Associated Press, Hickman, KY:  People along the lower Mississippi River and its tributaries packed their belongings and emergency workers feverishly filled sandbags as high water pushed its way downstream today, Wednesday, in a slow motion disaster which could break flood records dating back to the 1920s.  From Illinois to Mississippi, thousands of people have already been forced from their homes and anxiety is rising along with the mighty river, even though it could be a week or two before...
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