Associated Press:  A slow migration unfolded in central Mississippi on Thursday, with people and animals seeking higher ground to escape the flooding from the Mississippi River and its tributaries.  In Louisiana, water poured over a century-old levee, flooding 12,000 acres of corn and soybeans despite farmers' frantic efforts to shore up the structure.  Downstream, officials with the port of New Orleans said the Coast Guard could close the river to ships as early as Monday, halting traffic o...
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