The flood of 1993 was thought to be a once-in-a-lifetime event for residents of Fort Madison, Iowa. They even filled a downtown museum with artifacts of that historical Mississippi River flood. But 15 years later, history has repeated itself.

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The United States Conference of Mayors is holding its annual conference in Miami this weekend. One of the topics of discussion there is how soaring gas prices are impacting city governments. Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert talks about the ideas that are being proposed to curb the use of gas and about what that city is doing to reduce the pinch fuel is having on the budget.

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San Antonio Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon is playing for the Russian basketball team at the Olympics in Beijing. Scott Simon talks with her about her decision.

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The United States' national basketball team has been in a shambles recently. With the summer Olympics less than two months away, longtime basketball executive Jerry Colangelo hopes to assemble a team that will reverse course and win gold.

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