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Title: Reuters: First lock on Mississippi River closes amid flood
Post by: NaDiNe on June 12, 2008, 10:41:18 AM
First lock on Mississippi River closes amid flood
      


CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first lock and dam on the upper Mississippi River closed to barge traffic on Thursday due to flood conditions that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of corn and soybeans, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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