Feds: 27 levees could overflow if sandbags fail (AP)
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 14:42

Stephen Heckenberg, of Sperry, Iowa, stomps a sandbag into place on a sandbag wall reinforcing a levy holding the Mississippi River from Iowa cornfields near Kingston, Iowa, Monday, June 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP - As southeastern Iowa and other parts of the Midwest prepared for the Mississippi River"s wrath, the rest of Iowa began the slow move from protection to cleanup.


 

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First private mission set for ISS
The first private manned mission to the International Space Station will go ahead in 2011.

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Supreme Court rules for Guantanamo prisoners (Reuters)

Reuters - Guantanamo Bay prisoners can go before U.S. federal judges to challenge their years-long detention, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a landmark decision that delivered another setback for President George W. Bush"s war on terrorism.