Dam fails in Iowa, causes massive flooding
A dam on an eastern Iowa lake suffered a "catastrophic" failure Saturday, sending a massive amount of water into nearby communities and forcing residents to flee, officials said.
A 'catastrophic' dam break in Iowa causes a nearby town to be evacuated and the National Guard to be deployed.
As the floodwaters rose by the hour, so did Bruce Vander Sanden's worst fears.
They teach it in Salt Lake City, Little Rock, Cedar Rapids and 40 miles down the road in Rancho Cucamonga, a breakneck brand of baseball known as the Angel Way. It is highly entertaining -- stolen bases, hit-and-runs, speed merchants rushing from first to third in a blur -- but come playoff time it has been highly suspect.
As Dr. Jennifer Lickteig examines patients at the Linn Community Care Health Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she's also earning money from a second career that has nothing to do with medicine.
Doug Ward drives through a subdivision made up of rows of trailers. You can hear the sadness in his voice as he says, "This just doesn't feel like home." He longs for the life he lived before devastating floods destroyed his Cedar Rapids neighborhood.
CNN's Ed Lavandera reports on how hard economic times are making it even more difficult for flood victims in Iowa.
Thousands more workers got bad news on Tuesday as companies in fields ranging from financial services to retail announced job cuts.
The former manager of the largest U.S. kosher meatpacking plant was arrested Thursday on federal conspiracy charges of harboring illegal immigrants and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft, federal officials said.
Iowa on Wednesday fined a kosher meatpacking plant that was targeted by a federal immigration raid nearly $10 million for alleged violations of state labor laws
The country star announces the gift during a concert in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The post-Katrina emergency management agency is doing better in responding to the Iowa floods. But there are still some complaints
iReporter Vivian Noble shares her pictures, videos and flooding experience with Headline News.
The flood damage to Iowa crops could reach $3 billion, according to the state's agriculture secretary.
President Bush speaks to Iowa officials after touring the devastation caused by flooding there.
Carrying the painful lessons of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush
said on a tour of Midwest flooding on Thursday that he is listening
to small-town concerns and understands the exhaustion of
rescuers
Neighbors in several towns that sit on the Mississippi River are doing their best to help each other, but there has still been a great cost
CNN's Gary Tuchman reports from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as families start returning to their homes damaged by floods.
Floodwaters breached another levee in Illinois and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week
Iowa officials are concerned about towns along the Mississippi River as floodwaters in the state's eastern counties began to drain toward the river.
As the waters crest and begin to recede in some spots, the state's beleaguered residents brace for what they may find
Floodwaters inundated Iowa City and the University of Iowa arts campus on Sunday despite what one official called a "Herculean effort" to hold back the water with sandbags.
Floodwaters were receding Saturday in Cedar Rapids, but as the Cedar retreated, waters in Iowa City had already invaded parts of the University of Iowa campus and weren't expected to crest until sometime Monday
Days after it rose out of its banks on its way to record flooding in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar River has forced at least 20,000 people from their homes
CNN's Susan Roesgen reports on a year of wicked weather and what may be behind it.
TIME's reporter in Des Moines reports on the calamities of seemingly biblical proportions that have pushed the stoic state to the breaking point
The Midwest has dealt with all kinds of weather this week, from lightning to tornadoes to flooding.
The worst flooding in 15 years has paralyzed large sections of eastern Iowa, with heavy rains and brutal storms leaving their marks from one end of the state to the other.
The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets
Residents were ordered to evacuate low-lying sections of towns along the overflowing Cedar River on Wednesday
Talk about going from media hero to digital zero. Broadcasters just can't seem to get any love.
When Stephen Jennings landed in California, he quickly shed his Iowan roots. His first job carried the only-in-L.A. title of "assistant flame artist."
With a wildly popular $100 million eco-education theme park, and citizens who self-inflict carbon-emissions caps, Britain aims to show the world how green living is done
While the meanings of monikers like Ethiopian, Hobokenite, and Earthling aren't hard to suss out, it's a little tougher to guess where to find a Moonraker or a Zonie. And why the heck are Oklahomans called "Sooners," anyway?
Democratic presidential candidates say they are reaching out to Hispanics -- a group that could play a key role in Iowa's caucuses.
Who would play you in the movie about your life? "From what other people say, based on looks, Joaquin Phoenix. Based on talent, Corey Haim."
From Arnold Palmer to Phil Mickelson, the Masters has a long history of decisive final-hole dramatics, but this year's tournament was a Masters unlike any other, and so the ending was destined to be a little messy. After four days of exasperating golf, it figured that Zach Johnson would win his green jacket while slouched in the locker room, averting his eyes from a television because he couldn't bear to watch his fate unfold.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Asked to describe himself shortly after his Masters victory Sunday, Zach Johnson said, ``I'm from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. That's about it. I'm a normal guy.''
A backyard barbecue with more than 200 guests, an event center bustling with loyal Republicans at noon and a high school gym at capacity by 5 p.m.: It must be Iowa with presidential contenders in town.
When John got divorced after 12 years of marriage, he took a deep breath and launched into the dating scene.
SI.com: Ageless wonderupdated: Wed Feb 07 2007 11:25:00
While driving an 18-wheeler more than a million miles during his 52-year career, Charlie Ohman constantly dreamed of being a high school varsity basketball coach. At 74 that dream finally came true this season as he is currently in the midst of his first season as head coach at Westmoor (Daly City, Calif.) High.
In United States v. Hill, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit recently held that under some circumstances, there is no continuing Fourth Amendment right to privacy in a public restroom.
Across Iowa on Monday, Democratic presidential hopefuls stormed restaurants, fairgrounds, high schools and just about any place they could find an audience in an effort to bring supporters out to the evening caucuses.
From Bob Franken, CNN correspondent:
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