CAIRO, Ill. The U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday refused to halt a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to blast open a levee to relieve the rain-swollen Mississippi River even as the Illinois town at risk of flooding was cleared out.
UPDATE: Supreme Court refuses to halt Missouri levee breach
Sunday, May 1, 2011 | 3:14 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:55 p.m. CDT, Sunday, May 1, 2011
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