Article: Unidentified male's body is found in the Mississippi.(NEWS)

Transcript: Mississippi River Crest Rolling Through the ...
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather;  April 24, 2001 ;     536 words ... ... CBS ANCHOR: Heading south tonight is the slow-motion Mississippi River crest, now rolling through the Midwest. The crest has ... sandbags protect the house, he prays the power stays on. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If the electricity goes, everybody just, just forget ...

Transcript: The Old Mississippi River Brings Back Memories ...
CBS News Sunday Morning;  May 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... tell me that this levy runs along the entire length of the Mississippi River, just like the railroad winds from New Orleans all way ... true steamboat. (on camera): So what`s up here? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the (UNINTELLIGIBLE). This is the (UINTELLIGIBLE ...

Transcript: The Rolling Tragedy of the Still-Rising Mississippi ...
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather;  April 19, 2001 ;     541 words ... ... Weatherwatch, the rolling tragedy of the still-rising Mississippi River waters in the upper Midwest. The river crest is now reaching ... it`s not the crisis that`s brewing upriver ... UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is as close to a disaster as you`re going to get ...

Article: Mississippi River
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...MISSISSIPPI RIVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER. One of the major rivers of North America, the Mississippi River has been a focal point in American history, commerce, agriculture, literature, and environmental awareness. The length of the Mississippi ...

Article: Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Wisconsin, has introduced the Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act (H.R. 5340 ... sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin." The bill, introduced on ... of the legislation follows:Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection ActH.R. 5340To ...

Article: Rep. Kind Introduces Upper Mississippi River Basin ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Wisconsin, has introduced the Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act (H.R. 2381 ... sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin." The bill, introduced on ... of the legislation follows:Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection ActH.R. 2381To ...

Article: Mississippi River Basin
Water:Science and Issues;      700+ words ...Mississippi River Basin The Mississippi River is North America's longest and largest river in terms ... to its delta in southern Louisiana (see map). The Mississippi River drainage basin is the world's second largest, draining ...