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Corn plants grow in a field, Tuesday Aug. 12, 2008, near Grimes, ...

(AP) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:26:18 GMT

(AP) - Corn plants grow in a field, Tuesday Aug. 12, 2008, near Grimes, Iowa. In its first estimates this year based on actual field visits and farmer surveys, the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its estimate of corn production and said 'nearly ideal' weather has helped Midwestern farmers recover from June's devastating floods. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Ears of corn grow on a corn plant, Tuesday Aug. 12, 2008, near ...

(AP) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:25:01 GMT

(AP) - Ears of corn grow on a corn plant, Tuesday Aug. 12, 2008, near Perry, Iowa. In its first estimates this year based on actual field visits and farmer surveys, the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its estimate of corn production and said 'nearly ideal' weather has helped Midwestern farmers recover from June's devastating floods. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Jeff Jelenski of Griffith, Ind., takes a break from cleaning ...

(AP) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:57:25 GMT

(AP) - Jeff Jelenski of Griffith, Ind., takes a break from cleaning the remains of his home Tuesday Aug. 5, 2008, after a storm ripped the roof off and destroyed his garage. The National Weather Service said tornadoes touched down in the Chicago suburbs of Bloomingdale and Bolingbrook, where about 24 homes were damaged, and at Griffith, Ind., where roofs were torn off several homes and businesses. More than 4 inches of rain fell in parts of Indiana. (AP Photo/The Post-Tribune, Scott M. Bort)

A house lies in ruins due to storm damage in Griffith, Ind., ...

(AP) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:50:48 GMT

(AP) - A house lies in ruins due to storm damage in Griffith, Ind., Tuesday Aug. 5, 2008. The National Weather Service said tornadoes touched down in the Chicago suburbs of Bloomingdale and Bolingbrook, where about 24 homes were damaged, and at Griffith, Ind., where roofs were torn off several homes and businesses. More than 4 inches of rain fell in parts of Indiana. (AP Photo/The Post-Tribune, Scott M. Bort)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:31:44 GMT

(AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., second from left, talks with Iowa flood victims, Thursday, July 31,2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From left are, Paul Morris, Robin Morris, Sen. Obama and Katherine Marcano. The museum was also damaged by the flood in June. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:30:11 GMT

(AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., second from left, listens to Iowa flood victims, Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From left are, Robin Morris, Sen. Obama, Katherine Marcano, Iowa Gov. Chet Culver and Scott Jamieson. The museum was also damaged by the flood in June. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A Secret Service agent stands guard at right as Democratic presidential ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:26:34 GMT

(AP) - A Secret Service agent stands guard at right as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., fourth from left, talks with Iowa flood victims, Thursday, July 31,2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The museum was also damaged by the flood in June. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:24:42 GMT

(AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens to Iowa flood victims, Thursday, July 31,2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The museum was also damaged by the flood in June. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A Secret Service agent stands guard at right as Democratic presidential ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:23:10 GMT

(AP) - A Secret Service agent stands guard at right as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., fourth from left, talks with Iowa flood victims, Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The museum was also damaged by the flood in June. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:22:19 GMT

(AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, listens to Iowa flood victim Katherine Marcano, Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The museum was also damaged by the flood in June. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:21:47 GMT

(AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., silhouetted at left, talks to Iowa flood victims, Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:21:07 GMT

(AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, listens to Iowa flood victims, Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From left are, Paul Morris, Robin Morris, Sen. Obama, Katherine Marcano and Iowa Gov. Chet Culver. The museum was also damaged by the flood in June. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:16:30 GMT

(AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., fifth from left, talks with Iowa flood victims, Thursday, July 31, 2008, at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The museum was damaged by the flood in June. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A man stands on a train bridge and surveys the flood waters ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:59:03 GMT

(Reuters) - A man stands on a train bridge and surveys the flood waters in Coralville, Iowa June 15, 2008. (Frank Polich/Reuters)

In this undated photo provided by the Mark Twain Boyhood Home ...

(AP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:17:07 GMT

(AP) - In this undated photo provided by the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, the Becky Thatcher House is seen in Hannibal , Mo. Even though downtown Hannibal has remained bone dry, enough visitors shied away from the Mississippi River town due to flooding concerns that summer attendance at Clemens' boyhood home is down about 30 percent. That has hampered efforts to raise money to restore the little wood-frame house Twain enthusiasts desperately want to protect. (AP Photo/Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum)

Showers and storms are expected over portions of the Midwest ...

(AP) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:31:51 GMT

(AP) - Showers and storms are expected over portions of the Midwest and Great Lakes as a cold front moves across the Upper Midwest and a low pressure system pushes through the Central Plains. Meanwhile, a Pacific front brings showers to the Northwest.

Erosion from June's flooding in Jim Lankford's corn fields is ...

(AP) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:59:02 GMT

(AP) - Erosion from June's flooding in Jim Lankford's corn fields is pictured in Martinsville, Ind., Tuesday, July 23, 2008. ( AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Floodwater left small round river rocks in spots, making it ...

(AP) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:58:31 GMT

(AP) - Floodwater left small round river rocks in spots, making it look as if Jim Lankford planted soybeans in a gravel following the June flooding in Martinsville, Ind., Tuesday, July 23, 2008. ( AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Jim Lankford walks through his crop field that was damaged by ...

(AP) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:56:04 GMT

(AP) - Jim Lankford walks through his crop field that was damaged by the June flooding in Martinsville, Ind., Tuesday, July 23, 2008. ( AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Jim Lankford looks over the damage done to his crops from the ...

(AP) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:55:14 GMT

(AP) - Jim Lankford looks over the damage done to his crops from the June flooding in Martinsville, Ind., Tuesday, July 23, 2008. Lankford's corn crops used to stretch to the White River. Now the river has stretched itself through his crops. ( AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Jim Lankford stands at the edge of a cliff in his corn field ...

(AP) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:54:32 GMT

(AP) - Jim Lankford stands at the edge of a cliff in his corn field that was damaged by the June flooding in Martinsville, Ind., Tuesday, July 23, 2008. Erosion from June's flooding carved a new path for the river and created dramatic 12-foot cliffs at the edge of some of Lankford's corn fields about 30 miles southwest of Indianapolis. ( AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Jim Lankford stands in his field of corn crops that was damaged ...

(AP) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:53:18 GMT

(AP) - Jim Lankford stands in his field of corn crops that was damaged by the June flooding in Martinsville, Ind., Tuesday, July 23, 2008. ( AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria (R) leans on a broom ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:34:06 GMT

(Reuters) - Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria (R) leans on a broom as he watches the Kansas City Royals grounds crewmen squeegee water from their dugout after a storm caused a rain delay during their MLB American League baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri July 26, 2008. REUTERS/Dave Kaup (UNITED STATES)

The Kansas City Royals ground crew races to put down the tarp ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:06:32 GMT

(Reuters) - The Kansas City Royals ground crew races to put down the tarp before a storm blows in during the fifth inning of the Royals MLB American League baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Kansas City, Missouri July 26, 2008. REUTERS/Dave Kaup (UNITED STATES)

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Napoleon Harris, front, leaves ...

(AP) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:12:45 GMT

(AP) - Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Napoleon Harris, front, leaves the practice field as a severe thunderstorm warning was issued, during the NFL football team's training camp in River Falls, Wis., Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

In this April 10, 2007 file photo, a Union Pacific freight train ...

(AP) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:43:12 GMT

(AP) - In this April 10, 2007 file photo, a Union Pacific freight train crosses an intersection in Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Union Pacific said Thursday, July 24, 2008, its second-quarter earnings rose 19 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations, as continued productivity improvements offset the effects of rising fuel costs and Midwest floods. (AP Photo/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Gregory Hoenig, File)

Donna Jones, manager at Bonne Terre Mine, gives a tour by boat ...

(AP) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:54:06 GMT

(AP) - Donna Jones, manager at Bonne Terre Mine, gives a tour by boat of the now partially flooded former mine that has become an attraction for scuba divers Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in Bonne Terre, Mo. Missouri is often called the Cave State, with an international reputation for its natural marvels including this attraction that National Geographic Adventure magazine placed in the Top 10 of its one hundred best adventures in America earlier this decade. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

This artist concept shows how Cassini is able to detect radio ...

(News) — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:57:31 GMT

(News) - This artist concept shows how Cassini is able to detect radio signals from lightning on Saturn. Lightning strokes emit electromagnetic energy across a broad range of wavelengths, including the visual wavelengths we see and long radio wavelengths that cause static on an AM radio during a thunderstorm. Some of the radio waves propagate upwards and can be detected at long distances by the radio and plasma wave science instrument on Cassini.(NASA/JPL/University of Iowa)