Levees Fail Across Holt and Atchison Counties Missouri
Flooding spreads across northern Missouri as levees overtop and leak after water from upstream dams rises. Holt County reports U.S. 159 closed and Big Lake area submerged while Nebraska’s Cooper Nuclear Plant issues a flooding alert as Missouri River levels climb.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Holt
Atchison
Holt County
Big Lake
Jud Kneuvean
Corps
Missouri River
Nebraska Public Power District
Cooper
Brownville
Neb
Federal Commission
Mark Becker
Columbus
Fort Calhoun
Nebraska
Blair
Jodi Fawl
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
Mark Litherwood
U.S. 159
Litherwood
Concussion dangers to youth athletes highlighted in study
A Pediatrics report using the National Registry of Sudden Death in Young Athletes analyzes 1 827 deaths from 1980 to 2009, noting 261 trauma related fatalities in players 21 and younger with 148 in football and 17 high school head or neck injuries after prior concussions. It urges better gear, return to play protocols, and rule changes to prevent repeat blows.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Barry Maron
Maron
Ries
Joel Brenner
Council On Sports, Medicine and Fitness
American Academy of Pediatrics
Brenner
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters
Norfolk
Jon Almquist
Fairfax County
Virginia
Almquist
National Athletic Trainers Association
Axelrod dismisses GOP field as empty promises
Obama adviser David Axelrod criticizes the Republican debate as lacking substantive ideas and says rivals seek political gain by attacking Obama. He singles out Mitt Romney while noting Jon Huntsman’s past support, contrasting Obama’s consistency with the rivals’ shifting stances.
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Washington
Barack Obama
David Axelrod
New Hampshire
Obama
Axelrod
White House
Chicago
CNN
State of the Union
Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
Utah
Jon Huntsman
Ex scandals highlight dearth of women in politics
The piece notes the season of male political scandals from Weiner to Edwards and Schwarzenegger. It asks why women are less involved in scandal prone politics and whether more female lawmakers would curb such behavior, while highlighting stagnant female representation in Congress and state offices. Kirsten Gillibrand pushes panels to recruit women, arguing politics needs female power and different leadership.
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New York
Anthony Weiner
Congress
John Edwards
California
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Celinda Lake
Lake
Senate
House
Sarah Palin
Minnesota
Michele Bachman
Kirsten Gillibrand
Gillibrand
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Iowa
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Kroeger Realtors
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Lifetime Financial Group, LLC
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