• Rock blasting set on drought-plagued Miss. River

  • Barge operators along a key stretch of the Mississippi River braced Monday for months of restricted shipping as crews prepared to begin blasting large rock formations that are impeding navigation on the drought-plagued waterway.
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  • ST. LOUIS
    By JIM SALTER,Associated Press
    JIM SUHR,Associated Press
    Updated Dec. 17, 2012 @ 12:41 pm
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