1. A makeshift levee failed in Winfield, Missouri allowing the Mississippi River to inundate（泛滥） the town. Nearly 130 homes across Lincoln County have been destroyed or heavily damaged. Hundreds more can't be evaluated due to high water. The riv...
1. Crews are rushing to build a four-foot-tall sandbag levee around an eastern Missouri community. Emergency workers are hoping it will block floodwaters from a broken levee south of the town of Winfield. Officials say muskrat holes caused that brea...
Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense. Thats according to the Supreme Court who struck down the District of Colombias 32-year-old ban on handguns today. The courts 5-to-4 decision is the first major ruling on gun rights in U.S. history. O...
1. A guilty verdict for Neil Entwistle on two counts of first-degree murder. The British man was convicted of shooting to death his wife and infant daughter. Jurors rejected his claim that the woman had killed their baby and then committed suicide....
1. The government says US home prices fell in April at their fastest rates since 1991. Meanwhile, the Senate has overwhelmingly voted to speed up work on a 300-billion dollar foreclosure rescue plan. And a private survey says consumer confidence is...
1. There is more trouble on the way for Lincoln County, Missouri. It's here where residents are still days away from the crest on the Mississippi River. Meanwhile, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa this city library is a total loss. An entire floor is now a was...
1. The upper Mississippi River in Missouri and Illinois is about to hit its high point. The National Weather Service says the river will crest in some places Sunday and other locations Monday. Despite widespread flooding, water levels did not reach...
1. Emergency officials in Missouri say they are surprised by how much the Mississippi River has risen in some areas. In Hannibal the river is expected to go higher than a crest prediction of 28. 7 feet. Authorities are keeping a close eye on levees...
1. The Mississippi River is set to crest early next week in and around St. Louis. It has already broken through a number of levees across Missouri. There are fears that more rain in the coming days could make matters worse. 2. Barack Obama and Hillar...
1. Two former Bear Stearns managers were arrested this morning on securities fraud and other charges. It s in connection with the collapse of a hedge fund that heavily bet on subprime mortgages before the market collapsed. 2. Some flooded-out Midwes...
1.With gasoline topping 4 dollars a gallon, President Bush is calling on lawmakers to lift the decades-old ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. But Democrats quickly rejected the idea. 2.The White House is also asking Congress for nearly two billion...
1. A levee near Gulfport, Illinois was not able to hold back the rising water of the Mississippi river. Officials are urging residents to evacuate from waterlogged areas near the state line. They say there have been more than a half dozen levee brea...
1. Flood fears in the Midwest are now moving downriver. The Illinois Army National Guard is helping with sandbagging duties in Quincy. And about 100 miles downriver, evacuations are underway in Grafton. A total of five deaths have been linked to the...
1. The floodwaters are receding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, revealing just how much damage the high water has done. Meanwhile, those downstream are doing what they can to protect themselves from the coming deluge. 2. President Bush is in London for two d...
1. Crews in Iowa have been ordered to abandon a half-mile-long wall of dirt and sandbags because they're worried it's about to break. The wall was built after the Des Moines River punched a 100-foot wide hole in a levee allowing water to pour into a...
