WHAT OTHERS SAY: Missouri River needs room to roam

Thursday, October 27, 2011 | 5:50 p.m. CDT; updated 7:45 p.m. CDT, Thursday, October 27, 2011

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week has been playing rope-a-dope with its critics as it listens to flood-weary Midwestern farmers and residents wanting answers about why the Missouri River flood of 2011 was so bad.

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