Army Corps cuts Missouri River flow worsening Mississippi water crisis
The Army Corps began reducing outflow from Gavins Point Dam amid a severe drought, lowering Mississippi River levels near St. Louis and risking barge traffic. Flows drop from 37500 to 35500 cfs and may reach 12000 cfs by December 11, threatening coal and grain shipments and jobs.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Missouri
Mississippi
Corps
Gavins Point
Yankton
S.C
Monique Farmer
Associated Press
Farmer
Mother Nature
Illinois
Congress
Scott Holste
Jay Nixon
Nixon
Army
Jo-Ellen Darcy
Cairo
National Weather Service
Scott Truett
National Weather Service Office
Truett
House
Omaha
East St. Louis
Ill
Powerball climbs to 325 million in nationwide draw
Powerball hits 325 million, the fourth largest in history, drawing holiday shoppers across cities. Clyde Godlin, 65, stops at a 7-Eleven on Michigan Avenue to buy tickets, dreaming of a near 213 million payday if he wins and plans a return to his grandfather’s Heidelberg, Mississippi farm if victorious.
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Iowa
Chicago
Clyde Godlin
Michigan Avenue
Goblin
Heidelberg
Miss
Godlin
Norm Lingle
Powerball Board of Directors
Tim Abel
New York
Port Authority
Broadway
Nine Iraq and Afghan war veterans join Congress in freshman class
The incoming House includes nine veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, led by Tammy Duckworth whose wartime injuries spurred her political path. Veterans groups note the overall veteran presence is declining, with just over 100 veterans in Congress. Duckworth, a double amputee and former Black Hawk pilot, emphasizes service to peers and post‑9/11 education benefits.
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Tammy Duckworth
Congress
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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Duckworth
Dick Durbin
Barack Obama
Illinois
Obama
Durbin
Afghanistan
of House of Representatives
95Th Congress
American Legion
Iraq
Tom
Tarantino
Iraq and
America
Black Hawk
Walter Reed
Department of Veterans Affairs
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