Missouri levee holds as river crests
VALLEY PARK, Missouri (AP) -- Residents' trust in their community's new levee was justified Saturday as the earthen wall protected their town from the Meramec River, bloated by heavy rain that caused flooding across the Midwest. A couple poses for a
 

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