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Sandbag Levee Fails In Missouri Town
WINFIELD, Mo. -- A makeshift sandbag levee holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, and authorities said part of the town was evacuated.
Water began flowing under the four-foot-high barrier around 4:30 a.m. An alarm sounded and the few residents remaining in the flood plain were ordered to get out.
On Friday, the Pin Oak levee that protected part of the town of 720 residents gave way, and within hours the National Guard began constructing the levee around a cluster of about 100 homes.
A fire department spokesman said at least 60 of those homes were flooded.
The Mississippi is receding at Winfield and to the north, but remains well above flood stage. Crests will reach St. Louis on Monday.
Omaha Works to Restore Power
OMAHA -- Nebraska's largest city struggled to restore power to thousands of residents a day after a severe storm damaged homes, uprooted trees and killed two people in a neighboring community. It will probably take days to restore electricity after Friday's storm, officials said. At the peak of the failures, 126,000 power customers lacked electricity.
Tex. Court: Exorcism Is Protected
FORT WORTH -- The Texas Supreme Court threw out a jury award over injuries a 17-year-old girl suffered in an exorcism, ruling that the case unconstitutionally entangled the court in religious matters. In a 6 to 3 decision, the justices found that a lower court erred when it said the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God's First Amendment rights did not prevent the church from being held liable for mental distress triggered by a "hyper-spiritualistic environment."
-- From News Services
