West Memphis Three Paradise Lost

The West Memphis Three murder case is back in court today. Gordon Campbell begins a two part overview, via an exclusive interview with Arkansas journalist Mara Leveritt, the author of the definitive book on the case. This Saturday the CBS show 48 Hours Mystery will discuss the tragic case of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jesse Misskelley Jr., otherwise known as. We will have Lonnie Soury Lisa Fancher Burk SaulsGrove Pashley and Kathy Bakken on the show. They are the behind the scenes team at WM3.ORG. Jul 17 2010. paradise lost

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Iowa Lake Delhi Dam destroyed – catastrophic failure

The Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa has failed today causing massive flooding in local communities and forcing residents to evacuate. The dam is around 45 miles east of Cedar Rapids and suffered the catastrophic failure after huge amounts of rain.

Gov. Chet Culver told CNN that almost 10 inches of rain fell over a 12-hour period and the dam couldn’t hold. Jim Flansberg, Gov. Culver’s communications director told CNN that the roads on either side of the dam had given way, according to cnn.com. A 30 foot wide gap in the berm alongside the dam was reported by the National Weather Service.

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