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Doctors had removed her skull to lou room for her brain to swell. once healed, giffords will no longer have to wear protective helmet she needed since she was shot in the head in january. the coast guard has reopened a 15 mile stretch of the mississippi river to cargo vessels. that swelling river has disrupted barge traffic and even forced some cargo to be trucked by land. interruption and slowdowns along the mississippi thorough fare could cost the american economy hundreds of millions of dollars every day. next up, brand-new recommendations released just moments ago on how much or how li...

Back now to our top story, the massive battle underway at this hour to try to control a swelling river. the mississippi is now threatening to crest in just hours. hard to believe that when that happens it could get even worse than these pictures you're seeing, and the city under the biggest threat right now is memphis, tennessee. the river is expected to crest there later today at 48 feet. that's 14 feet over flood stage. but it's still just under a record of 48.7 feet that was set back in 1937, during the most catastrophic flooding the region had ever seen. the flooding is also affecting othe...