CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A federal appeals court cleared the way Saturday for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to blow a hole through a levee along the Mississippi River in Missouri to try to prevent flooding in a small Illinois town.
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UPDATE: Court won't block plan to blast Missouri levee
Saturday, April 30, 2011 | 4:14 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:51 p.m. CDT, Saturday, April 30, 2011
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