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Floodwaters Threaten to Overrun Midwest Levees

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Floodwaters threatened earthen levees protecting thousands of homes in the nation's midsection Tuesday, rising so fast in some places that panicked residents didn't have time to pile up sandbags. Storms have unleashed more than a foot of rain across the region, and the forecast offered little hope for...

Residents Flee Missouri Flooding as 2 Die in Arkansas Storms

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Thunder roared and tornado warning sirens blared, and all emergency workers in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff could do Monday was hope the saturated levee holding back the Black River would survive yet another downpour. Murky water flowed over the levee at more than three dozen spots and...

Past House GOP Tactic Proves Useless to Democrats

WASHINGTON -- A year ago, when Republicans were in the minority on Capitol Hill, they drove Democrats crazy by using an obscure parliamentary maneuver to change, delay and even kill Democratic priorities. Now that Republicans are running the House, Democrats have tried to stymie the GOP agenda by relying on the tactic,...

Cops: Kentucky Woman Used Drywall Knife, Stun Gun to Take Baby

Family and friends of Jamie Stice wept as police described how they believe a Kentucky woman attacked Stice with a stun gun and a drywall knife before cutting the baby out of her womb. Kathy Michelle Coy is accused of murdering Jamie Stice, a 21-year-old expectant mother, and stealing her infant son. The baby, named...

Friend: Killing Pregnant Kentucky Woman, Stealing Baby Was Plotted

Kathy Michelle Coy, the Kentucky woman accused of murdering 21-year-old Jamie Stice and kidnapping her newborn son, may have spent more than six months plotting the alleged crime, according to a friend of the victim. "Jamie fell in her trap," Stice's close friend Ashley Nicole told AOL News. "She [allegedly] kidnapped...