken on Dec. 14.)

December 28, 2012 The drought gripping the nation's midsection has made the river very hard to navigate from St. Louis to Cairo, Ill., where it meets the Ohio River. By next week, barge traffic may have to halt altogether in that section, trade groups warn.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Two-Way

IMF Chief Held In New York Jail; More Louisiana Flooding

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, waits be arraigned on sexual assault charges at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on Monday, May 16, 2011.

May 17, 2011 Dominique Strauss-Kahn jailed in New York; Louisiana flooding slowing down; Irish security defused a bomb before Queen Elizabeth arrived in Dublin; NFL owners won legal approval to continue locking out players; former Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a staffer not his wife

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Monday, May 16, 2011

The Two-Way

IMF Chief Arrested On Sex Charge; Louisiana Flooding

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is taken out of a New York police station on May 15, 2011.

May 16, 2011 IMF chief jailed in New York on sex assault charges; more gates open on Louisiana spillway; pro-Palestinian supporters rush Israeli borders and are repelled; Air France says it can get data from crashed jet's recorders; Japanese man restarts convenience store business

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Two-Way

More Memphis Flooding; Presbyterians Drop Gay Clergy Ban

Douglas Adams

May 11, 2011 Mississippi River flooding surges south; Presbyterians vote to allow homosexual clergy to serve openly; Syria shells civilian areas; American hikers jailed in Iran for spying don't show up in court; author Douglas Adams has been dead for 10 years

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Monday, May 09, 2011

The Two-Way

Near Record Flooding In Memphis; Gas Prices Rise To $4 Per Gallon

People view Mississippi River floodwaters on Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn.

May 9, 2011 The Mississippi river is expected to crest in Memphis Tuesday near record levels; the average price for regular gas reaches $4 a gallon; 12 people died in religious fighting in Cairo this weekend; tens of thousands of people turned out in Mexico City Sunday to protest drug violence

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Friday, May 06, 2011

The Two-Way

Around Memphis, Mississippi River May Stay Above Flood Level Into June

Areas in read are already flooded or will be soon, forecasters say.

May 6, 2011 Flooding along the Mississippi and its tributaries is breaking high-water records that have stood since the 1930s.

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Wednesday, May 04, 2011

The Two-Way

Third Levee Levee Blast Planned In Missouri

Roy Presson (C) embraced his daughters Catherine (L) and Amanda on Tuesday as they stood on the edge of State Highway HH looking out at their family farm in Wyatt, Mo. The Presson home and 2,400 acres of land that they farmed was flooded when the Army Corps of Engineers blew a massive hole in a levee at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to help save the town of Cairo, Ill.

May 4, 2011 The Army Corps of Engineers is flooding some rural areas to relieve pressure upstream. In some places, residents are being warned that graves may be disturbed — and not to try to recover any "caskets, vaults or skeletal remains" in the water.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Blog Of The Nation

Sandbagging

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June 19, 2008 If you have been affected by the flooding in the Midwest, we want to hear from you.

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