The Cardinal

Explosions at night break levee: Suburban Memphis is preparing for a flood after the U.S. Army corp of engineers intentionally broke through a Missouri levee to save an Illinois town. Now the rush of water is headed toward Tennessee. Water has covered acres of rich farmland. The U.S. Army corp of engineers sacrificed 130,000 acres [...]

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Police are going door to door throughout Cairo, Ill., to clear out any remaining residents after the mayor issued a mandatory evacuation over flood concerns. Law enforcement officers were going door-to-door Sunday throughout Cairo, Illinois, to give notice to any remaining residents that the mayor of Cairo, Judson Childs, issued a mandatory evacuation order as [...]

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CBS News says correspondent Lara Logan is recovering in a U.S. hospital from a sexual attack and beating while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo last Friday. At least 140 correspondents have been injured or killed in the events in Egypt. The day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Friday February 11, 2011, CBS [...]

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Fire and looting have broken out against several buildings around Cairo in new fighting following a day of clashes in central Cairo between anti-government protesters and regime backers. A day after video of Anderson Cooper and his CNN crew being attacked in Tahrir Square was seen by the world, more news services reported that their [...]

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Anxious relatives are awaiting the return of Americans from Egypt. The first chartered flight carrying Americans out of Egypt is arriving in Cyprus. Meanwhile, demonstrators in the U.S. continue to show support for protesters in Cairo. Cairo’s international airport was a scene of chaos and confusion Monday as thousands of people flee the unrest in [...]

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