The levees along the Mississippi River offer a patchwork of unpredictable protections. Some are tall and earthen, others aging and sandy, and many alo...
Mary Lyon | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
To this day, I still think Gore is the gold standard. Our country would be light years better off if we'd had Al Gore's steady hand at the wheel for the past seven-and-some years.
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — The federal government predicts that 27 levees could potentially overflow along the Mississippi River if the weather forecast is on...
AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Corn prices reached another record Monday, closing in on $8 a bushel, as devastating Midwest floods raised fears of a sharply smaller...
AP | ALLEN G. BREED and JIM SALTER | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living
Below is a telling excerpt from AP on the chaos caused by the Iowa flooding. Keep reading more about the floods here. As Iowa City hoped to elude t...
New York Times | Monica Davey | Posted 06.29.2008 | Home