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The lowest water levels in the Mississippi River in a decade, caused by a severe Midwest drought, have closed the vital channel to barge traffic at a crucial time of the year for the transport of crops from the nation's heartland.

Lack of rainfall in recent weeks has left the Mississippi River approaching record low levels.

Lack of rainfall in recent weeks has left the Mississippi River approaching record low levels in certain areas from Missouri south through Louisiana.

The timing is bad because barges are busy carrying recently harvested corn and soybeans up and down the river.

L'Espagnol Pol Espargaro a signé le meilleur temps des qualifications de MotoGP en vue du GP de Silverstone...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening everyone. are the golden days over for gold? gold prices plunged over $100 today while stocks rallied for the third straight day. >> susie: tom, it was a dramatic reversal for gold. its been steadily hitting new record highs. >> tom: susie, gold surely lost some of its lustre today. gold futures lost $104 for the biggest one-day slide in more than ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening everyone. are the golden days over for gold? gold prices plunged over $100 today while stocks rallied for the third straight day. >> susie: tom, it was a dramatic reversal for gold. its been steadily hitting new record highs. >> tom: susie, gold surely lost some of its lustre today. gold futures lost $104 for the biggest one-day slide in more than ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening everyone. are the golden days over for gold? gold prices plunged over $100 today while stocks rallied for the third straight day. >> susie: tom, it was a dramatic reversal for gold. its been steadily hitting new record highs. >> tom: susie, gold surely lost some of its lustre today. gold futures lost $104 for the biggest one-day slide in more than ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening everyone. are the golden days over for gold? gold prices plunged over $100 today while stocks rallied for the third straight day. >> susie: tom, it was a dramatic reversal for gold. its been steadily hitting new record highs. >> tom: susie, gold surely lost some of its lustre today. gold futures lost $104 for the biggest one-day slide in more than ...

this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening. how many workers got new jobs in june? susie, thats the question everyone was asking today. the answer will come tomorrow morning when the labor department releases the june employment report. >> susie: tom, investors are bracing for a disappointing number. most experts predict the economy lost 131,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate st...