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County spokeswoman: Officials are reinforcing levees and running checks along the system

WEST ALTON, Missouri (CNN) -- The Mississippi and Missouri rivers appear to be cresting Tuesday, suggesting there may be relief ahead for West Alton, which was facing severe flooding, according to a county spokeswoman.


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Pfc. Bradley Manning is accused in the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history

(CNN) -- Supporters of Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused in the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history, have adopted the phrase: "I am Bradley Manning."


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Three storm chasers featured on the Discovery Channel among 13 killed in storm

(CNN) -- Oklahoma had barely started clearing the rubble from a monstrous tornado two weeks ago when another rash of twisters plowed through this swath of Tornado Alley.


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In dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia says the ruling establishes a 'terrifying principle'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has ruled criminal suspects can be subjected to a police DNA test after arrest -- before trial and conviction -- a privacy-versus-public-safety dispute that could have wide-reaching implications in the rapidly evolving technology surrounding criminal procedure.


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Arvind Mahankali isn't the type of kid who stops at spelling domination

(CNN) -- New York eighth-grader Arvind Mahankali is the fiercest speller around. No word can foil him, as he proved Thursday when he beat out other Scripps National Spelling Bee contestants by spelling "knaidel" correctly.


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Justice Department held private meeting with news executives on Thursday

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Justice Department officials expressed a commitment to review the agency's leak investigation guidelines so that "reporters would not be at legal risk" for doing their jobs, according to an editor who attended a meeting between news executives and Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday.


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Program is still facing significant funding shortfalls

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Slower health care spending has helped buy Medicare more time before it will no longer be able to pay out 100 percent of benefits. But the program is still facing significant funding shortfalls.


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A sonar image recorded last summer may show Amelia Earhart's plane

(CNN) -- A grainy sonar image taken hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface may help unravel a mystery that has baffled historians for decades.


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Tornado warnings were in effect Thursday afternoon for south of Oklahoma City

(CNN) -- Powerful storms rolled through the south-central United States on Thursday, causing damage and injuries and threatening portions of Oklahoma that are recovering from a devastating twister that struck earlier this month.


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As a former prosecutor, his caseload included terrorism, organized crime and fraud prosecutions

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama plans to nominate James Comey to replace Robert Mueller as FBI director, officials familiar with the nomination process said Wednesday.


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