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...owners have reacted with anger and frustration when denied access to their flooded neighborhoods, which officials say remain unsafe. Flood waters that have already ravaged many cities are moving downriver toward the already swollen Mississippi, threatening still more communities. For eastern Iowans like Dave Metzler, who was evacuated late Thursday night from the bowling alley he owns and lives above in Coralville, near Iowa City, life is now an anxious waiting game to learn the full extent of the damage. "I not only lost my business, I lost my home - I got the double whammy," says Metzler. "It's still...
...Metzler is more hopeful about his apartment above Coral Lanes but doesn't think he'll be able to return to it for about a week. Being ordered to evacuate was like getting "smacked in the face," says Metzler, who had spent eight hours on Thursday sandbagging with friends, family and volunteers. "It was heartbreaking...
...prosecutors' failure to call the woman at the center of R. Kelly's trial on child pornography charges that cost them the case. They had alleged that the R&B star knew she was only 13 years old when he videotaped himself engaging in sex with her. But on Thursday, just before the jury began deliberating, the prosecutors explained they did not call the female - who is now 23 years old - mainly because they didn't want to expose her to unnecessary stress...
...first, the jury deliberations seemed indecisive. After jurors began on Thursday afternoon, they cast votes about once an hour. First, they reached a vote of nine not guilty, three guilty. Then, it shifted to ten not guilty, two guilty. At one point, the breakdown shifted to seven not guilty, five guilty. This morning, jurors sent several notes: They needed an easel with a flip-board to visualize their arguments. They wanted a second VCR to review evidence more closely. "I've seen the video too many times - the first time was too many," said the lone female juror who agreed...
...music network from MTV. Tsvangirai - who expressed his gratitude to MTVu, saying its help "will contribute to the awareness of the crisis in Zimbabwe internationally" - spoke after being detained twice in a single day by Zimbabwean authorities. The opposition leader sounded somewhat tired after his ordeal, which ended late Thursday night, but he was nevertheless focused and determined...