IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A week's work of frantic
sandbagging by students, professors and the National Guard couldn't
spare this bucolic college town from the surging Iowa River, which has
swamped more than a dozen campus ... [more]
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Firefighters in Northern California struggled to gain control over four
major blazes burning from Monterey County north to Tehama County, aided
today by dying winds and beefed up crews.
A blaze known as the Humboldt Fire... [more]
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WASHINGTON — Tim Russert, a political
lifer who made a TV career of his passion with unrelenting questioning
of the powerful and influential, died of a heart attack today in the
midst of a presidential campaign he'd covere... [more]
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — They sandbagged
the entrance to Mercy Medical Center and started bailing when the water
started creeping in, but it was no use. The water was 2 inches deep on
the emergency room floor by Thursday night... [more]
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LAKE DELTON, Wis. — Engineers and National Guard teams examined dams
across this storm-deluged state Tuesday looking for signs of damage
from the high water that led to the major collapse Monday that nearly
emptied Lake&nb... [more]
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