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Business
8:57 am
Tue December 18, 2012

Army Corps moves forward on scheduled rock blasting

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Science, Health and Technology
4:51 pm
Wed April 11, 2012

Study suggests Army Corps made right call at Birds Point levee

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A new study suggests the Army Corps of Engineers made the right decision when it blew up the Birds Point-New Madrid levee last year.

A new study suggests the Army Corps of Engineers made the right decision when it blew up the Birds Point-New Madrid levee last year.

The study’s authors argue the floodway would have been inundated with or without Corps action.

Ken Olson is a soil sciences professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he co-authored the study.

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Politics
5:50 pm
Wed February 8, 2012

Mo. Gov. Nixon explains proposal delay

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Nixon says he knew about the settlement’s general size for the last few months, but felt it was prudent to keep quiet.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon says he needed to cover all his bases before proposing to add $40 million to his higher education budget.

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