Mississippi River shipping resumes at Ill. lock

 
By JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER | Published: January 24, 2013   

A key stretch of the Mississippi River reopened to shipping Wednesday after hasty repairs were made to a lock damaged by a barge, marking the latest victory for stewards of the drought-plagued waterway they have maneuvered to keep open.

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That crisis resolved, the Army Corps of Engineers is turning its attention back to the river' creep toward record low levels because of the nation's worst drought in decades. It remains...
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