Corps of Engineers breaks levee at Birds Point

Monday, May 2, 2011 ~ Updated 10:59 PM

WYATT, Mo. (AP) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers exploded a large section of a Mississippi River levee Monday in a desperate attempt to protect an Illinois town from rising floodwaters.

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