News Headlines for Aberdeen, Mississippi

Diesel spill on Mississippi River knocks out ferry service (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Three ferries are not in service this morning in the wake of a collision between a tugboat and another vessel on the Mississippi River that has spilled diesel fuel in the river, according to a spokewoman with the state Department of Transportation and Development.

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Collision closes Mississippi River at New Orleans (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
The Coast Guard closed a 12-mile stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans after a collision early Wednesday between a tugboat pushing one barge and a 600-foot tanker.

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AP: Collision closes Mississippi River at New Orleans (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
NEW ORLEANS | The Coast Guard has closed a 12-mile stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans after a tugboat and another vessel collided.

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Collision closes Mississippi River at New Orleans (ABC 13 Houston)
The Coast Guard has closed a 12-mile stretch of the Mississippi River after a collision between a tugboat and a tanker

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Collision closes Mississippi (Fairplay)
FOUR MILES of the lower Mississippi are closed to commercial traffic after an overnight collision involving a tanker and a towboat. Witnesses said a barge being towed was split in half by the accident.

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Mississippi Briefs (The Clarion-Ledger)
Recovering from gunshot wounds and listed in serious condition, Jackson police officer DeWayne Collier has entered his third week at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

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Collision closes Mississippi River at New Orleans (KPLC Lake Charles)
Associated Press - July 23, 2008 6:34 AM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard has closed a 12-mile stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans after a tugboat and another vessel...

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New islands to improve quality of Mississippi River (La Crosse Tribune)
BROWNSVILLE, Minn. — The idea is a Mississippi River more like what it was before the locks and dams.

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Harrah's Slowing Plan to Finish Mississippi Resort (NBC 15 Mobile)
Harrah's Entertainment says it's going to slow construction plans for its Margaritaville Casino & Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports (Journal Inquirer)
More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee are considered obese. In part, experts blame Southern eating habits, poverty and demographic groups that have higher obesity rates.

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