Coast Guard partially reopens Mississippi River

Thursday, August 23, 2012

GREENVILLE, Miss. -- Authorities reopened the Mississippi River to some boat traffic Wednesday, hours after freeing a barge that ran aground in dangerously low waters caused by an extensive drought.

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